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I've heard of Blind but I'm too chicken to give them my work email address. Can anyone on HN testify to having done this? If so, aren't you concerned that you

I've heard of Blind but I'm too chicken to give them my work email address. Can anyone on HN testify to having done this? If so, aren't you concerned that your employers can see you're using Blind?

ddoolin 8y ago
I believe their current model only really works if more than one (or a few people) at your company are using Blind. At that point it becomes difficult to map Blind users to employees. In any case, simply being a user of it shouldn't be an issue, and if it is, perhaps you really should look for work elsewhere anyway.
- praneshp 8y ago
  There is a minimum user limit. I tried to join at my last place of work but you need 35 people to join.
Sonnol53 8y ago
Blind is approved by my CEO. Your employer shouldn't discourage you from being on Blind.
- gldalmaso 8y ago
  I had never heard of Blind til now, from what I read in this thread it seems like a workplace Ashley Madison waiting to happen. Let everyone vent about their employer anonymously until there is a breach and all employers get to see who said what.
bertil 8y ago
Overall, they seem to censor attack with PII so they want to avoid any kind of scandal. Some posts I’ve seen are fairly transparent, but as long as you don’t pile on, I can’t imagine management would have a real problem with you wanting to know about gossip. If I had access to senior management, I would probably escalade the attacks that I read about are likely issues: communication, priorities, empathy, etc. I actually do that quite a lot with my own manager: “last meeting, you really said hurtful things, and I spent 20 minutes calming people down”; he’s quite astute and it has helped him know when, who and with whom to be more empathic and supportive.
mesozoic 8y ago
Yeah seems fine. Sure they have a database that can track you but you can change your name in the app daily so only your org stays the same if you want. Don't break any NDA (salary cannot be covered by NDA legally in US) and why worry.

I've heard of Blind but I'm too chicken to give them my work email address. Can anyone on HN testify to having done this? If so, aren't you concerned that your employers can see you're using Blind?

ddoolin 8y ago

I believe their current model only really works if more than one (or a few people) at your company are using Blind. At that point it becomes difficult to map Blind users to employees. In any case, simply being a user of it shouldn't be an issue, and if it is, perhaps you really should look for work elsewhere anyway.

praneshp 8y ago
There is a minimum user limit. I tried to join at my last place of work but you need 35 people to join.

Sonnol53 8y ago

Blind is approved by my CEO. Your employer shouldn't discourage you from being on Blind.

gldalmaso 8y ago
I had never heard of Blind til now, from what I read in this thread it seems like a workplace Ashley Madison waiting to happen. Let everyone vent about their employer anonymously until there is a breach and all employers get to see who said what.

bertil 8y ago

Overall, they seem to censor attack with PII so they want to avoid any kind of scandal. Some posts I’ve seen are fairly transparent, but as long as you don’t pile on, I can’t imagine management would have a real problem with you wanting to know about gossip. If I had access to senior management, I would probably escalade the attacks that I read about are likely issues: communication, priorities, empathy, etc. I actually do that quite a lot with my own manager: “last meeting, you really said hurtful things, and I spent 20 minutes calming people down”; he’s quite astute and it has helped him know when, who and with whom to be more empathic and supportive.

mesozoic 8y ago

Yeah seems fine. Sure they have a database that can track you but you can change your name in the app daily so only your org stays the same if you want. Don't break any NDA (salary cannot be covered by NDA legally in US) and why worry.