• Visitors can check out the Forum FAQ by clicking this link. You have to register before you can post: click the REGISTER link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. View our Forum Privacy Policy.
  • Want to receive the latest contracting news and advice straight to your inbox? Sign up to the ContractorUK newsletter here. Every sign up will also be entered into a draw to WIN £100 Amazon vouchers!

Putting the word out on horrible companies/managers

Collapse
X
  •  
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts

    Putting the word out on horrible companies/managers

    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

    #2
    No contractor would be dumb enough to put anything here, unless the company has gone bust and won’t be able to pay any new invoices.

    Agencies are another story, but that would only be because they didn’t pay those invoices.
    "I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
    - Voltaire/Benjamin Franklin/Anne Frank...

    Comment


      #3
      Originally posted by Bubba Bubba View Post
      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
      If there's been that many, have you considered that it might be you that's the problem?
      If you don't have anything nice to say, say it sarcastically

      Comment


        #4
        There are always going to be people in the workplace who seem to delight in making other people's lives a misery. This isn't peculiar to contracting but as freelancers (usually) move around more, I suspect we come across them more frequently.

        I don't know what benefit a name and shame list will have as it's really quite subjective. I may get on well with someone you don't, for example.

        Comment


          #5
          Why lower yourself to their level. Man up, move on and just be content you left and are now in a better place.

          Suppliers smearing ex clients and their employees is childish and unprofessional.
          'CUK forum personality of 2011 - Winner - Yes really!!!!

          Comment


            #6
            Originally posted by Bubba Bubba View Post
            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.
            Good and bad companies and project managers are everywhere. They are like shrimp. And, as Bubba once said...

            Originally posted by Benjamin Buford "Bubba" Blue
            Anyway, like I was sayin', shrimp is the fruit of the sea. You can barbecue it, boil it, broil it, bake it, saute it. Dey's uh, shrimp-kabobs, shrimp creole, shrimp gumbo. Pan fried, deep fried, stir-fried. There's pineapple shrimp, lemon shrimp, coconut shrimp, pepper shrimp, shrimp soup, shrimp stew, shrimp salad, shrimp and potatoes, shrimp burger, shrimp sandwich. That- that's about it.

            Comment


              #7
              Smearing your client base is not a smart business move. If this is done anonymously then whichever forum you use will probably remove it.
              I'm alright Jack

              Comment


                #8
                Originally posted by BlasterBates View Post
                Smearing your client base is not a smart business move. If this is done anonymously then whichever forum you use will probably remove it.
                WBBS.
                "I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
                - Voltaire/Benjamin Franklin/Anne Frank...

                Comment


                  #9
                  Wot an inneresting thread.

                  Two newbies.

                  Gricer is that you? knock once for yes, knock twice for no.
                  When the fun stops, STOP.

                  Comment


                    #10
                    Originally posted by Bubba Bubba View Post
                    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
                    Set up your own website. Then wait for the libel writs to roll in.
                    Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!

                    Comment

                    Working...
                    X