[olug] Employer Reputaion? (piss poor)

Kent Tegels ktegels at gmail.com
Wed Jul 12 15:13:11 UTC 2006


If you want to try InfoUSA before you buy, you might want to talk to
the folks at ProKarma. I know they put a few contract developers in
there.

On 7/12/06, nealr <neal at lists.rauhauser.net> wrote:
>
>  InfoUSA has a piss poor reputation as an employer - they bring people
> in, they promptly lay them off, the CEO yells and screams at the
> executives and that behavior just rolls downhill. Keep in mind this
> mostly affects marketing and sales staff - the data center is a floor
> below this behavior and its another world. I've known people who spent a
> good bit of time there and seemed to like it - but they'd roll their
> eyes and look towards the stairs when the topic of the company's
> reputation came up in conversation.
>
>  So ... your mileage may vary.
>
>
> Charles Bird wrote:
> > I saw and always see postings for "infoUSA".
> > Whats the deal with that?
> > I see a job for them that I think I would be perfect for...however, I am a bit concerned about the frequent postings from them..are they kinda like first data where they will yell and scream in your face and kick dirt on your new white socks and get layedoff every time the pres sneezes?
> >  Super geek boy needs a jobbie job but I dont want to look for work again in 2 months.(its stressful)
> >
> >
>
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