Yes. It's called a "union". They were discovered around the turn of the 20th century, caused the greatest increase in prosperity and wealth for the greatest number of people of any idea in history but then we decided we were collectively too smart for all that so we're inexorably inching our way back towards children suffering in dangerous conditions to enrich a few warlords (and no, they won't pay you on time).
Ask HN: Is there a bad employers (who have a records of not paying) list?
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Re: Ask HN: Is there a bad employers (who have a records of not paying) list?
#12Glassdoor before they allowed takeovers of corporate pages by the business operators. But your best bet is probably unfortunately to scan social media. There's ghostjobs.io for job offer reviews but I'm not aware of anything else.
Re: Ask HN: Is there a bad employers (who have a records of not paying) list?
#13This is just asking for defamation troubles.
Depending on your jurisdiction, reviews are protected free speech. You're arguably reviewing your employment.
Re: Ask HN: Is there a bad employers (who have a records of not paying) list?
#14This is just asking for defamation troubles.
If they actually didn't pay staff, do you really think they want to go to court?
Re: Ask HN: Is there a bad employers (who have a records of not paying) list?
#15I worked for one such employer long ago that would “accidentally” bounce paychecks.
This happened with such regularity that people would take their checks to said employer’s bank on payday and stand in line to cash them before heading to the office. You’d see a couple of coworkers in line to do this.
Maintaining a list like this is probably not super useful. Any company that does this kind of stuff as a routine will not continue the routine of employing people for long.
Re: Ask HN: Is there a bad employers (who have a records of not paying) list?
#16An unethical company is likely would consider a lawsuit to put such private site out of business. A collection of unethical companies would be an exponentially higher risk to such site.
Sounds like a Streissand effect waiting to happen. Besides, IANAL, but I'm sure plenty of people here could find a lawyer to file for an easy anti-SLAPP defense.
Factual statements about bad employers are very much free speech. Judges aren't particularly fond of frivolous lawsuits. There are already mechanisms in place to quickly throw those away without wasting everyone's time and money.
Re: Ask HN: Is there a bad employers (who have a records of not paying) list?
#17An unethical company is likely would consider a lawsuit to put such private site out of business. A collection of unethical companies would be an exponentially higher risk to such site.
Sounds like a Streissand effect waiting to happen. Besides, IANAL, but I'm sure plenty of people here could find a lawyer to file for an easy anti-SLAPP defense. Factual statements about bad employers are very much free speech. Judges aren't particularly fond of frivolous lawsuits. There are already mechanisms in place to quickly throw those away without wasting everyone's time and money.
>Factual statements about bad employers
and how is this hypothetical website you're hyping supposed to uncover the factuality of statements random people from the internet are posting?
Re: Ask HN: Is there a bad employers (who have a records of not paying) list?
#18I imagine if you start one, and it gets much use, right away you have a validation problem.
Also, in most countries (especially the US), also a defamation problem.