Stuart Jansen wrote:
On Sat, 2006-09-09 at 13:09 -0600, Josh Coates wrote:
stuart - this seems awfully inappropriate of you to bring up in a public
forum. but since you have, i feel obligated to set the record straight -
we've had two employees that 'left quickly' because they were asked to
leave. however, both of them are good people that i wish well.
I don't feel that what I said should be taken as offensive. Perhaps I
should have spelled it out for you more clearly. People we know have
worked for you. They don't anymore. They haven't said anything bad about
BDS/Mozy, but their short term with your company does leave the rest of
us wondering what happened.
If you don't want a complete and honest attempt to help you wonder why
Plug isn't supplying references, don't bring it up on a public
discussion list.
Rather than taking offense, If I were you I would have pointed out the
number of people who love working with you and why.
Frankly, insinuating that they only reason anyone would leave is that
they were "asked to" is more rude in my opinion. A simple "their
interests and our needs didn't intersect well" would have been better.
I'm pretty sure at least one "chose to leave" rather than being "asked
to leave".
I'm curious to your personal interest in trying to apply PC cloaking to
such a statement? Your statement made it sound like they left because
the company was crap, but his response gave a more balanced view on it.
And I htink he needed to clear it up. I don't know these folks that
left, nor do I want to know who they were, but all those parties
involved know what happened and being a third party to the situation, I
don't think it's your place to tarnish the company nor slant any of us
to your view in a public forum without atleast letting him reply. Some
may not have seen it this way, but I thought your statements were not
needed as initial evidence of your view point and sent ya skating out on
thin ice.
//general statement
I believe the market has changed substantially in the last couple of
years locally. But posting a job is a resource that one can use to help
their friends if one applies. Many on this list are content. Someone
else already commented on that fact and I've found that to be true
myself. But remember, the tide can shift and then if one has spurned
the employers in the community, it makes sense that they might remember
the rebuff when that tide that raised all the boats returns back to the
sea from which it came. (for short: don't burn bridges). We all are
inter-connected and help our local tech community grow and so playing
favorites and/or allowing only club "I only talk to people I know" rule
the day, will only set us all back as new tech and blood flows into the
area. I hated this place for over 25 years until this last year when I
realized that it was going to be up to me what I was going to make of
it; for myself and hopefully help others as well. So, I, for one, am
looking for ways to improve the local tech setting in my own little tiny
way ... but it sorta bytes to see folks playing the "club only" cards
here and seems counter-productive to me.
When you first arrived in the area, you earned a lot
of respect and good will. Since then, I think you've lost
some of it. I have no idea what you can do about this.
thank you for your concern about my personal reputation, but i'm not sure
where you come off making these sorts of assessments, and again, i don't why
you think it's okay to post things like this in response to a job posting.
Because you have tried to make yourself part of the community instead of
being another nameless, faceless employer. Again, if you don't want to
discuss it, don't bring it up. Instead of taking offense, you could have
taken it as a sign of respect that I was willing to be honest and open.
I appreciate what you've tried to do for the Utah tech community. I want
BDS/Mozy to succeed. However, if you want to feel like you're being
pushed out of the community, be my guest.
okay, I now have a question... I recently moved back to the area; is
this forum "by invite only" or if we try to become part of the community
is it then a dirty deed because we might also offer employment?
Mister Ed
PS - Stuart... I've sat across from you at a few PLUG meetings and
watched you carefully. As a result, I repect you and can tell what type
of feller you really are (decent and upstanding), so I don't have even
one negative motive to condemn your statements, but these statements
make me think that newer folks such as myself are now not welcome for
one reason or another, especially if we offer employment opportunities.
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