Largely under the radar, a new “free user generated content community website focused on the workplace” launched mid-December. “In the short time that Telonu has been in beta, it has achieved a strong following with large companies via word of mouth indicating the underlying need for a ‘Yelp’ for the business community,” said the company’s CEO in a press release. “However, in recent weeks we have seen postings and discussions about layoffs and the anxiety they are causing at the workplace.”
Just last month the company announced its Layoff Tracker Widget and Layoff Talk site. USA Today recently said the site captures economy’s carnage while TechCrunch yawns, Another Place To Write About How Much You Hate Your Job. And while the site’s tag line, “Rave, Rant and Rate” offers short mostly onomonopoetic words, the true horror was not leaving well enough alone:
Even if you “get” the juvenile, adversarial reference, Telonu, as a company name, has a low profile about who it is. When you have to spell it out and ask me if I get it you destroy what’s cute and acceptable about it.
There are a lot of problems with the business model, and blogstring supplies the list.
