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RE: Employer / Employee - READ FIRST

Melville — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 08:30:00 GMT

Thanks Brian.

RE: Employer / Employee - READ FIRST

K. Brian Kelley — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 07:32:00 GMT

I've edited my post to remove the name reference, but that's still fairly close to your real name.

RE: Employer / Employee - READ FIRST

Melville — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 03:22:00 GMT

I'll be alright now, unless someone mentions my name in the text of a message. What? Eh! Oh.

RE: Employer / Employee - READ FIRST

Melville — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 03:19:00 GMT

Perhaps some name obfuscation is necessary.

RE: Employer / Employee - READ FIRST

K. Brian Kelley — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 08:29:00 GMT

True, but unless ******** is a pseudonym, keep in mind that the SSC.com forums, like many others, get indexed by the search engines. Therefore, if someone googles for ********, they may be pulled to a post of yours.

RE: Employer / Employee - READ FIRST

Melville — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 07:46:00 GMT

Brian, you are probably right - and as you are open about your employer it makes sense to respect their policies. I'm not going to mention my employer's name.

RE: Employer / Employee - READ FIRST

K. Brian Kelley — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 08:00:00 GMT

Unfortunately, that fine line is going to be determined by your employer. If you're discussing what you'd like to see or what you don't like in general that may be safe, but it really depends on your firm. My policy has always been when posting, whether it's on the forums, writing an article, or writing a blog post, is if I think there's any reasonable way my current employer might take offense at what I've written, I don't write it in public.

RE: Employer / Employee - READ FIRST

Melville — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 04:10:00 GMT

Most employers have a policy of not allowing discussion of their policies in public - mine certainly does - but I've always thought that is unenforceable. Surely discussing policies in abstract (without mentioning the actual employer) is fine?

RE: Employer / Employee - READ FIRST

Stephanie J Brown — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 09:47:00 GMT

Of course, you could ask questions about prospective employers, and then have "offline" conversations about more sensitive issues regarding the employer. Discretion is always advisable in a public forum, but honesty is always appreciated!

Note that as employees, we think of this as discussing employers, but the same could be true in the other direction! (HR resource??)

RE: Employer / Employee - READ FIRST

Scott Coleman — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 09:11:00 GMT

How about "don't post anything you'd NOT want your employer to read."

RE: Employer / Employee - READ FIRST

Ninja's_RGR'us — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 11:55:00 GMT

Next question was how can I do this. But expected answer is you can't unless you are a moderator or admin .

Thanx for the info!

RE: Employer / Employee - READ FIRST

K. Brian Kelley — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 11:43:00 GMT

It's a pinned post, so it should stay at the top if anyone browses the forum.

RE: Employer / Employee - READ FIRST

Ninja's_RGR'us — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 11:32:00 GMT

Will this post be a permanent warning or will it fade off like any other posts?

Employer / Employee - READ FIRST

Steve Jones - SSC Editor — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 09:49:00 GMT

This forum is designated as a place where you can discuss positive or negative issues about your employer. Remember this is a public forum, so don't post anything you'd want your employer to read.This was created as the request of others who are looking for a place to discuss issues as DBA employees.