They say the devil's in the details. You do see the big picture here, no? My rep? You must be kidding.

>>Are they paying you to try to turn the subject to Jay?
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>No-one's paying me anything. His name came up in my last post as an example of someone whose reputation has suffered, in my opinion, because of his involvement in this thread.
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>>He was concerned and posted that concern. Its not his place to "invite the interested parties to speak". Andy won't come here and Naomi is here all the time. Neither has chosen to get involved.
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>Jay took it upon himself to open this discussion. When it moves beyond the hypothetical I believe some basic rules should be followed. They weren't; I took action.
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>Sure, Jay is concerned, but IMO he could have handled this a lot better.
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>>>>Although this discussion is nominally "hypothetical", the damage done is already real.
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>>>>Damage to whom? You mean to the employee, or to those who wrote the letters?
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>>>Both. And to others as well; I'm disappointed by Jay in this matter.
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>>>You had the great idea to notify/invite both Andy and Naomi to this thread. I'm wondering, why didn't you do this yourself?