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0 pointsdeltaonefour4y ago0 comments

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

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.

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MattGaiser4y 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.

deltaonefourOP4y 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.

fortylove4y ago

Such a system is also likely to be abused, is it not?

deltaonefourOP4y 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.

xerox13ster4y ago

It would be bought and killed by the capital system just like Glassdoor was.

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cvhashim4y 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.

ajb4y 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.

deltaonefourOP4y 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.

emptyparadise4y ago

Wasn't there a website for rating college professors? Seems like a similar idea.

commandlinefan4y 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.

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rendall4y 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.

deltaonefourOP4y 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_D4y ago

And this voting process is assumed to be legitimate? Internet polls are incredibly unreliable: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiTqIyx6tBU

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MattGaiser4y 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.

deltaonefourOP4y ago

fortylove4y ago

Such a system is also likely to be abused, is it not?

deltaonefourOP4y ago

xerox13ster4y ago

It would be bought and killed by the capital system just like Glassdoor was.

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cvhashim4y ago

Regularly used ratemyprofessor back in college, years ago.

ajb4y 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.

deltaonefourOP4y 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.

emptyparadise4y ago

Wasn't there a website for rating college professors? Seems like a similar idea.

commandlinefan4y 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.

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rendall4y ago

1) Aren't there websites that do this?

deltaonefourOP4y 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_D4y ago

And this voting process is assumed to be legitimate? Internet polls are incredibly unreliable: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiTqIyx6tBU

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