[consulting] A recruiter to watch out for...

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> On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 7:26 PM, George <g at 8vue.com> wrote:
>
>> Please stop filling up my inbox with this crap!! Both sides have  
>> spoken.
>> Now, hidden motives/agendas aside, please just leave it at that.
>>
>> Adam Mordecai wrote:
>>> I can't leave it at that. ZivTech is an excellent Drupal firm, they
>>> are extremely professional, and Alex is a stand up guy. We get
>>> recruiters stalking our firm all the time, and I think its an
>>> excellent idea to out the unprofessional ones to this list, every  
>>> once
>>> in a while. We should have each other's backs if we are going to  
>>> grow
>>> as an industry.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Adam Mordecai, Partner
>>> Advomatic, LLC
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Feb 25, 2009, at 5:06 PM, Alex Urevick-Ackelsberg wrote:
>>>
>>> I also never asked John to call me. I may in fact need to lose 20  
>>> lbs,
>>> or enlarge my manhood, or find cheap prescription drugs, but that
>>> doesn't mean I want to be contacted (much less directly) in  
>>> regards to
>>> these "services". He may have thought I was rude to abruptly end his
>>> "pitch" to me, but I don't have time for hucksters I don't know  
>>> trying
>>> to sell me a service I don't need and didn't ask for. His response
>>> was, to put it mildly, batshit crazy, proving my warning was  
>>> warranted.
>>>
>>> I don't feel like I have anything to apologize for- I personally  
>>> would
>>> want to be warned if some crazy person was contacting Drupal firms  
>>> out
>>> of the blue. Out of respect for the list I'm going to have to  
>>> leave it
>>> at that.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Alex Urevick-Ackelsberg
>>> ZivTech, LLC
>>> http://zivtech.com
>>> alex at zivtech.com <mailto:alex at zivtech.com>
>>> office: (267) 940-7737
>>> cell: (215) 866-8956
>>> skype: zivtech
>>> aim: zivtech
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 6:04 PM, Sam Cohen <sam at samcohen.com
>>> <mailto:sam at samcohen.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>    I would actually prefer that you kept it here as I find it highly
>>>    entertaining -- and Alex hasn't had a chance to defend himself  
>>> yet.
>>>
>>>    My take is it seems to me that John was the one out of line with
>>>    his pissy email to Alex -- and Alex did the right thing notifying
>>>    others.  I don't see how Alex asking John to attend his Drupal
>>>    session was rude or deserved the sarcastic email response.
>>>
>>>    Alex never asked, as far as I know, anyone to email John, so if
>>>    someone took it upon himself to do so, that's not Alex's fault.
>>>    John should have thought twice before firing off that email .
>>>
>>>    Uh oh, am I going to have legal action taken against me now -- or
>>>    the police called?
>>>
>>>    Sam
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>    On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 5:34 PM, <mark at markery.com
>>>    <mailto:mark at markery.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>        I am new to this group, and I hope that this will be a useful
>>>        forum for sharing tips and ideas. Normally I would expect  
>>> this
>>>        sort of conversation to be kept between two parties, rather
>>>        than shared with the masses. I don't feel I have anything to
>>>        offer to this, and I would prefer that you both take this
>> offline.
>>>
>>>        Thanks,
>>>
>>>        Mark (Who may or may NOT secretly be a moderator)
>>>
>>>            -------- Original Message --------
>>>            Subject: Re: [consulting] A recruiter to watch out for...
>>>            From: Karen Sironen <karen at florezgroup.com
>>>            <mailto:karen at florezgroup.com>>
>>>            Date: Wed, February 25, 2009 2:11 pm
>>>            To: consulting at drupal.org <mailto:consulting at drupal.org>
>>>
>>>
>>>            "... right down to the out right threats of physical
>> violence"
>>>
>>>            There is absolutely no reference and certainly no "out
>>>            right threates" to
>>>            physical action or violence in John's emails to you. This
>>>            is blatant slander
>>>            and we will be taking legal action. What kind of a person
>>>            goes out of their
>>>            way to try to ruin someone else's business by making
>>>            completely false
>>>            claims?
>>>
>>>            John asked you several times to stop emailing him and  
>>> your
>>>            only response was
>>>            "block my address." It seems like you were the one that
>>>            went out of your way
>>>            to harass him.
>>>
>>>
>>>            Darrel O'Pry-2 wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Actually I contacted john of my own accord... to ask why
>>>            he spoke to alex
>>>> in
>>>> that manner.. the ensuing conversation was highly
>>>            amusing... right down
>>>> to
>>>
>>>> the out right threats of physical violence.
>>>>
>>>> On Feb 25, 2009 4:41 PM, "Karen Sironen"
>>>            <karen at florezgroup.com <mailto:karen at florezgroup.com>>
>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I am the President of The Florez Group, the company John
>>>            co-owns with me.
>>>> This is only half of the story you are getting from Alex.
>>>            John called Alex
>>>> to see if he needed any recruiting services. Alex told
>>>            John in a very
>>>> rude,
>>>> abrasive way that Alex doesn't need recruiting services
>>>            and is hosting a
>>>> tutorial on how to recruit Drupal talent and perhaps John
>>>            could learn a
>>>> tip
>>>> or two from attending this tutorial. I've worked with
>>>            John for 8 years and
>>>> he has been nothing but kind and courteous, but he's not
>>>            going to take
>>>> someone insulting him lightly, especially when John did
>>>            nothing to insult
>>>> or
>>>> harm Alex. Thus, the forwarded email from Alex.
>>>>
>>>> But Alex didn't stop there. Not only did he continue to
>>>            email John, but he
>>>> got his friends to email him as well. At that point, John
>>>            called Alex to
>>>> tell him to stop contacting him. In fact, the harassing
>>>            emails did not
>>>> stop
>>>> even after John threatened legal action. It was finally
>>>            after John said he
>>>> would call the police immediately that the barrage of
>>>            emails finally
>>>> ceased.
>>>>
>>>> If anyone would like to have a conversation with me to
>>>            discuss this in
>>>> more
>>>> detail, I can be reached at 646-684-3880.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Karen
>>>>
>>>> --
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