Do you read Ventibate?
It’s a site that was designed to let you scream, yell, and vent before you take a gun to the office. I refer people to this site on a daily basis — especially readers of Punk Rock HR who write and complain about their jobs. You aren’t powerless if you can complain about Terrorists in India, if you can tell NWA to suck it, or if you can write a simple paragraph about The Backstreet Boys and The National Anthem. I’m also a big fan of the WORK category.
This site is so American that it makes me want to cry.
Go check it out while you’re on your Monday morning conference calls, yo.
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there’s another one i love — kvetch.com
My company’s server is blocking my access to ventibate.com. Apparently the server thinks its a pornographic site. I just wanted to complain!
Oh man, that is a phenomenal site!!!!!!
Great find, Laurie. JobVent isn’t bad either, bit different.
@Cols Must check out kvetch — except that I live it.
@Angela it’s kind of pornographic & lots of profanity.
@Breanne it is a site after your own heart.
@Jacob Gotta check out JobVent, too!
Thanks for the post, Laurie, I’m glad you like the site. I’m guessing that the reason a company would be blocking the site would be the profanity, because there is no porn.
@Hugh Let me clarify: it’s not pornographic in the literal, traditional sense. Not at all. I was using pornography in a liberal way.
The site is fun.
I’m amazed that you think that sites like this are cool, because they violate at least two of your Four Simple Rules. I wrote about jobvent in relation to you not long ago:
http://theworkinggeek.com/2008/11/laurie-ruettimanns-four-simple-rules.html
Laurie Ruettimann over at Punk Rock HR has four simple rules to live by:
1. Don
Andy, I support any forum where people complain and it’s outside my office. That’s the beauty of the internet. You can whine and complain from the comfort of your home, and no one else needs to hear about it unless they opt to read the site.
Opt-in kvetching.