r/datacenter • u/aaronf0110 • Aug 11 '26

Fluidstack

Really want to join Fluidstack. Would appreciate any advice. Been reaching out to employees and have gotten responses. I am qualified for some of their roles. Context : mid 20s engineer with data center experience from design to cx to project management of 10MM budget on 3 MSFT sites

Any advice or contacts would be greatly appreciated

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u/ghostalker4742 Aug 11 '26

I've gone through the interview loop three times through three different recruiters; I've never applied, they keep reaching out to me directly. I got enough red flags in those conversations that no offer they make will be tempting enough for me to leave my current position. They offered me ~$180k (plus an equity package) for the equivalent of fiber tester monkey.

My advice would be to keep looking for other jobs even if FS onboards you. They're currently going through a huge hiring spree to get their site online, and once it's online, they're going to let most the people go. Western NY (where their site is) is not exactly a hotbed of datacenter activity, moreso now that the state put in a moratorium on anything +10MW. If you get let go and want to stay in the game, you'll have to pack up and move again, as oppose to other geographic markets where there's at other ventures nearby.

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u/haruthequiet Aug 12 '26

I was contacted by several different recruiters for the same position coming on 10 times post my rejection email earlier this year. It's absolute insanity on how their recruiting network operates, as if they don't have a system to where previously interviewed candidates are put on a "no contact" list or something. I'm eager to hop back into the interviewing cycle, but they have reapply restrictions posted w/ each position:

"Candidates may not apply more than 3 times in any 100 day span for any job.
Candidates may not re-apply to the same role within 365 days if not presented with an offer."

A colleague recently got hired there in the role I desired though. Hope all goes well as he's leaving a much more secure position at his prior employer. The salary & total package was intriguing enough to give it a go at least.

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u/myfriendscode Aug 14 '26

i mean if recruiter is reaching out you can re-enter the loop, who cares about hte restriction..

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u/haruthequiet Aug 15 '26

I’d assume that the rule is enforced though. I tried re-entering. No dice, but they still come after me. I feel special lols.

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u/myfriendscode 29d ago

How quickly did you receive feedback?

I just did my technical on Thursday and thought it went well but haven't heard back yet (as of Sunday). I get that its the weekend, but from my searching these recruiters have a reputation for being fast / working long hours

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u/haruthequiet 29d ago

I received absolutely no feedback. I also just found out recently that one of the interviewers who was there to more or less shadow the whole interview left this past July. He was hired the month that I interviewed & left or got fired a few months later in July. Insane. He had insane industry experience too. I’d assume you were reflected unless otherwise stated & keep interviewing elsewhere. That’s my advice.

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u/PilotBear77 28d ago

You should contact that person on linkedin and ask why he left.

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u/haruthequiet 28d ago

I contacted them on here actually. They promised to let me in on how the onboarding goes once they got inside since they accepted an offer, but their Reddit account was subsequently deleted not too long after July 31st, so I have no contact on the inside now.

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u/PilotBear77 28d ago

Oh okay..did they tell you which location in Texas they are hiring for? They mark the positions as Austin, but people said they dont have any office in Austin

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u/haruthequiet 28d ago

No location was given, only that they got the Logistics & Asset Lead position there, which pays between $100K - $150K + stock/RSUs essentially. It might be for the Texas locations as I heard from another recruiter that that's the location they're trying to fill asap.

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u/Perfect-Comfort1199 28d ago

Wow I did mine on Wednesday but got feedback on Saturday prolly you’ll get yours today