Please Poach Me
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Please Poach Me
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#2We built this with the hope that people will find the jobs they truly want. Let us know what your thoughts are.
Most importantly, have fun with it ;)
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#3This is a great idea. The only feature I think you need is the ability to block companies, specifically the one you're working for right now.
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#4We built this with the hope that people will find the jobs they truly want. Let us know what your thoughts are. Most importantly, have fun with it ;)
Cool idea! The biggest risk of volunteering yourself to get poached is that your company finds out BEFORE you get poached. Everyone loses :-(
If you block people at the same company, that could be a good way around it for sure.
Do you think salary is the only thing that motivates people wanting to leave? Ancillary benefits to the job may be greater motivators for current employees to switch jobs, no?
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#5This is a great idea. The only feature I think you need is the ability to block companies, specifically the one you're working for right now.
Yep, we thought about that. We only provide a way for companies to contact you through an anonymous email (similar to Craigslist) so we decided it wasn't a key feature.
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#6This is a great idea. The only feature I think you need is the ability to block companies, specifically the one you're working for right now.
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#7Great idea, bad name however. Also, might I suggest SSL for the "enter your credit card number" part?
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#8We built this with the hope that people will find the jobs they truly want. Let us know what your thoughts are. Most importantly, have fun with it ;)
Cool idea! The biggest risk of volunteering yourself to get poached is that your company finds out BEFORE you get poached. Everyone loses :-( If you block people at the same company, that could be a good way around it for sure. Do you think salary is the only thing that motivates people wanting to leave? Ancillary benefits to the job may be greater motivators for current employees to switch jobs, no?
Since the emails are anonymous (e.g. q8XR1BB2TokDXslewseDlGc9E@pleasepoach.me) and your name isn't provided, there's no way your company can find out if you're on the site--unless it's just you and your co-founder :(
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#9We built this with the hope that people will find the jobs they truly want. Let us know what your thoughts are. Most importantly, have fun with it ;)
Cool idea! The biggest risk of volunteering yourself to get poached is that your company finds out BEFORE you get poached. Everyone loses :-( If you block people at the same company, that could be a good way around it for sure. Do you think salary is the only thing that motivates people wanting to leave? Ancillary benefits to the job may be greater motivators for current employees to switch jobs, no?
Blocking people like that would simply let people compare two lists and give you confirmation on who that person is from the discrepancy. That would be bad.
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#10I like the idea, +1 for originality. Just some thoughts though: Not that I have much experience from the employer standpoint, but the fact that I have to keep paying (even if it's $50) each time, will always leave a constant reminder that I'm spending money. That, coupled with the fact that I'm not sure what quality of candidates you'll be showing me (and I KNOW how bad headhunters can be trying to cram someone where they don't fit, just for that commission) seems like you'd have trouble getting anyone to fork over $150+ on this. Not that I have better specific suggestions, but trying to get one big lump sum might work better, as it's easier to spend once, as opposed to multiple times. And one last thing, I don't how long ago you launched, or if you already did this, but i'd try to find as many alpha tester companies (give it to em free) and candidates as possible, cuz if I just spent my third round of $50, and I"m seeing the same people, kiss it GOODBYE, and I'll be sure to warn my friends. Like I said though, you could be there already, I don't know, it's just a thought that crossed my mind.