First rule of employer rating list, is never discuss employer rating list.
On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 2:22 PM, Derek Balling <[email protected]> wrote: > Having participated in one or two of this style lists in the past, it is > REALLY hard to maintain something like this. Here's some of the ways it > "needs" to work in order to survive: > > - It has to be invite only, so that your boss doesn't randomly subscribe > to it > - People have to be 'vetted' in some fashion, including but not limited to > the list-populace approving each person who is a candidate for being added, > this leads to: > - Generally folks need to be sponsored by an existing member, someone to > make the case to the populace why this new person should be brought into > the circle > - There have to be strict codes of confidentiality > - Sometimes that confidentiality has to be broken. (For instance, perhaps > one person in talking about how their employer X does business puts a > person who works for employer Y in a position where they have a legal > obligation to notify their employer that "Employer X is screwing us over in > this fashion.") > - The very existence of the list is generally denied to any outsiders. > Otherwise, people become bombarded with requests to be let into the circle. > > It *can* be done, but I don't think it's anywhere near as close to easy as > you might think it is. And you already broke the last rule. :-) > > D > > > > On Dec 9, 2012, at 1:52 PM, Jo Rhett <[email protected]> wrote: > > > After a very interesting chat with some colleagues, it brought up the > need for a "private" place for the kind of hallway conversations that can > only happen at conferences or bars right now. > > > > I'm wondering if other people would be interested in a closed list for > discussing employers and job opportunities? This closed list would be > useful for inquiring about others have work or have worked at companies, > and how they feel about the place and/or discussions about how to > productively introduce new ideas into a company. > > > > -- > > Jo Rhett > > Net Consonance : net philanthropy to improve open source and internet > projects. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Discuss mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > > http://lopsa.org/ > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/ >
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