Angie's list...how many employees will be laid off

[longbow]

Looks like Home Advisor is going to put Angie's list out of its misery......

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Isn't mentioning this a hate crime? Won't Angie's List put INGO on a blacklist?

 

[longbow]

Isn't mentioning this a hate crime? Won't Angie's List put INGO on a blacklist?

Yes, but no one will notice..........and not for long.

 

[longbow]

https://www.indianagunowners.com/fo...7-how-long-before-angies-list-shuts-down.html. I was wrong by at least a year....i

 

[bwframe]

That RFRA thing was a good idea, eh?

 

[KG1]

Calling jbombelli....

 

[historian]

Why Mike Pence, Why?

 

[jbombelli]

After seeing this, I checked the news...
Angie's List shares surge after company rejects IAC offer

What can I say? I still have friends that work there.

 

[HoughMade]

Isn't mentioning this a hate crime? Won't Angie's List put INGO on a blacklist?

And being on a "blacklist" is automatically bad? I see what's going on here. I refuse to do anything productive until you're dealt with.

 

[Cameramonkey]

And to think our city was ready to give them corporate welfare for a bit?

It was a nice idea... too bad they got greedy and started doing things to poison their "unbiased" ratings by allowing paying contractors to tweak their results.

They came out when I was an independent contractor. I wondered how in the world I could get on their list to help my business. The fact there was no apparent way for me to make it into their database organically was a red flag. In hindsight, it all makes sense now...

Good riddance.

ETA: So what is Home Advisor's business model? How do they make $$ independent of the contractors so they arent biased? Color me skeptical.

 

[long coat]

After I started my lawn business some friends put me on Angie's List, but put my personal phone number and not my business number. It was the only place that number was ever listed with the business. My son now has that number and was getting calls from "Google" wanting me to update my info. I told them to put me on the do not call list. The calls keep coming so I started messing with them. I got to thinking about how they could have gotten that number. I called Angie's List and told them to remove it, again, I had told them to remove it before. I also told them that they are the only place that number has ever been listed with the business, so they or a customer sold, traded, leased or shared the number. They said they don't do that. After that 1 call to them, "google" stopped calling the number and has not called the correct number.

So if they close down, I might feel bad for the workers.

 

[oldpink]

For deliberately jabbing their thumb in the eye to about 50% of the public, they deserve nothing less than an ignominious demise.

 

[TB1999]

After I started my lawn business some friends put me on Angie's List, but put my personal phone number and not my business number. It was the only place that number was ever listed with the business. My son now has that number and was getting calls from "Google" wanting me to update my info. I told them to put me on the do not call list. The calls keep coming so I started messing with them. I got to thinking about how they could have gotten that number. I called Angie's List and told them to remove it, again, I had told them to remove it before. I also told them that they are the only place that number has ever been listed with the business, so they or a customer sold, traded, leased or shared the number. They said they don't do that. After that 1 call to them, "google" stopped calling the number and has not called the correct number.

So if they close down, I might feel bad for the workers.

Your customer is probably who put you on the list with that number. You can update your contact and company info for free on the website.

 

[nakinate]

This company has never turned a profit, ever. It's time for them to go away.

 

[long coat]

Your customer is probably who put you on the list with that number. You can update your contact and company info for free on the website.

If you are talking about AL: It was the customer, I had them remove it before, online and on the phone.....they left it on there anyway.

If you are talking about Google: I don't think it was really Google calling.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

Oh what will all of those wimpy husbands, afraid of step ladders, do to clean their gutters?

 

[chipbennett]

The sooner Angie's List meets the Dustbin of History, the better.

 

[2ADMNLOVER]

Oh what will all of those wimpy husbands, afraid of step ladders, do to clean their gutters?

Back when I was laying tile it blew my mind how many "men" had nice houses and garages and didn't have a tool one anywhere .

 

[TB1999]

Why are so many excited to see angies list fail and have the employees lose their jobs?

 

[chipbennett]

Why are so many excited to see angies list fail and have the employees lose their jobs?

Because the company chose to play stupid political games that intentionally harmed my state. They very publicly offered $50,000 relo packages to move their special-snowflake employees out of the allegedly hate-filled Indiana (because of it's federal-law-consistent RFRA), into any other state - including the other 29 or so that have the same RFRA laws. The move was hypocritical, politically expedient, and harmful to my state. Screw Angie's List.