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Hate Your Boss? Here's How to Tell Him Off, Anonymously
 

Addinator's picture
ST
 
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 on 8/9/12 at 8:30pm
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Sadly, we can't all vent our frustrations about our bosses by abusing a copy machine Office Space style. Luckily, you can now vent your frustrations anonymously online.

Many a worker has thought: “I’d like to give my boss a piece of my mind!” Well, get your creative juices flowing. A new service, Tellyourbossanything.com, launched by Canadian startup Happiily on July 30, allows users to send managers anonymous feedback about—more or less—anything.

Now, apparently, people can give their bosses feedback anonymously via this new online website. The service, although free to start, costs 20 dollars a month after that to see other messages from employees. I've always thought it easier to simply go to your surperior and raise the issue with them directly, instead of submitting something anonymously online. This doesn't seem to be either effective or productive, and really encourages employees being passive aggressive rather than attempting to shape whatever their office culture is.

Long story short, would any of you guys actually submit anonymous feedback to a random site instead of just saying it or emailing it directly? Do things like this really serve a purpose in the workplace?

I know if someone tried to submit something to me through this thing I would just laugh at it and move on, if I even paid attention to it at all. There are a million more effective ways to increase and encourage clear communication both good and bad in the workplace.

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grapefury's picture

What's so hard about making

(Baboon, 117
 
Points)
 on 8/9/12 at 9:00pm

What's so hard about making an anonymous gmail account that can accomplish the same thing??

jsnoots23's picture

This isn't subtle but my boss

AM
(Chimp, 14
 
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 on 8/9/12 at 9:06pm

This isn't subtle but my boss told me her old vp was a asshole and one day someone snuck into his office after work and literally took a shit on the guys desk. After that she said he got the message and was a lot easier to work with after. Risk worth the reward?

Mr.Saxman's picture

jsnoots23: This isn't subtle

IB
 
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 on 8/10/12 at 12:46am
jsnoots23:

This isn't subtle but my boss told me her old vp was a asshole and one day someone snuck into his office after work and literally took a shit on the guys desk. After that she said he got the message and was a lot easier to work with after. Risk worth the reward?

Let us know how you do

arguewithatree's picture

This is dumb in my opinion.

IB
 
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 on 8/10/12 at 2:11am

This is dumb in my opinion. If I feel strongly enough to tell someone how I fell about them, I will tell them. If I feel strongly but don't want the person to know, I will write about it in my personal notes and will not tell them. More times then not though, I just don't give a fuck.

GS's picture

Isn't there a way to handle

ST
 
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 on 8/10/12 at 6:17am

Isn't there a way to handle the situation like adults?

D M's picture

If you can't tell your boss

O
 
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 on 8/10/12 at 6:22am

If you can't tell your boss off to his face while you are working, you shouldn't be doing it anonymously. You also shouldn't do it when you leave your job, you never know who he knows in the business or who might be his friend.

"WSO is like the 300 for anti spamage. None shall pass." -happypantsmcgee
"You stop being an asshole when it sucks to be you." -IlliniProgrammer

BlackHat's picture

This is the pathetic side of

HF
 
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 on 8/10/12 at 6:25am

This is the pathetic side of startups...

I hate victims who respect their executioners

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Working9-5's picture

I smell an IPO with a $100bn

ST
(Gorilla, 613
 
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 on 8/10/12 at 8:00am

I smell an IPO with a $100bn valuation.

CNBC sucks

"This financial crisis is worse than a divorce. I've lost all my money, but the wife is still here." - Client after getting blown up

MissNG's picture

jsnoots23: This isn't subtle

O
 
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 on 8/10/12 at 11:21am
jsnoots23:

This isn't subtle but my boss told me her old vp was a asshole and one day someone snuck into his office after work and literally took a shit on the guys desk. After that she said he got the message and was a lot easier to work with after. Risk worth the reward?

Maybe he brought the turd from home in a bag/tupperware to avoid getting caught squatting over the desk...

"Dont compromise yourself; you're all you've got" - Janis Joplin

RE Capital Markets's picture

BlackHat: This is the

RE
(Gorilla, 649
 
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 on 8/10/12 at 2:57pm
BlackHat:

This is the pathetic side of startups...

Totally disagree, this is much more useful than Instagram (aka Hipstergram).

I bet the pre-IPO valuation will be around $2.5 B, assuming a zero-revenue business model.

Man made money, money never made the man

BlackHat's picture

RE Capital

HF
 
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 on 8/10/12 at 3:07pm
RE Capital Markets:
BlackHat:

This is the pathetic side of startups...

Totally disagree, this is much more useful than Instagram (aka Hipstergram).

I bet the pre-IPO valuation will be around $2.5 B, assuming a zero-revenue business model.

We're expecting this one to go off at -36383x EBITDA.

I hate victims who respect their executioners

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Bondarb's picture

jsnoots23: This isn't subtle

HF
(Neanderthal, 2,283
 
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 on 8/10/12 at 3:43pm
jsnoots23:

This isn't subtle but my boss told me her old vp was a asshole and one day someone snuck into his office after work and literally took a shit on the guys desk. After that she said he got the message and was a lot easier to work with after. Risk worth the reward?

I see anohter opportunity here....At www.shitonyourbossesdesk.com, our team of dedicated shitters will anonymously shit on your bosses desk at very reasonable rates.

DontSleep's picture

Bondarb: jsnoots23: This

ST
 
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 on 8/28/12 at 10:42pm
Bondarb:
jsnoots23:

This isn't subtle but my boss told me her old vp was a asshole and one day someone snuck into his office after work and literally took a shit on the guys desk. After that she said he got the message and was a lot easier to work with after. Risk worth the reward?

I see anohter opportunity here....At www.shitonyourbossesdesk.com, our team of dedicated shitters will anonymously shit on your bosses desk at very reasonable rates.

If this doesn't deserve a silver banana I don't know what does.

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