From 49ba42138dfd7a74d6faf36a0c7a52d13c84547e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dennis Thiessen <dennis@thiessen.io>
Date: Sun, 31 May 2026 16:20:34 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] chore(job_scout): drop Sygnum, Vitol, ClickHouse (Glassdoor
 culture/comp red flags)

- Sygnum: 3.4 / 51% recommend, comp 2.3/5 (structurally below 180k bar)
- Vitol: 3.5 / 55% recommend, grueling-hours/blame-culture flag, WLB 2.5
- ClickHouse: 3.3 / 36% recommend, WLB 2.6, multiple toxic-culture reviews

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 job_scout/scout.py | 9 +++------
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/job_scout/scout.py b/job_scout/scout.py
index 03c073a..c720555 100644
--- a/job_scout/scout.py
+++ b/job_scout/scout.py
@@ -128,18 +128,15 @@ COMPANIES = [
         "domain": "microsoft.com",
         "location": "Switzerland",
     }),
-    # Sygnum — WordPress AJAX endpoint returns clean JSON
-    ("sygnum",    "Sygnum",    "wp_ajax", {
-        "url": "https://www.sygnum.com/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=fetch_careers&_wpnonce=c036d1627c",
-    }),
     # --- Data-infra US tech (his exact stack; mostly all-remote — title-filtered to eng/data) ---
+    # Dropped: ClickHouse (Glassdoor 3.3, 36% recommend, toxic-culture flag — 2026-05).
     ("confluent", "Confluent", "ashby",      {"slug": "confluent", "_title_filter": ENG_TITLE_FILTER}),
     ("gitlab",    "GitLab",    "greenhouse", {"board": "gitlab", "_title_filter": ENG_TITLE_FILTER}),
-    ("clickhouse","ClickHouse","greenhouse", {"board": "clickhouse", "_title_filter": ENG_TITLE_FILTER}),
     ("grafana",   "Grafana Labs","greenhouse",{"board": "grafanalabs", "_title_filter": ENG_TITLE_FILTER}),
     # --- Energy / commodity trading (SmartRecruiters; title-filtered to tech roles) ---
+    # Dropped: Vitol (Glassdoor 3.5, 55% recommend, grueling-hours/toxic flag — 2026-05).
+    # Dropped: Sygnum (Glassdoor 3.4, 51% recommend, comp 2.3/5 — below 180k bar — 2026-05).
     ("metgroup",  "MET Group", "smartrecruiters", {"company": "METGroup", "_title_filter": ENG_TITLE_FILTER}),
-    ("vitol",     "Vitol",     "smartrecruiters", {"company": "Vitol", "_title_filter": ENG_TITLE_FILTER}),
     ("ldc",       "Louis Dreyfus","smartrecruiters",{"company": "LouisDreyfusCompany", "_title_filter": ENG_TITLE_FILTER}),
     # International org — BIS (Basel), commutable from Bern, salary net of Swiss tax.
     # Low-volume RSS feed; no title filter (Innovation Hub roles can be oddly titled).