I agree with Derek. The few lists that I know of are relatively small, and private, not organized by a body like LOPSA.
You might find http://www.glassdoor.com interesting, however. --Matt 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/ -- LITTLE GIRL: But which cookie will you eat FIRST? COOKIE MONSTER: Me think you have misconception of cookie-eating process. _______________________________________________ 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/
