Interesting that the article mentions Stack Overflow, as back in April we changed our Terms Of Service to explicitly disallow these kinds of scrapers: http://meta.stackexchange.com/q/277369
Of course that doesn't stop it from happening, but at least now we can send notice and take action when we find scrapers.
I'm sorry, but I find tools like this so questionable. The idea the boss should know when his or her employees are planning to leave without even asking seems like a Orwellian nightmare waiting to happen.
Reminds me of those apps people install to track friends and relatives.
Why is it wrong for a manager to understand the needs and motivations of their employees? Sometimes you don't have to ask directly - there are other signals.
While it's not wrong for a manager to try to make his/her employees happy, I think the parent covered it when he/she mentioned the Orwellian aspect of it. My other fear would be my employer deciding to see me out the door much more quickly if they found out that I was looking for another job.
In a way it's better. If they see you might be looking they might give you a raise whereas if you said to him. "hey, I'm looking" it might just get his back up and he might start looking for a replacement
Funny enough - it's all too common for a company to poach employees directly from another job. It's an odd double standard (though understandable) that an employee could get backlash for looking, but recruiters actively try and poach.
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[ 3.0 ms ] story [ 33.4 ms ] threadOf course that doesn't stop it from happening, but at least now we can send notice and take action when we find scrapers.
We will have an IPO next week
Not if Joberate acquires you first.
Reminds me of those apps people install to track friends and relatives.
Rands covers a good portion of it here: http://randsinrepose.com/archives/bored-people-quit/