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There should be a way to name these people anonymously. Maybe drop the ass holes name on blind or make a "shitbosses.com" where we name these jackasses and vote

There should be a way to name these people anonymously. Maybe drop the ass holes name on blind or make a "shitbosses.com" where we name these jackasses and vote. Heck I'll stand behind my words. If you ever apply to a company called Anduril. Watch out for a childish manager named Calvin Hareng. This MF: https://www.zoominfo.com/p/Calvin-Hareng/-1964480350 https://www.zoominfo.com/p/Calvin-Hareng/-1964480350 Anduril is hiring and if you're coming on board watch out if he's going to be your manager. He indeed PIPs you if you try to switch teams, just like this amazonian ass hole.

MattGaiser 5y ago
We could create a developer filibuster. Create lists of terrible teams and tell people that they are good for interview practice, but little else.
- deltaonefour 5y ago
  All we want is change in the industry. This is enough for that I believe. Your name on the internet, your employees calling you out (anonymously). It's social proof. That effects your awareness and also your future job opportunities.
  - fortylove 5y ago
    Such a system is also likely to be abused, is it not?
    - xerox13ster 5y ago
      It would be bought and killed by the capital system just like Glassdoor was.
      - selestify 5y ago
        How was Glassdoor killed?
        mprovost 5y ago
        Presumably Glassdoor started as a place to leave honest feedback about companies. But they had to make money somehow, and individuals aren't going to pay to access those reviews. So their customers are now the companies themselves, who can buy "employer accounts". While it still exists, their business model did a 180 degree shift.
      - deltaonefour 5y ago
        Depends on who's running it. Like any other company, corruption can occur; but it can also not occur.
    - deltaonefour 5y ago
      I think if we do something similar to blind. One review per company email address it guarantees that each review is from one anonymous person in the company. This prevents smear campaigns and ensures that you get a clear and accurate picture of someone.
  - cvhashim 5y ago
    Regularly used ratemyprofessor back in college, years ago. We need something like that. Rate my manager/head of engineering @ some large org. Also get a legal team ready for all the lawsuits that will come your way for whoever wants to pursue this idea. I'm all for supporting it though.
- emptyparadise 5y ago
  Wasn't there a website for rating college professors? Seems like a similar idea.
  - commandlinefan 5y ago
    That website didn't seem to do much for bad college professors - if anything, the ones who are called out seem to consider their negative ratings a badge of honor.
    - deltaonefour 5y ago
      I used it. It was accurate though. The website attempted to serve two purposes. To warn potential students and to allow the professors to be more self aware. It failed on the second purpose, but at least it helped me avoid or anticipate a hard or incompetent professor.
- ajb 5y ago
  That's a really interesting idea, it would also be interesting to set up an experiment to see if you can tell the difference between good teams and bad teams by interviewing there.
  - deltaonefour 5y ago
    Yes definitely. Though I see mutual ass hole manager buddies leaving good reviews for each other to help bump themselves up. As long as several bad reviews are in there you'll have an idea.
rendall 5y ago
1) Aren't there websites that do this? 2) I remember during the #metoo era there was a Google doc spreadsheet of bad men going around where people could add names anonymously. It got to be thousands of names long, and at least a few of the men didn't deserve to be on it.
- deltaonefour 5y ago
  I think blind does this. But it's mostly like a forum. I don't think there's a review website that specializes in reviewing managers at companies. Reviewers would have to register by company email of course to make sure they're legit. >It got to be thousands of names long, and at least a few of the men didn't deserve to be on it. I think there needs to be a voting process to make sure it's not a smear campaign generated by a small minority. If the votes cross a certain threshold all the negative reviews are revealed.
  - Manuel_D 5y ago
    And this voting process is assumed to be legitimate? Internet polls are incredibly unreliable: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiTqIyx6tBU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiTqIyx6tBU
    - deltaonefour 5y ago
      One vote per company email. Similar to how Blind has one account per company email. It is legitimate. This isn't random people from the internet voting against the manager. It's people in the company who know him, and dislike him.

MattGaiser 5y ago

We could create a developer filibuster. Create lists of terrible teams and tell people that they are good for interview practice, but little else.

deltaonefour 5y ago
All we want is change in the industry. This is enough for that I believe. Your name on the internet, your employees calling you out (anonymously). It's social proof. That effects your awareness and also your future job opportunities.
- fortylove 5y ago
  Such a system is also likely to be abused, is it not?
  - xerox13ster 5y ago
    It would be bought and killed by the capital system just like Glassdoor was.
    - selestify 5y ago
      How was Glassdoor killed?
      - mprovost 5y ago
        Presumably Glassdoor started as a place to leave honest feedback about companies. But they had to make money somehow, and individuals aren't going to pay to access those reviews. So their customers are now the companies themselves, who can buy "employer accounts". While it still exists, their business model did a 180 degree shift.
    - deltaonefour 5y ago
      Depends on who's running it. Like any other company, corruption can occur; but it can also not occur.
  - deltaonefour 5y ago
    I think if we do something similar to blind. One review per company email address it guarantees that each review is from one anonymous person in the company. This prevents smear campaigns and ensures that you get a clear and accurate picture of someone.
- cvhashim 5y ago
  Regularly used ratemyprofessor back in college, years ago. We need something like that. Rate my manager/head of engineering @ some large org. Also get a legal team ready for all the lawsuits that will come your way for whoever wants to pursue this idea. I'm all for supporting it though.
emptyparadise 5y ago
Wasn't there a website for rating college professors? Seems like a similar idea.
- commandlinefan 5y ago
  That website didn't seem to do much for bad college professors - if anything, the ones who are called out seem to consider their negative ratings a badge of honor.
  - deltaonefour 5y ago
    I used it. It was accurate though. The website attempted to serve two purposes. To warn potential students and to allow the professors to be more self aware. It failed on the second purpose, but at least it helped me avoid or anticipate a hard or incompetent professor.
ajb 5y ago
That's a really interesting idea, it would also be interesting to set up an experiment to see if you can tell the difference between good teams and bad teams by interviewing there.
- deltaonefour 5y ago
  Yes definitely. Though I see mutual ass hole manager buddies leaving good reviews for each other to help bump themselves up. As long as several bad reviews are in there you'll have an idea.

rendall 5y ago

1) Aren't there websites that do this? 2) I remember during the #metoo era there was a Google doc spreadsheet of bad men going around where people could add names anonymously. It got to be thousands of names long, and at least a few of the men didn't deserve to be on it.

deltaonefour 5y ago
I think blind does this. But it's mostly like a forum. I don't think there's a review website that specializes in reviewing managers at companies. Reviewers would have to register by company email of course to make sure they're legit. >It got to be thousands of names long, and at least a few of the men didn't deserve to be on it. I think there needs to be a voting process to make sure it's not a smear campaign generated by a small minority. If the votes cross a certain threshold all the negative reviews are revealed.
- Manuel_D 5y ago
  And this voting process is assumed to be legitimate? Internet polls are incredibly unreliable: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiTqIyx6tBU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiTqIyx6tBU
  - deltaonefour 5y ago
    One vote per company email. Similar to how Blind has one account per company email. It is legitimate. This isn't random people from the internet voting against the manager. It's people in the company who know him, and dislike him.