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Serious question: If you're reading through curated job listings and one is from a company known to be exploitative of workers (or at least is heavily rumored to be), is it your responsibility to inform the person running the job board? I'm talking like a curated-by-a-human job board.
Normally I'm not for spreading rumors AT ALL. But I know people sometimes want to know how a company's perceived on the street. Thoughts?
Yes, you absolutely should. I was in freelance journalism for quite some time and a lot of the major publications actually tried to get away with not paying freelancers. I myself had a terrible experience with Fast Company. The editors would simply redirect you to the accounts department, who'd ghost you forever. Thanks to communities like Study Hall that took the leadership in exposing these publications, I won't say things are alright, but at least they're better than before.
I would, if I had personal experience with it. If it was simply word-on-the-street, I probably wouldn’t, unless I knew the person curating the list had specifically requested feedback like that. Just me though, I don’t think there’s a right or wrong here
we have stuff like this come up from time to time. i like to know, but it's also very difficult to verify info, which makes it hard to know what to do. seems to be most common in companies who hire lots of freelancers.
As journalists, we used to go to this website called WhoPaysWriters. It's like GlassDoor for freelance journalists. Maybe we should have something similar for freelance content marketers?
@Ritoban Mukherjee might be what you’re looking for 🙂
If you have direct experience and know it's not a rumor, yes. If it's a rumor then, no. Not unless you really trust the source.
Thanks, everyone. I decided not to say anything, just because I believe in having solid proof before stating something like that. When I have proof, I'll name names.
Also, @Ritoban Mukherjee, fuck Fast Company.
Amen, @Brit McGinnis (editing, research)