I’m curious about something. Maybe the very nature of my post will preclude some people from answering, but I’ll ask anyway:
Some people here at the Cove are often brutally honest in the criticism of their company and some of the people they work for/with. Yet they use the Cove on the job to help them with their work, which I would think, under some circumstances, would or potentially could lead to some of the people they work with – perhaps “higher-ups” – viewing their critical posts. I can see where this might cause some problems.
For example, “Joe Sixpack” posts on the Cove for a year or so, getting advice, giving advice, and, in the process, sometimes saying some critical words about something his company or boss does that Joe thinks is stupid, illegal, immoral, etc. Later, Joe’s company has a problem or question and Joe posts a question on the Cove seeking advice. As usual with the Cove, several people have some valuable input for Joe and he tells his boss about it. The Boss says “let me see that” and eventually sees what the Cove is and sees Joe’s name or “Cove name”. The Boss starts to visit the Cove himself and out of curiosity looks up some of Joe’s old posts and, to his shock, sees some unflattering things Joe has said about the company or the Boss himself.
Has anyone here had that happen to them? Do some Cove members have “dual identities” – one under which they post their true feelings and remain anonymous and one under which they post when the Boss is looking or might want to look?
Some people here at the Cove are often brutally honest in the criticism of their company and some of the people they work for/with. Yet they use the Cove on the job to help them with their work, which I would think, under some circumstances, would or potentially could lead to some of the people they work with – perhaps “higher-ups” – viewing their critical posts. I can see where this might cause some problems.
For example, “Joe Sixpack” posts on the Cove for a year or so, getting advice, giving advice, and, in the process, sometimes saying some critical words about something his company or boss does that Joe thinks is stupid, illegal, immoral, etc. Later, Joe’s company has a problem or question and Joe posts a question on the Cove seeking advice. As usual with the Cove, several people have some valuable input for Joe and he tells his boss about it. The Boss says “let me see that” and eventually sees what the Cove is and sees Joe’s name or “Cove name”. The Boss starts to visit the Cove himself and out of curiosity looks up some of Joe’s old posts and, to his shock, sees some unflattering things Joe has said about the company or the Boss himself.
Has anyone here had that happen to them? Do some Cove members have “dual identities” – one under which they post their true feelings and remain anonymous and one under which they post when the Boss is looking or might want to look?