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Topic Name: Free cheese to go with your whine.
Message Name: Why Do You Care?
Date Posted: 02/28/2006
In Reply To: perhaps because these boards were originally intended to be a legitimate resource for prospective employees and current employees looking to change positions within or outside the company. Instead, they've become a venting ground for a relatively small group of cry-babies and nothing of serious merit ever gets done. Anyone who remotely sounds less than totally pessimistic, or who suggests that there might be more constructive uses of posters' and readers' time is roundly insulted and accused of drinking the kool-aid. Meanwhile, someone posts a rant based on no facts, or their own failures, and the bozos jump on the bus cheering him on. So the whiney-babies own the board the same way the grafitti writers own the bridges. Maybe the spray painters think it's art, but it just makes most of us puke. There's a word for these folks. It's in the dictionary under "L" (hint, second letter is "o") Oh, and sure, because I say this I'm a Hewitt Whore (just thought I'd save you all the trouble of pointing that out to me)
Message: So bitching on this board is a monumental waste of time. So is defending Hewitt's reputation for every negative things written here about the firm. As for the original intent of this board, I agree to some extent. However, things have deteriorated so much and so quickly at the firm that negative feelings have become the most dominant issue to deal with these days. As much as lots of this web-based bitching is nothing but hot air, there's also quite a bit of truth to what has been posted. Just check out Jobvent.com - it's no better than this place. However, it's criticisms of Hewitt are more civil. Perhaps you can go there and respond to the negative postings on that website. Maybe you can even help to remove Hewitt from the "10 Worst Employers" list. That seems more productive than defending Hewitt against virtual angry mob.

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