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08-08-2012, 09:06 PM
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Other side of the m0dem
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Portland OR
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Quoth Pedersen
Wait... I tracked you down...
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YOU don't cause problems.
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so YOU think 
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08-08-2012, 09:21 PM
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Ninja Perv
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: HV, NY
Posts: 1,090
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Quoth telecom_goddess
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Dammit, I walked right into that one, didn't I?
(also, soda up the nose hurts... Rule 1 again.)
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08-08-2012, 10:44 PM
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Area Manager
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Posts: 1,396
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Quoth KiaKat
YOU don't cause problems.
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I think I'm hurt. Don't worry, I'll do better next time. I promise.
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08-09-2012, 12:37 AM
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Resets/Revision Dragon
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Florida's Gulf Coast
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This is one of the many reasons I changed my job title/company on my Facebook to a generic title. Anyone that knows me well enough to know where I work isn't going to be a problem (I hope).
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08-09-2012, 12:30 PM
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Urge to kill, rising...
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: England
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I don't post where I work, ever. I normally just call it a generic name, like "the petrol station". And I don't put where I work on my facebook, either.
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My DeviantArt.
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08-11-2012, 02:16 AM
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Where's my handbasket?
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Nevada
Posts: 496
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Even though I have some good stories from the last place I worked, I won't post them (also signed NDAs). I worked for one of the largest companys in the industry and posting bad things about them could make sure I NEVER work in it again. There are also people I know who read this site that would know who I am if I posted a most famous incident. While funny, not good if I want to get a job in that small town when when we move back. There are some I have posted with a generic "grocery store" though.
This is just something else to keep in mind. If you want to get into a small industry bad mouthing ANY employers that can be traced back to you is bad.
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08-12-2012, 03:43 AM
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The Hero CS Deserves
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Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Wandering Greyhawk
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I've found that it is indeed wisest to avoid ID'ing whomever you work for currently by anything more specific than "pizza place" or "private firm".
A few years after leaving or being shown the door, sure, I'm willing to use a fake name like DaddyJim's Pizza...in that case, because I last worked there a *decade* ago. While I'm currently self-underemployed  , I'm still not gonna give out the name of my business, and I'm even vague about describing what I do unless I am talking to a mod over a PM and I feel that it is significant.
Better safe than sorry, guys.
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"Our psychic powers only work if the customer has a mind to read" - me
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08-12-2012, 07:19 PM
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Insert clever title here
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: At my computer
Posts: 7,007
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Quoth EricKei
I've found that it is indeed wisest to avoid ID'ing whomever you work for currently by anything more specific than "pizza place" or "private firm".
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Exactly. Identifying the type of business is safe enough; using the name (or even a parody of a name), not so much. Yes, it's funny to call your workplace VoldeMart, but the higher-ups might figure it out eventually; better to just say "department store".
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08-14-2012, 05:11 PM
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Is not a mind reader
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Hell, AKA - the call center
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*bump* (already)
Please also be mindful that it's also inappropriate to ask about personal information or identities of people here or with regards to people on other sites that we reference here as well.
Thanks.
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Last edited by Peppergirl; 08-14-2012 at 05:13 PM.
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08-14-2012, 06:34 PM
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Elective
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Elective ban
Posts: 10,417
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Quoth XCashier
Exactly. Identifying the type of business is safe enough; using the name (or even a parody of a name), not so much. Yes, it's funny to call your workplace VoldeMart, but the higher-ups might figure it out eventually; better to just say "department store".
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Good point.
I originally called my store "Big box", not to be confused with Big Lots, but because in my mind "big box stores" refers to very large chain stores.
Not sure if anyone figured out where I work (aside from PMs) but this is also why I gave things like our software nicknames that had nothing to do with the company. Like "Reaver" and "Firefly". 
Tho I'm no longer there so if any of you figured it out, that's OK.
My previous job was pretty obvious tho. (Squid!)
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