This site sounds like it will take all of your time doing moderation. One of my friends started a similar site but with mechanics.
Also you might run into problems with profitableness, because the best advertising/sponsoring could come from someone who might have people on your site who hate them. On Jan 31, 2008, at 3:05 PM, Joseph Smuzynski wrote: > After dealing with a few too many disreputable companies, I'm just > about > ready to build a new site that is sort of a cross between > f*ckedcompany.comand ChexSystems. > > The idea is to have a site where consultants of all types can come and > anonymously post their negative experiences with various companies, > large or > small. The hope is that with proper marketing, it will become the > first > place a consultant comes to check out a company before doing work > for them. > > If a company ends up with a negative listing, the way they get the > listing > removed is to make good with the consultant, then the consultant can > mark > the case closed. Naturally, if they have multiple bad entries, they > would > have to make good with everybody. > > The site would not allow inflammatory types of comments about a > company; > only facts. Each entry would be reviewed and approved before being > posted. > There would have to be supporting data too... for example, let's say a > company refused to pay your last invoice. You would need to provide > a copy > of your last invoice and a work log to document it. > > All listings would have to include proof that you actually worked > for the > company... e.g. copies of pay stubs, a copy of the contract, etc. > Otherwise > the site could be used for extortion and would lose it's advantage > because > it wouldn't be taken seriously. > > So, the point is to help show companies that they have to treat > consultants > well... pay their people what they're owed, treat them kindly, etc. > Otherwise these companies may find themselves unable to get people > to work > for them anymore. > > I don't see this being a lawsuit magnet either. Each posting would > have to > be factual, not emotional. No slanderous or libelous remarks. Just > facts. > It would boil down to "the consultant's word against the company." > No names > of people would be mentioned, so you couldn't call people out by > name. You > could go as far as to say your "supervisor was a micro-manager" but > you > couldn't say, "my supervisor, Bill Smith, was a micro-manager and > was always > giving me a hard time." > > Sure, the easier way is to just post about 'em here on cf-jobs-talk, > but > then you're likely to end up with a bad rap since a lot of job > posters read > this list too, no doubt looking for anybody who might be willing to > speak > out. > > I haven't really decided what to call the site either. I'm not even > sure > yet if I'll do it; I'm curious to hear what others think of the idea. > > Joe > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Jobs-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:3588 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Jobs-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.11
