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		<title>By: Ex ladders</title>
		<link>http://www.centernetworks.com/theladders-layoffs-nyc/comment-page-1#comment-84092</link>
		<dc:creator>Ex ladders</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:02:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Marc, You are fired. Wasted 3 months in theladders.com. Very much happy now.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Marc, You are fired. Wasted 3 months in theladders.com. Very much happy now.</p>
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		<title>By: LostMoneyInLadders</title>
		<link>http://www.centernetworks.com/theladders-layoffs-nyc/comment-page-1#comment-71140</link>
		<dc:creator>LostMoneyInLadders</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 01:56:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I lost around $180 in theladders.com subscription. Useless website for professionals.
I want to see this company out of business soon.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I lost around $180 in theladders.com subscription. Useless website for professionals.<br />
I want to see this company out of business soon.</p>
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		<title>By: Legal Query</title>
		<link>http://www.centernetworks.com/theladders-layoffs-nyc/comment-page-1#comment-42611</link>
		<dc:creator>Legal Query</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:27:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I have to add commenter &quot;ExLadders&quot; (see comment dated June 27, also note a simple text analysis shows this is obviously not the same person as &quot;exLadder&quot; who commented April 15) to my list of commenters to disbelieve. With writing skills like that if I was a paid client of TheLadders and this was the person I was communicating with I would demand my money back. No qualified corporate executive is going to do business with a &quot;placement agency&quot; (that is what TheLadders is ultimately) using staff that can&#039;t communicate professionally. 

Frankly I doubt ExLadders ever worked there, but if he/she did then the failure of TheLadders is more understandable as that would demonstrate a serious weakness in their management practices.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have to add commenter &#8220;ExLadders&#8221; (see comment dated June 27, also note a simple text analysis shows this is obviously not the same person as &#8220;exLadder&#8221; who commented April 15) to my list of commenters to disbelieve. With writing skills like that if I was a paid client of TheLadders and this was the person I was communicating with I would demand my money back. No qualified corporate executive is going to do business with a &#8220;placement agency&#8221; (that is what TheLadders is ultimately) using staff that can&#8217;t communicate professionally. </p>
<p>Frankly I doubt ExLadders ever worked there, but if he/she did then the failure of TheLadders is more understandable as that would demonstrate a serious weakness in their management practices.</p>
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		<title>By: ExLadders</title>
		<link>http://www.centernetworks.com/theladders-layoffs-nyc/comment-page-1#comment-40201</link>
		<dc:creator>ExLadders</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 13:09:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>theladders.com is just not a good company to work for. Their office building is like a warehouse in industrial area. Working condition on 3rd floor on varick st is just not good. Bathrooms, pantry is not hygienic. Their Friday form is just a fake forum, management people just talk all false things..just one week before they laid off 150 people in april, marc (ceo) was saying that, we are in solid financial condition and meeting our goals. 
Every Monday they publish their revenue data in the fake forum, and they always says that they achieved 99% of targeted revenue. They were hiring just week before they fired many people, what kind of reporting, management it is. How can marc was not involved in all revenue meeting and all of sudden he came to know about it.

Simply if you smart enough, it is not right place for you.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>theladders.com is just not a good company to work for. Their office building is like a warehouse in industrial area. Working condition on 3rd floor on varick st is just not good. Bathrooms, pantry is not hygienic. Their Friday form is just a fake forum, management people just talk all false things..just one week before they laid off 150 people in april, marc (ceo) was saying that, we are in solid financial condition and meeting our goals.<br />
Every Monday they publish their revenue data in the fake forum, and they always says that they achieved 99% of targeted revenue. They were hiring just week before they fired many people, what kind of reporting, management it is. How can marc was not involved in all revenue meeting and all of sudden he came to know about it.</p>
<p>Simply if you smart enough, it is not right place for you.</p>
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		<title>By: ex ladder employee</title>
		<link>http://www.centernetworks.com/theladders-layoffs-nyc/comment-page-1#comment-29556</link>
		<dc:creator>ex ladder employee</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 19:03:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I have heard that Mimeo is an awful place to work!! They too have had massive layoff&#039;s and their revenue is tanking!! Don&#039;t want to be in sales in that kind of environment.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have heard that Mimeo is an awful place to work!! They too have had massive layoff&#8217;s and their revenue is tanking!! Don&#8217;t want to be in sales in that kind of environment.</p>
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		<title>By: Henry Lansang</title>
		<link>http://www.centernetworks.com/theladders-layoffs-nyc/comment-page-1#comment-27652</link>
		<dc:creator>Henry Lansang</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 20:46:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I am looking to network with ex-Account Executives from theladders.com.  If you were recently laid off from theladders, or know someone who is looking for Sales AE work in NYC, please contact me 917 289 3979, hlansang@mimeo.com.
Thanks,
Henry Lansang</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am looking to network with ex-Account Executives from theladders.com.  If you were recently laid off from theladders, or know someone who is looking for Sales AE work in NYC, please contact me 917 289 3979, <a href="mailto:hlansang@mimeo.com">hlansang@mimeo.com</a>.<br />
Thanks,<br />
Henry Lansang</p>
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		<title>By: Reggie Phillips</title>
		<link>http://www.centernetworks.com/theladders-layoffs-nyc/comment-page-1#comment-25012</link>
		<dc:creator>Reggie Phillips</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 21:56:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>These &quot;ex-Ladders employees&quot; have a pretty funny way of taking the high road in a situation that isn&#039;t unique to them - this seems to include calling out former co-workers and whining anonymously over the Internet (I&#039;m no better for putting in my own two cents).

&quot;Fowl practices&quot; indeed, Ex-Ladder Rebel.

I hope the next or current coworkers of these people don&#039;t do anything to incur their venomous wrath, lest they hear about it (or not) on a random web site after the fact.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>These &#8220;ex-Ladders employees&#8221; have a pretty funny way of taking the high road in a situation that isn&#8217;t unique to them &#8211; this seems to include calling out former co-workers and whining anonymously over the Internet (I&#8217;m no better for putting in my own two cents).</p>
<p>&#8220;Fowl practices&#8221; indeed, Ex-Ladder Rebel.</p>
<p>I hope the next or current coworkers of these people don&#8217;t do anything to incur their venomous wrath, lest they hear about it (or not) on a random web site after the fact.</p>
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		<title>By: Marc Hater</title>
		<link>http://www.centernetworks.com/theladders-layoffs-nyc/comment-page-1#comment-24952</link>
		<dc:creator>Marc Hater</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 13:05:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>When a company starts to fall, it&#039;s always the top talent that gets out quickly.
The &quot;golden children of the ladders&quot; are the ones who will stay and sink with the ship.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When a company starts to fall, it&#8217;s always the top talent that gets out quickly.<br />
The &#8220;golden children of the ladders&#8221; are the ones who will stay and sink with the ship.</p>
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		<title>By: Ex-Ladder Rebel</title>
		<link>http://www.centernetworks.com/theladders-layoffs-nyc/comment-page-1#comment-24921</link>
		<dc:creator>Ex-Ladder Rebel</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 08:31:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well boys, It&#039;s about time. 

It&#039;s so true what they say. What goes around comes around. Tim Callery, Matt Karp, I spit on you. Martha you are truly a devil covered in sheep&#039;s wool. Amanda, sucking up to Marc all these years got you to an untouchable place. 

But there&#039;s no stopping the fall when there&#039;s no floor, there&#039;s only one place to go. 

TheLadders.com was shady, when I used to work there. Before they started recording calls, I used to speak to customers and told them beware of TheLadders.com and there fowl practices. I told them to use there networks and not pay. I&#039;d refund certain people all of there money back . There were customers on auto charge and they didn&#039;t realize there card would be charged over and over. 1000&#039;s of dollars and they told us not to remove the charges. I did anyway.

When we started refunding money they told us we couldn&#039;t any more. They treated my dept like crap, besides the food. I must say office conditions and food were good. But what good is that if you are threatened all day.

It was a company that was run like a progressive private school, sending people to Japan and executives of off sites to sun shine and pleasure. 

Well, it was great in the beginning. Marc was on track, then the $ signs got in his way. We&#039;ve known Marc from scratch, when the Ladders.com was a company here you knew every new employees first name, when you&#039;d thank them for working with you. for using there smarts to work with you and for the greater good of the company. It&#039;s a shame, Douzet, umm, Rosetta Stone English Maybe? So someone can understand you when you speak. You&#039;ll never go cause you we&#039;re a founding father, but you&#039;ll go down as the captain of the ship. 

Sales team, so sorry.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well boys, It&#8217;s about time. </p>
<p>It&#8217;s so true what they say. What goes around comes around. Tim Callery, Matt Karp, I spit on you. Martha you are truly a devil covered in sheep&#8217;s wool. Amanda, sucking up to Marc all these years got you to an untouchable place. </p>
<p>But there&#8217;s no stopping the fall when there&#8217;s no floor, there&#8217;s only one place to go. </p>
<p>TheLadders.com was shady, when I used to work there. Before they started recording calls, I used to speak to customers and told them beware of TheLadders.com and there fowl practices. I told them to use there networks and not pay. I&#8217;d refund certain people all of there money back . There were customers on auto charge and they didn&#8217;t realize there card would be charged over and over. 1000&#8217;s of dollars and they told us not to remove the charges. I did anyway.</p>
<p>When we started refunding money they told us we couldn&#8217;t any more. They treated my dept like crap, besides the food. I must say office conditions and food were good. But what good is that if you are threatened all day.</p>
<p>It was a company that was run like a progressive private school, sending people to Japan and executives of off sites to sun shine and pleasure. </p>
<p>Well, it was great in the beginning. Marc was on track, then the $ signs got in his way. We&#8217;ve known Marc from scratch, when the Ladders.com was a company here you knew every new employees first name, when you&#8217;d thank them for working with you. for using there smarts to work with you and for the greater good of the company. It&#8217;s a shame, Douzet, umm, Rosetta Stone English Maybe? So someone can understand you when you speak. You&#8217;ll never go cause you we&#8217;re a founding father, but you&#8217;ll go down as the captain of the ship. </p>
<p>Sales team, so sorry.</p>
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		<title>By: ex ladder employee</title>
		<link>http://www.centernetworks.com/theladders-layoffs-nyc/comment-page-1#comment-24872</link>
		<dc:creator>ex ladder employee</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 21:35:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>well... the reality is Marc or  Douzet def do not have the experience either!!!!
How many times has Marc missed a meeting because he was out binge drinking the night before! He will get what he deserves.. I wonder how long it will be before his soon to be wife realizes that she should not be treated like crap anymore!! That marriage will not last if she has any respect for herself.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>well&#8230; the reality is Marc or  Douzet def do not have the experience either!!!!<br />
How many times has Marc missed a meeting because he was out binge drinking the night before! He will get what he deserves.. I wonder how long it will be before his soon to be wife realizes that she should not be treated like crap anymore!! That marriage will not last if she has any respect for herself.</p>
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		<title>By: AFormerGoldenChildatTheLadders</title>
		<link>http://www.centernetworks.com/theladders-layoffs-nyc/comment-page-1#comment-24855</link>
		<dc:creator>AFormerGoldenChildatTheLadders</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 19:37:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I used to work at TheLadders over a year ago.

My understanding is that they have an open Lawsuit and that they are in Violation of the WARN Act.  The firing did not stop after the 75 or so that were let go.  A source on the inside has informed me that David Carvahal and some other VPs are getting canned as well.

The culture there is arrogant, cut throat, and based on Nepotism.  Marc Cenedella is unfortunately blind and arrogant.  He has allowed what they call at TheLadders.Com the &quot;Golden Children&quot; of the company to make irresponsible and emotional decisions that have impacted its business which led to the massive layoff. Yet the people responsible for spending money irresponsibly like the Golden Children where never let go.

The Golden children at the Ladders.Com are Twenty somethings who started in the early years.  These golden children think they are untouchable, they are spoiled rotten, and are making rookie decisions for the company which is leading to their decline.  Those Golden Children are Leslie Semegran (Director of Online Marketing), Ware Sykes (Director of Resume), David Cohen (Geek), and host of many more.  These folks have worked there for years and never worked anywhere else.  They are clueless!

The Ladders will unfortunately fail because of their culture, arrogance, and their service and product really sucks.  Out of 2 million job seekers who subscribed to the site, less than 1% of them got jobs through TheLadders.Com.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I used to work at TheLadders over a year ago.</p>
<p>My understanding is that they have an open Lawsuit and that they are in Violation of the WARN Act.  The firing did not stop after the 75 or so that were let go.  A source on the inside has informed me that David Carvahal and some other VPs are getting canned as well.</p>
<p>The culture there is arrogant, cut throat, and based on Nepotism.  Marc Cenedella is unfortunately blind and arrogant.  He has allowed what they call at TheLadders.Com the &#8220;Golden Children&#8221; of the company to make irresponsible and emotional decisions that have impacted its business which led to the massive layoff. Yet the people responsible for spending money irresponsibly like the Golden Children where never let go.</p>
<p>The Golden children at the Ladders.Com are Twenty somethings who started in the early years.  These golden children think they are untouchable, they are spoiled rotten, and are making rookie decisions for the company which is leading to their decline.  Those Golden Children are Leslie Semegran (Director of Online Marketing), Ware Sykes (Director of Resume), David Cohen (Geek), and host of many more.  These folks have worked there for years and never worked anywhere else.  They are clueless!</p>
<p>The Ladders will unfortunately fail because of their culture, arrogance, and their service and product really sucks.  Out of 2 million job seekers who subscribed to the site, less than 1% of them got jobs through TheLadders.Com.</p>
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		<title>By: Ladders_Failed</title>
		<link>http://www.centernetworks.com/theladders-layoffs-nyc/comment-page-1#comment-24602</link>
		<dc:creator>Ladders_Failed</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 17:14:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yes, They failed. They do not know now what to do. Even existing people are looking for work.  They will be small headhunter firm..But cannot be close to monster or  careerbuilder.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes, They failed. They do not know now what to do. Even existing people are looking for work.  They will be small headhunter firm..But cannot be close to monster or  careerbuilder.</p>
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		<title>By: ex ladder employee</title>
		<link>http://www.centernetworks.com/theladders-layoffs-nyc/comment-page-1#comment-24460</link>
		<dc:creator>ex ladder employee</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2009 10:36:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Let&#039;s face it, everyone is having a hard time right now. The real question here is if Marc and Douzet are really capable of running a company. yes, they got it off the ground but now it&#039;s time to bring in seasoned executives who know what they are doing.  It&#039;s things like this that happen and the company can never turn around. Marc is fucked.. he should sell it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Let&#8217;s face it, everyone is having a hard time right now. The real question here is if Marc and Douzet are really capable of running a company. yes, they got it off the ground but now it&#8217;s time to bring in seasoned executives who know what they are doing.  It&#8217;s things like this that happen and the company can never turn around. Marc is fucked.. he should sell it.</p>
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		<title>By: ex-ladder employee</title>
		<link>http://www.centernetworks.com/theladders-layoffs-nyc/comment-page-1#comment-24440</link>
		<dc:creator>ex-ladder employee</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2009 07:46:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Marc is a prick, so is Dave Carvajal. Douzet?   A bunch of 2-faced shitbags.  Fired a bunch of really solid, and most importantly, loyal employees.  They don&#039;t pay well... probably because they kept sending employees to Japan for some freaking reason.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Marc is a prick, so is Dave Carvajal. Douzet?   A bunch of 2-faced shitbags.  Fired a bunch of really solid, and most importantly, loyal employees.  They don&#8217;t pay well&#8230; probably because they kept sending employees to Japan for some freaking reason.</p>
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		<title>By: anonomous</title>
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		<dc:creator>anonomous</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2009 04:36:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It was actually more than 86. Close to 100 people. My original data was wrong. Either way, the lawyer on this blog is on to something regarding the WARN act. I hope the ex employees get more severence. They deserve it! How come the company is advertising for sales executives when they just let go of a large number of sales executives with pipelines and relationships with their clients?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It was actually more than 86. Close to 100 people. My original data was wrong. Either way, the lawyer on this blog is on to something regarding the WARN act. I hope the ex employees get more severence. They deserve it! How come the company is advertising for sales executives when they just let go of a large number of sales executives with pipelines and relationships with their clients?</p>
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