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I realized yesterday that if I actually blogged about issues at work that we face on a day-to-day basis that I’d have a ton to write about, and this blog may have some more value than me waxing nostalgic about 70s Marvel Horror comic books (which has its place). How many ecommerce blogs are out there, by people that are actually in the trenches? Not some consultant wonk trying to get some extra Google juice, but by someone actually doing it.
However, the idea of possibly releasing some information that I shouldn’t have and the consequences of such would really not be worth it.
Which is unfortunate, because I feel like I have this whole side to me that nobody else knows about, and I have loads of information that I would like to share. Suffice to say, I’ve been thinking a lot about business blogging lately. I’m starting an internal Ecommerce Department blog this week, shut off to the outside world, more as a proof of concept than anything else. We’ll see how it goes, but I’m hoping this little experiment will lead into greater lines of interactivity between the business and the consumers eventually (and I can completely sympathize with the fear of doing so – it is scary to open up new channels of communication like that).
The hardest part so far is just getting everyone on board as to what a blog actually is.
Yeah, no kidding. That is about the last thing I want to have happen. Talking about issues and talking snidely about co-workers are two different things, though (no matter how much one would love to publicly complain about co-workers sometimes). Keeping the personalities out of the issues when I speak about them here isn’t a problem for me. I think in general if someone is bugging me that I can at least expect them to be feeling the same amount of frustration towards myself.
Yes it is more than merely important to watch what you say in a blog about your job. You don’t wanna get pink-slipped because you decided to go on about how awful your job and/or boss is. I tend to keep work items in my journals fairly light just in case.
So far so good on the internal blogging – it’s getting a good reception at this point. Maybe this will help get some of this minutiae out of my head, but still have it be productive and valuable (even if it is confined to the borders of my department).
You don’t wanna get pink-slipped because you decided to go on about how awful your job and/or boss is.
And Freddy, you have had some awful jobs/bosses; I don’t know how you did it, buddy.
For me, coming home and sharing that sort of stuff online is really pointless, especially because miscommunication between work parties can be easily sorted out. I’ve found that if stuff like that is bothering you that much, you need to get over it and focus on how to fix it, because really, most people aren’t out to screw you over or make your life hell. Focusing a blog post on how crappy things are at work can make it more of a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Except, like I said, in some cases or specifically your instances, Fredd. Some of those environments were just bad news no matter what you could have done to try to fix it.
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Feb 23, 02:50 AM
don’t get dooced, yo. :)