Re: Consultant's Revenge

2008-01-31 Thread C. Hatton Humphrey
> 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. Why do I recall seeing this thread some time back? ~| Ad

Re: Consultant's Revenge

2008-01-31 Thread s. isaac dealey
> What about the flip-side of that coin ... A site for employers to > review their contracted hire. Why not build both into the site with > the ability to tag them together and to facilitate conflict > resolution? This could be quite the lucritive venture if done > properly. The way I understand i

Re: Consultant's Revenge

2008-01-31 Thread Justin Edwards
Some of the issues I have encountered in the past is temp tech jobs recruiting for other contractors an the other subcontractor being the worst link in the chain. I started working on a project once with about 50 people and most contractors rapidly dropped off because of harsh treatment with

Re: Consultant's Revenge

2008-01-31 Thread Cameron Childress
Sometimes it's best just to learn from your bad experiences and just move on. Spending too much time stewing (in public) can be very counter-productive. -Cameron Joseph Smuzynski wrote: > After dealing with a few too many disreputable companies, I'm just about > ready to build a new site that

Re: Consultant's Revenge

2008-01-31 Thread Justin Edwards
Checkbox criteria would definitely make it much better. On Jan 31, 2008, at 3:42 PM, Joseph Smuzynski wrote: > Trevor: > > That's an interesting idea. I'll admit the idea crossed my mind, > but I > quickly dismissed it, because of the name-mentioning necessity. > Since many > consultants

Re: Consultant's Revenge

2008-01-31 Thread Joseph Smuzynski
Trevor: That's an interesting idea. I'll admit the idea crossed my mind, but I quickly dismissed it, because of the name-mentioning necessity. Since many consultants are individuals, or their business name is their name, it would end up being finger-pointing. If we could come up with a way to m

Re: Consultant's Revenge

2008-01-31 Thread Trevor Cole
What about the flip-side of that coin ... A site for employers to review their contracted hire. Why not build both into the site with the ability to tag them together and to facilitate conflict resolution? This could be quite the lucritive venture if done properly. On 1/31/08, Joseph Smuzynski

Re: Consultant's Revenge

2008-01-31 Thread Jeffry Houser
It sounds like a lawsuit trap to me. The only way to keep it factual is if you moderate posts and control what people say. Once you do that, then you are no longer protected under "safe harbor" provisions. All that said, even if you're "in the right" in terms of free speech, that won't p

Re: Consultant's Revenge

2008-01-31 Thread Matt Williams
*cough* liability *cough* Seeing as how it is anonymous, companies would come after the site owner for anything they feel is untruthful (you know, the beyond the shadow of a doubt type thing). Be careful trying to recreate a judicial court. On Jan 31, 2008 5:05 PM, Joseph Smuzynski <[EMAIL PROTECT

Re: Consultant's Revenge

2008-01-31 Thread Justin Edwards
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 t

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2008-01-31 Thread Shirley Simmons
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