What does Everyone think of Cavoli?

[FailingEnterpriseAdmin]

Originally Posted by SuperGuy

I disagree---yes there alot of bullshit lawsuits. But in Enterprises case alot of them are very valid---ie---Enterprise used to not pay trainees overtime--it took a lawsuite in Florida to change there ways. I think so far they have been lucky without getting hit real hard with a major lawsuit, but that will change. They have screwed to many employees.

I believe that their practices get them something over $1 Billion/year in additional profits. With that much extra profit, it's easy for them to pay for dozens of attorneys to keep dealing with these issues and quietly settle everything with a gag order on every one. I'm sure they settle many, many of these issues or claims every month, and have storerooms with row after row of filing cabinets to keep all the settlement paperwork straight.

Sure, there are people in the U.S. who take advantage of the legal system by filing frivolous suits for reasons we might not agree with, but sometimes a lawsuit is the only way for the little guy to get justice against the big guy. Sure, fear of lawsuits causes some inefficiencies in any business, but it also keeps a lot of people in line who would stray in a second if they thought they could get away with it.

A few million dollars here and there for Enterprise to pay out to keep this gravy train going is nothing; it's just the cost of doing business. But something big just moved into the neighborhood.

The Internet provides a new twist. Failing Enterprise is an experiment to see if I can force some badly needed change without having to drag them into court. Over the past ten years, I've become a moderately sophisticated consumer of legal services. I've also become a moderately sophisticated citizen of the Internet. It will be interesting to see how this pans out.

We've had 70,000+ page views in the past 48 hours; someday I suspect they're going to wish I'd simply sued them, and a major reason for this is because they probably have no idea how to deal with Failing Enterprise. The deer-in-the-headlights let's-pretend-we-don't-see-him strategy doesn't seem to be working, but that doesn't mean they can't keep it up for a while longer.

Yes, 70,000+.

We (the worker bees) have always heard the rumblings and rumors of the Level 4's authorizing the $$$$ to make people and sites like you go away....

have they offered any to you ????

[Captain Fucking Bleedgreen]

Originally Posted by bleeding dry

We (the worker bees) have always heard the rumblings and rumors of the Level 4's authorizing the $$$$ to make people and sites like you go away....

have they offered any to you ????

I think that would be a dense move on the part of ERAC. After reading Admin's posts and blog on this site, you can surmise that this is not for profit... that he wants to make a difference.

I think ERAC offering money to buy him off would be a mistake. If he posted that they had made an offer or if someone in the know at ERAC posted that there had been an offer, it would generate more negative publicity than they could possibly control. It would do more harm than good.

[GoingCrazy]

The sight is fun but take the money and run.

[FailingEnterpriseAdmin]

Originally Posted by bleeding dry

We (the worker bees) have always heard the rumblings and rumors of the Level 4's authorizing the $$$$ to make people and sites like you go away....

have they offered any to you ????

No, there's never been any offer or discussion from either side. It's never come up.

The only other site I've heard of about Enterprise was Enterlies.com. What else have you heard of, and what happened to them?

[FailingEnterpriseAdmin]

Originally Posted by MonkeyGirl

I think that would be a dense move on the part of ERAC. After reading Admin's posts and blog on this site, you can surmise that this is not for profit... that he wants to make a difference.

I think ERAC offering money to buy him off would be a mistake. If he posted that they had made an offer or if someone in the know at ERAC posted that there had been an offer, it would generate more negative publicity than they could possibly control. It would do more harm than good.

I want to make sure I reiterate here that there's been no talk of anything like this from either side and that Failing Enterprise is purely a site for speech and not for any commercial purpose, and that my only intention is for Enterprise to change their ways. Any issue of any offer like this has simply never come up. I want them to stop with these unethical and probably illegal practices and then Failing Enterprise would be unneeded and would dry up and disappear.

Given that, I think you're painting me with too broad a brush here. I have repeatedly made a standing offer to anyone who wished to have a private, confidential conversation with me or my attorney, or both, guaranteeing that we would keep everything in confidence.

Several parties have accepted my offer, and we've have good, honest conversations, but I will say nothing more about these relationships.

I'm motivated here, but I'm not crazy. I understand the benefits of a private diplomatic backchannel to help resolve small conflicts before they become big conflicts and to talk about things outside the glare of the public spotlight. Also, this is one of the services that attorneys can provide, that of calm, non-emotionally involved go-betweens who know how to have confidential conversations. I'm not saying anything here that any attorney doesn't already know.

I want to emphasize that it's easy and safe to talk with me, and I'm willing to offer confidentiality if it's requested, to anyone.

Sorry for the lawyer talk here, but I need to be clear.

[FailingEnterpriseAdmin]

Originally Posted by Goinpostal

The sight is fun but take the money and run.

<laughing>

We were told (by a level 4 and two level 3's ) that other sites in the past have been paid off or suied and forced to close. they were bragging and boasting as if they had more power than the president of the US at their disposal. we figured parts of what they said had to be true. but then again...

I hope you keep this site up and running until they fix this mess.

[FailingEnterpriseAdmin]

Originally Posted by bleeding dry

We were told (by a level 4 and two level 3's ) that other sites in the past have been paid off or suied and forced to close. they were bragging and boasting as if they had more power than the president of the US at their disposal. we figured parts of what they said had to be true. but then again...

I hope you keep this site up and running until they fix this mess.

It sounds like they're making tiny fists in their pockets.

Failing Enterprise has been at it for 26 months now, and we've been in contact with Enterprise's attorneys from the start. My attorney and I have worked very hard from the beginning to ensure we're not violating any of their rights and we're confident that we are not. It's too bad that you have to hire an attorney to back you up, and it's a bit surprising to many people that this is true, but just because some big company is unhappy with what you say doesn't mean they can successfully sue to have you shut down.

Most people don't have the knowledge or the money to punch at their weight when someone like Enterprise comes after them, but if you do, you can carry on and enjoy your First Amendment rights unmolested. It's a great country! I wish Enterprise would rejoin mainstream American business.

I've only heard of Enterlies.com as a previous web site, and I know that Enterprise bullied the owner into shutting down. I'm curious if there have been others.

[GP51 Weidner's Bitch]

It would certainly be a bad move for Enterprise to "buy off" a site similar to this one. Ever hear the phrase "opening a bag of worms?" Imagine what would happen - if this site was bought off and shut down, tomorrow morning you would notice five sites very similar to this one. However, they would no longer be around for the same purpose this site is here - they'd be put up just hoping to get a share of the pie and be bought off as well. And then, when that happens, there are ten new sites the next morning. The cycle continues. So, they're not going to buy anybody off.