Tom! ixnay on the irstfay uleray, for pete's sake. Mack
On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 2:24 PM, Tom Perrine <[email protected]> wrote: > 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/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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/
