Comments on: ‘one monster’ vision revealed http://www.cheezhead.com/2008/04/21/one-monster/ Insight and opinion from the world of employment. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:01:22 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Nanny http://www.cheezhead.com/2008/04/21/one-monster/comment-page-1/#comment-99292 Nanny Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:54:32 +0000 http://www.cheezhead.com/2008/04/21/one-monster/#comment-99292 To all of the employees left at Monster: DO NOT DRINK THE KOOL-AID To all of the employees left at Monster: DO NOT DRINK THE KOOL-AID

]]> By: Jerri H http://www.cheezhead.com/2008/04/21/one-monster/comment-page-1/#comment-99287 Jerri H Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:57:02 +0000 http://www.cheezhead.com/2008/04/21/one-monster/#comment-99287 I agree that honest communication went out the window here a long time ago but you cannot discount the fact that management refuses to even listen to any criticism from their teams. If something goes right it is considered to be a good decision made by the company or the executive team, but when something goes wrong it is obviously a poor individual performance of a lower level employee and they find someone to blame. After all they are the Monster and still #1 in their own minds at least. I agree that honest communication went out the window here a long time ago but you cannot discount the fact that management refuses to even listen to any criticism from their teams. If something goes right it is considered to be a good decision made by the company or the executive team, but when something goes wrong it is obviously a poor individual performance of a lower level employee and they find someone to blame.

After all they are the Monster and still #1 in their own minds at least.

]]> By: Hans Gieskes http://www.cheezhead.com/2008/04/21/one-monster/comment-page-1/#comment-99284 Hans Gieskes Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:44:28 +0000 http://www.cheezhead.com/2008/04/21/one-monster/#comment-99284 Wow - this sounds like "The Office", i.e. copied from the 1977 Dunder Mifflin employee introduction manual. Very sad and not funny at all, not even in Scranton PA. It's bland and lacks vision, in particular product vision. In 2000 Monster had more than 10x the CareerBuilder US revenue - today CareerBuilder is probably bigger in the USA, and deploys better technology. Since 2000, thousands of niche boards have proven that recruiting is not about "the most" or "the biggest", and most certainly not about expensive global ad campaigns. Monster is still pretty much what it was in 2000, selling resume access and job postings, but in 2008 resumes and job postings are free commodities on the www. Time is running out, and yet there're no signs of urgency nor of any inspiring product ambition in this document. The company should pretty soon have a compelling vision as to how they're going to make money in the not too distant future. Taleo (employers) and LinkedIn (job seekers) are good works-in-progress of what the future may look like, and they should be the navigation beacons for Monster. None of this employee training stuff creates the confidence that Monster will have the ambition to jump right over such beacons and lead again. For quite a while now none of us have seen nor heard any signs at all that Monster employees are inspired by all this corporate BS. There are still many smart Monster employees left, but none can be expected to be eager to provide constructive criticism to their leaders, which is no surprise for an organization in which leaders use the word "whacking" when they refer to letting somebody go. Wow – this sounds like “The Office”, i.e. copied from the 1977 Dunder Mifflin employee introduction manual. Very sad and not funny at all, not even in Scranton PA. It’s bland and lacks vision, in particular product vision.

In 2000 Monster had more than 10x the CareerBuilder US revenue – today CareerBuilder is probably bigger in the USA, and deploys better technology. Since 2000, thousands of niche boards have proven that recruiting is not about “the most” or “the biggest”, and most certainly not about expensive global ad campaigns.

Monster is still pretty much what it was in 2000, selling resume access and job postings, but in 2008 resumes and job postings are free commodities on the www. Time is running out, and yet there’re no signs of urgency nor of any inspiring product ambition in this document.

The company should pretty soon have a compelling vision as to how they’re going to make money in the not too distant future. Taleo (employers) and LinkedIn (job seekers) are good works-in-progress of what the future may look like, and they should be the navigation beacons for Monster. None of this employee training stuff creates the confidence that Monster will have the ambition to jump right over such beacons and lead again.

For quite a while now none of us have seen nor heard any signs at all that Monster employees are inspired by all this corporate BS. There are still many smart Monster employees left, but none can be expected to be eager to provide constructive criticism to their leaders, which is no surprise for an organization in which leaders use the word “whacking” when they refer to letting somebody go.

]]> By: Peter Gold http://www.cheezhead.com/2008/04/21/one-monster/comment-page-1/#comment-99260 Peter Gold Tue, 22 Apr 2008 09:45:06 +0000 http://www.cheezhead.com/2008/04/21/one-monster/#comment-99260 #21b And if said customer has still not signed with 1 day left of said month add a few hundred jobs FREE if they can get it signed and faxed back TODAY! Oh, and a bit more sales commission for the agency of course. #21b And if said customer has still not signed with 1 day left of said month add a few hundred jobs FREE if they can get it signed and faxed back TODAY! Oh, and a bit more sales commission for the agency of course.

]]> By: Jerri H http://www.cheezhead.com/2008/04/21/one-monster/comment-page-1/#comment-99145 Jerri H Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:38:10 +0000 http://www.cheezhead.com/2008/04/21/one-monster/#comment-99145 #21 If it is the last 3 days of a month and you are having trouble closing a sale, this is because the value Monster provides its clients has steadily decreased throughout the years while our pricing has increased. In this case offer the customer a 50% discount off rate card pricing and say the 'promotion' expires at the end of said month. #21

If it is the last 3 days of a month and you are having trouble closing a sale, this is because the value Monster provides its clients has steadily decreased throughout the years while our pricing has increased. In this case offer the customer a 50% discount off rate card pricing and say the ‘promotion’ expires at the end of said month.

]]> By: Elena C. http://www.cheezhead.com/2008/04/21/one-monster/comment-page-1/#comment-99137 Elena C. Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:43:00 +0000 http://www.cheezhead.com/2008/04/21/one-monster/#comment-99137 The unified platform sounds interesting.. The unified platform sounds interesting..

]]> By: Joel Cheesman http://www.cheezhead.com/2008/04/21/one-monster/comment-page-1/#comment-99073 Joel Cheesman Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:42:28 +0000 http://www.cheezhead.com/2008/04/21/one-monster/#comment-99073 Sue me? Are you kidding? This is great marketing for them. It's a manifesto to try and get their act together ... I'm just praying for the internal motivational video to leak, a la Microsoft: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPv8PPl7ANU Sue me? Are you kidding? This is great marketing for them. It’s a manifesto to try and get their act together … I’m just praying for the internal motivational video to leak, a la Microsoft: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPv8PPl7ANU

]]> By: Daniel http://www.cheezhead.com/2008/04/21/one-monster/comment-page-1/#comment-99072 Daniel Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:38:24 +0000 http://www.cheezhead.com/2008/04/21/one-monster/#comment-99072 Our pledge at Monster, is to create larger, longer, and more complicated pledges each year. Our pledge at Monster, is to create larger, longer, and more complicated pledges each year.

]]> By: eric shannon http://www.cheezhead.com/2008/04/21/one-monster/comment-page-1/#comment-99071 eric shannon Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:25:49 +0000 http://www.cheezhead.com/2008/04/21/one-monster/#comment-99071 joel, this is fascinating stuff. I'm wondering if you are hoping they will sue you for publishing it... The ultimate publicity? i love the fact that they left out usability in favor of features and innovation! joel, this is fascinating stuff. I’m wondering if you are hoping they will sue you for publishing it… The ultimate publicity?

i love the fact that they left out usability in favor of features and innovation!

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