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 Aerethan wrote:
Also, local GW manager insists that the rape/assault charges thing is some kind of pointless hoax and that Bolger is currently an officer in TX.

Wow. Anything to protect GW's reputation...

 Peregrine wrote:

 Aerethan wrote:
Also, local GW manager insists that the rape/assault charges thing is some kind of pointless hoax and that Bolger is currently an officer in TX.

Wow. Anything to protect GW's reputation...

Really? If that manager had any sense all he should say is that Mark Bolger no longer works for GW. Period end of story, saying something is a pointless hoax that is a matter of public record as well as being prior to his employment at GW is above said manager's pay grade.

Clarence wrote:
As a former employee of Games Workshop, I can tell you for sure that Mark Bolger no longer works for the company, and has not done so for over a year or so. He quit before I quit. He must not have updated his Facebook.

There is the off chance that he re-applied but I highly doubt that. GW very rarely takes back staff who quit, especially in those senior positions.

Clarence

I dunno, I worked for GW for three separate occasions

 McNinja wrote:
So, apparently this dude doesn't actually work for the company anymore, and hasn't for 12 months.

Proof?

 Fafnir wrote:


In a world where potential employers actively stalk your Facebook and other online profiles, keeping your information up to date and inoffensive is actually fairly important.

Uh oh...

If my boss quits or I need to seek employment again once day, a potential boss might take offence to some of my many groups... Such as "I'm celebrating Good Friday with Bacon" "Blow yourself up next to Cash Generator and take some smack heads with you" or the always popular "Wrap Bin Laden in bacon and bury him upside down"

I think some are missing the main point here, it doesnt matter if he works now or worked 12 months ago... what I find quite funny is the mind set of someone that express himself like that, used to have a managing role at GW... I mean how hard is to screen a complete imbecil from management?
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Right....cause angry messages and comments directed at you non-stop from folks like the lot in this thread or facebok would NEVER be enough to set someone over the edge and cause them to tell others off....OH WAIT!

Don't get me wrong, it's still unprofessional, but 5 minutes reading these forums or the facebook page is normally more than enough to cause me to face palm at the ridiculousness of some complaints and comments.

Also it's not that GW doesn't care about it's hobbyists....it's that GW doesn't care about the fraction of a percent of their hobbyists that frequent forums like this...they've run the numbers, Whineseer and Dakka don't matter business wise. That they've started posting the job recruitment messages up here is something of a miracle far as I'm concerned.

I don't understand why people think it would be a surprise that people in higher management (though this guy is not) are dismissive about hardcore fans. It is in fact very common in entertainment industry. This seems stupid as those people are amongst the most loyal fans of the hobby (whatever hobby we're talking about, not just "The Hobby"), but they also include those who are most vocal and scathing in their criticism, which the managers and execs are often very poor at receiving.

For example, it is well known that record company higher ups hate music aficiniados, largely because the latter are extremely critical over Loudness War and other music production issues. Just note the controversy over Metallica's latest album, and how dismissive the response to criticism was. Examples abound, it is not just a GW thing.

 mattyrm wrote:

 Fafnir wrote:


In a world where potential employers actively stalk your Facebook and other online profiles, keeping your information up to date and inoffensive is actually fairly important.

Uh oh...

If my boss quits or I need to seek employment again once day, a potential boss might take offence to some of my many groups... Such as "I'm celebrating Good Friday with Bacon" "Blow yourself up next to Cash Generator and take some smack heads with you" or the always popular "Wrap Bin Laden in bacon and bury him upside down"

This is a lesson most people need to learn that I got taught the hard way thanks to SERE. Keep your stupid BS locked down hard where no one can find it via google search.

I think it's funny that people think this guy actually did this. I have no doubt that some people are dumb enough, but....

I can make fake Facebook accounts for anyone and so can you.

 mattyrm wrote:

 Fafnir wrote:


In a world where potential employers actively stalk your Facebook and other online profiles, keeping your information up to date and inoffensive is actually fairly important.

Uh oh...

If my boss quits or I need to seek employment again once day, a potential boss might take offence to some of my many groups... Such as "I'm celebrating Good Friday with Bacon" "Blow yourself up next to Cash Generator and take some smack heads with you" or the always popular "Wrap Bin Laden in bacon and bury him upside down"

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Actually that'd work against me too. The thing is, I don't HAVE a facebook profile. Closest I have is a LinkedIn profile, and THAT I never actually link to. So I have nothing bad against me, but at the same time, they might overlook me because it'll be harder to keep track of me (since my real name is not linked to anywhere I regularly visit).

 mattyrm wrote:

 Fafnir wrote:


In a world where potential employers actively stalk your Facebook and other online profiles, keeping your information up to date and inoffensive is actually fairly important.

Uh oh...

If my boss quits or I need to seek employment again once day, a potential boss might take offence to some of my many groups... Such as "I'm celebrating Good Friday with Bacon" "Blow yourself up next to Cash Generator and take some smack heads with you" or the always popular "Wrap Bin Laden in bacon and bury him upside down"

Basically yes. When I hire people for my department I creep them on FB, and based on that information alone like 5 people were cut from my list. If your profile is public, you should understand that that is what you are presenting yourself as, and when that presentation is a profile pic of you holding a huge bud in a state where it's illegal, then you have screwed yourself before you started.

If you don't want Facebook as ammunition against you, make it private.