Ask HN: What kind of due diligence do you do on prospective employers?

A question that's always bothered me...

Why don’t prospective employees of early-stage startups get the same access to analysis/info that potential investors do?

There are probably a number of reasons for it, but this information asymmetry feels like it's starting to shift.

Plug: We're trying to help solve this just a bit by releasing due-dillegence 'memos' for startups

see: https://medium.com/the-spectrum/notion-breakout-jobs-memo-1-8ca346f97242

But there is a long way to go...