Reply to: Putting the word out on horrible companies/managers

[GJABS]

Smile, and keep on invoicing.. ? ?

[Whorty]

I want to highlight horrible companies and project managers Ive had the misfortune of working with before just for sake of making would be contractors in the industry aware.

Call it smear campaign if you like but it is what it is and its deserved

How do I go abouts doing this?

Was thinking of starting posts on this site

Any advice will be appreciated

Did you not enjoy your time working at Maplin?

[DoctorStrangelove]

One of my major achievements was reaching retirement without going postal, though it did come close a couple of times.

[GigiBronz]

It is one of the reason many people choose to stay contractors. Job market has changed and you are not getting in a role for a lifetime but despite that if you stay for too little in a permi role that could be a red flag.
As a contractor sometimes you don’t have to put up with all the politics, embracing the culture and all that nonsense. You can focus only on being productive and invoicing.
If it gets nasty you smile, shake hands and walk away.
With the right state of mind and having goals for the gig even the worst one can be manageable.
Such a portal would be welcomed but i can’t picture a working solution that would get traction. You have to learn to read between the lines on glassdoor etc, use your network to get information, look out for signs during the interview and ask the right questions.
It is tough but it is what it is, politics seem to be in the nature of human beings.
Some people suggest to men up, i would say they are a bit rude and being tougher and detached emotionally might not be a solution, you just have to learn to adapt.

[Mordac]

I want to highlight horrible companies and project managers Ive had the misfortune of working with before just for sake of making would be contractors in the industry aware.

JFDI. I'll probably have a whole chapter to myself. MF, do the necessary...

[Peoplesoft bloke]

Yes - set up an app and/or website - you could call it gigadvisor or something. Be sure to be in the USA where the constitution guarantees free speech so you are actually allowed to have an opinion without lawyers getting involved.

[northernladuk]

Whilst I'm not entirely onboard with the OP's original suggestions (for somewhat different reasons), it's absolutely not unprofessional to "name and shame" bad ex-clients and (particularly) employees. So long as everything is kept on a purely objective level, it's very much the correct thing to do. Call it due diligence if you will.

Well we will have to differ there because I think it is. I'm also reading a little more in to this from experience of the many posts we've had of contractors having issues with their clients. More often than not a majority, if not all the blame actually sits with the contractors who just can't see it objectively. I've seen many guys walked and on the way out complaining about the way they've been treated but the bottom line is they were utter tulip and got walked. They won't be putting that in their feedback will they.

After all, isn't this exactly what clients do to us and their employees? Why else do you think you're forced to provide references before getting a whiff of a gig?

But references are never much more than the dates and some other stated facts for fear of litigation so you actually make the point not to do this very well.

[MasterBait]

Isn't that what Glassdoor is there for?

Partly, you can complain about a company but not about a person not even in terms such as the HR manager, my post got rejected for that.,

[PlanB]

I want to highlight horrible companies and project managers Ive had the misfortune of working with before just for sake of making would be contractors in the industry aware.

Call it smear campaign if you like but it is what it is and its deserved

How do I go abouts doing this?

Was thinking of starting posts on this site

Any advice will be appreciated

Glassdoor

It is anonymous but be careful it's often quite obvious who the posters are.

I've felt this way about many companies until I realised I had the problem, it is just in my character to end up hating everyone I work with. I'm trying to maintain a more up beat, positive attitude and ignore as much of my work environment as possible.

[wattaj]

I want to highlight horrible companies and project managers Ive had the misfortune of working with before just for sake of making would be contractors in the industry aware.

Call it smear campaign if you like but it is what it is and its deserved

How do I go abouts doing this?

Was thinking of starting posts on this site

Any advice will be appreciated

Man the **** up.

[SimonMac]

Isn't that what Glassdoor is there for?

Ooops, didn't read this far

[SimonMac]

I want to highlight horrible companies and project managers Ive had the misfortune of working with before just for sake of making would be contractors in the industry aware.

Call it smear campaign if you like but it is what it is and its deserved

How do I go abouts doing this?

Was thinking of starting posts on this site

Any advice will be appreciated

Isn't this what Glassdoor is for?

[BrilloPad]

I just don't willingly suffer fools

So what is forcing you, against your will, to CUK?

[eek]

There was a site called ******dCompany.com .... that did pretty much what you are looking for.

Unfortunately, it got litigated out of business.

No it didn't Pud got bored and started a musician social network that also created a music distribution system.

However Pud was also in the USA which is far more liberal than the UK when it comes to freedom of speech.

As for doing this in the UK well there are companies I won't work with but that doesn't mean I should criticise the people in those companies as others may get on with them just fine - I just don't willingly suffer fools

[tomtomagain]

There was a site called ******dCompany.com .... that did pretty much what you are looking for.

Unfortunately, it got litigated out of business.