First let me explain myself. I am an ex-jobing.com employee who had true passion for the company and the vision. I am one of the people who was blessed to have been given the opportunity to attain my MBA at the expense of Jobing.com and with Aaron’s vision. For that I am forever thankful! The remarks made, I will have to admit, were rough in nature. Having been laid off, I will say this; I gave my heart and soul almost everyday. My way of life from a professional identify as well as financial were turned upside down and I let this announcement get the better of me. After receiving a call this evening, I learned that perhaps the best approach would have been to go to Aaron Matos himself with my concerns and decided not to for one reason or another. I opted to use this forum to express my frustration with the news that we all heard about. This was not the best thing to do to a company that I still, to this day care about. Throughout life we are learning lessons. I will add this to that list. I would like to clarify a few things. To the current Jobing.com “front liners”, you drive the business on a daily basis. You are making your dials and doing all that you can to grow your business despite the current economic conditions, keep it up because God willing, things will turn around sooner rather than later. To Aaron, posting something like this while you are at the ERE conference was unfair. You were put in a position that I couldn’t even begin to imagine. With Jobing being a young company, I do understand you are doing what you feel is best. That doesn’t mean I have to agree to it. In the future, I hope to be able to explain this to you further in a neutral setting.

Let me reiterate, I was laid off, I was thankful (at the time), and still miss what I did and the business I was able to grow and the Team that I was able to be a part. Is the Jobing system perfect, no and neither is any business model that I am aware of. I wish each and everyone of you who read this and those of you associated with Jobing in any capacity the best, my approach was unprofessional and not needed.

I any of you feel that you need further clarification, please feel free to send an email. I will reply when time allows it.

Even now, as they celebrate their union they are not allowing negative comments to go live on the Cheezhead site. Trust me I know I posted one yesterday that should have been like 3 or 4 on the list. Now, there are 29 comments and they are all Congrats & Applause. Where is mine? Well, thank you ERE. Its nice to know that there are still unbiased sites where one can voice an opinion without being censored. This censorship by the new owners of Cheezwiz is an example of the lies, deceit, denial, and propaganda they have peddled for years. Hey Joel make sure you show your personal Laptop to Aaron when you start so he knows which one is yours. He may mistake it for company property and smash when you go to walk out in 18 months. (Oh yeah, true story) Good Luck!

Let me guess, another re-org is on the horizon? You built a company that was all about people, what happened to that. You updated you twitter account on labor day of all days to say, ” Thinking about work, capitalism, & the end of summer (here is the part that gets me), Help someone unemployed today or this week to find work-make a difference. How poetic of you. Always the giver, kind of like your open door policy. (note to future employees, DO NOT QUESTION AARON, HE REALLY DOES NOT CARE WHAT YOU THINK, JUST MAKE YOUR DIALS). I have a question, how many VP’s do you have now, one for every 3 front liners?

TO Joel also. No one before you who has been in similar position has lasted more then 24 months. ALL are gone and left with nothing as Aaron Matos ruins the very business model or technology you worked so hard to create. Simply put Aaron does not and can not play well with others. Enjoy the ride until reality sets in, after that, we look forward to the reinvention of your blog.

TO the remaining employees at Jobing.com and any market that is still around, run while you can. Reach out to all of your current clients and ask them for a job. The time is running out and you may be the next bottom line causality like so many others before you! I am sure most of you are keeping your heads down and putting on a smile just to put on a good front, but you have been warned!

TO Aaron Matos; how can you with good conscious make this decision? As if putting your name on an area wasn’t bad enough, you just showed your cards and told the world that you have been paying for Joel’s silence this whole time. With so many VP’s you must be feeling the pressure from the investors for some type of return on their investment.

Clarification to you who read this; I may sound like a disgruntled ex-employee and I may be a bit. I gave my life to that company just to have them tell me that due to the economy we are needing to make changes (despite the book of business I and may others had). I was one of the people who drank the cool-aid for a long time just to watch great person after great person leave due to frustration with management or asked to leave for a number of other reason. I, over time have learned that being let go was one of the best things to happen to me. There isn’t a day that I do not miss what I did, but slowly over time the external mission of making a difference in the community we serve was growing old due to the true internal mission, CLOSE BUSINESS at any cost. Best of luck to you Jobing.com, a once great company now filled ego filled VP’s who “earned” there positions!

Good on you Joel, I’ve enjoyed your blog for many years. Good luck in the new gig.

Sorry that brettfavre and AP will be destroying your Browns this weekend.

All the best; see you live one of these days.

Steve Levy

Joseph P Murphy
Shaker Consulting Group
Developers of the Virtual Job Tryout