And so you understand that this is 100% legit... Here is their apology after they branded their potential slaves.
The apology is AI.
this post was submitted on 31 Jul 2026
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Honestly I want to get some small tatoos and I dont because it's minimum 100€ for anything so I would love to find free tatoos to get like a little heart or two lol
finally a company with guts and creativity
At first I was going to call out the artist, but then I read more about it. It wasn't required to be the company logo, and was actually canvas choice.
OMG I'm a bit relieved to read this :D
I have to be fair, though: that apology was one of the most decent public apologies I've seen in the last while (OK, I get it, it's a low bar, but still). Full admission that it was wrong (no "sorry if you didn't like it" bullshit), no blaming it on someone else, no trying to say "it wasn't really that bad". The only thing I find questionable is that some facts don't add up.
I'm not sure that's true. I think there's some gas lighting going on. The LinkedIn post explicitly says interviews were for anyone who got a LemonLime tattoo. The apology then first says participants chose their own tattoo, and didn't have to get the company logo. Then in the "facts" section at the bottom, says interviews were available to everyone regardless of whether they got a tattoo.
Not having attended the event, it's impossible to know, but it seems like pressure was higher at the event, and the poster is sort of taking some of the responsibility, but trying really hard to say "we didn't make you do anything."
I wish we could see more of that "facts" section. I wouldn't be surprised if there's more there, they use to try to absolve themselves.
Yeah, that's essentially what I was referring to with the bit about facts not adding up.
Tbf the apology is about as close as it can come to actually humanely admitting they did that.
Considering this guy is acting as the head of a business, that generally comes with some need to not be quite that good of a person. No corporate lawyer in their right mind would ever let the guy come out and admit to them having pressured people into getting tattoos of the company logo
Clearly they did that, but also the guy clearly cannot say that without making it very easy for these people to sue the company.
We might have different definitions of the word "fair." I don't think an apology counts if there's any amount of trying to convince the other person what you did was their fault.
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Idk, I feel like he's glossing over the very active role the company had in pushing people to get their logo tattooed. Compare
[We] offered an instant interview to anyone who got a LemonLime tattoo.
and all that talk about being bold, risk-taking and committed - applicants "might want to take note", to
participants chose their own tattoo and no one was asked to get our logo
interviews were available to everyone regardless
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Well, the apology is more than I would've expected.
Yes, whatever PR person wrote that did a good job.
It takes a real sociopath to think this was ever a good idea or anyway acceptable.
No it only takes someone who's really passionate about his company and that, in a momentary lapse of reason, gets carried away. It was never a good idea, it was not acceptable, but that's not the traits of a sociopath.
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"Personalized art" dawg that's just your company logo
"For the facts: interviews were available to everyone regardless" I bet the people who have to go laser off a corporate tattoo are super thrilled to hear there wasn't even a point in getting one.
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A "LemonLime afterparty" sounds like something very different..
Nah, that's just a Lemon Party. The Lime is doing a lot of heavy lifting there
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“We want desperate people who will work long hours for low wages. Prove how desperate you are by permanently modifying your body for a chance for an interview “
Now, to be fair, it was a bit better than that. It was a guaranteed interview, not just a chance.
For a moment I thought this was employees getting company tattoos which would be horrifying. But it was worse, pressuring young people into getting tattoos as a "power play". You could psychoanalyze that to death in valid ways but I don't personally need to because no matter how you slice it, it's legitimately terrifying that people took them up on this.
And then the apology seems written by ai. I'm doubting the right lesson was learned here. The lesson they probably learned was "don't create optics like this, moving forward".
This may be the most fitting post for this community that there ever will be.
I promised my next post here would be a true lunatic and I am glad I have done my service
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This is what happens when a workplace is seen as the owner's exclusive social club of people that are identical to them in every way and not a collection of individuals with job skills.
Lots of start ups are like this. It's like 20% job interview, 80% dating.
It's amazing how many people have a free spinning moral compass
I'll wager the offer of removal comes with certain legal requirements that end all other responsibilities for them.
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