Comments on: Chief Bullshit Officer

By: Jeremy Privett

Jeremy Privett — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:12:03 +0000

It’s particularly bad if you’re having the same problems hiring that I’ve been having.

In two weeks of posting our job opening we received something like 70 or 80 resumes that I sifted through to get about 20 people that I wanted to talk to. Of those 20 people, 12 went through a formal interview. Of those twelve, 5 were brought onto existing projects as a contract-to-hire to see how well they would mesh with our existing team and systems. Of those 5 people, only 1 was actually hired.

Finding competent people who aren’t currently employed at a place they’re happy with has been incredibly hard, so far. Maybe my standards are too high. I don’t know.

By: Adam Kinder

Adam Kinder — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:42:29 +0000

I know the feeling, we’re trying to staff up to keep our release dates from doing the all too familiar slide, but it’s an uphill battle.

By: Jeremy’s Blog » Fake Companies and Honorable Mentions

Jeremy’s Blog » Fake Companies and Honorable Mentions — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:14:53 +0000

[...] Companies and Honorable Mentions Adam Kinder of E29 Incorporated put up a blog entry on the internet’s phenomenon of producing fake companies. Omega Vortex got an Honorable Mention on his list of companies that get it right: A runner up that [...]

By: Jeremy Privett

Jeremy Privett — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 04:38:17 +0000

I’m kind of sad I didn’t see this sooner. Thanks for the nod. We’re hoping to actually release some stuff within the next couple months or so. Our Consulting Division has been taking the priority away from our Software Division, sadly. C’est la vie … We’ve got to make money to stay in business.

Thanks.

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 20:25:07 +0000

The whole fake company thing is something which really annoys me generally about the Internet. One in particular always makes me laugh and I think they have a Chief Compliance Officer…its probably the same one you mentioned. I *generally* stay away from companies where they only have email as a contact method, unless I *know* its reputable.

In the UK it is alot easier to tell fake companies. It is the law to state certain information, including registered company number, registered company address and some other information on websites and email communications as well as printed stationary. Although Sole traders and partnerships don’t have the requirement of displaying that information on websites, but I believe distance selling regulations mean that if they chose not to have those details on the website, they would have to give them to you before you go into business with them.