How to Post Without Getting Burned

This site exists so that consultants can say what actually happened — not the sanitised version that ends up on LinkedIn or in HR-approved exit interviews. For that to work, people need to be able to post honestly without worrying about consequences.

That requires thinking about anonymity seriously, not just assuming you’re safe because you’re behind a screen. This page covers the practical side of posting safely. For the full picture of how the site’s protections work — including an honest account of their limits — read the Privacy and Anonymity page.

What the Site Does to Protect You

Most review platforms operate under UK, US, or EU jurisdiction, which means a threatening letter from a client’s lawyers can trigger content removal or user disclosure without any real legal scrutiny. We’ve built things differently.

• This site is hosted in Iceland. Our hosting provider will not hand over user data without a valid Icelandic court order — a considerably higher bar than most platforms operate under.
• We hold only a username and email address. There is no personal data to disclose, because we don’t collect any.
• We don’t track your behaviour, profile your activity, or use third-party integrations that could leak your identity.

It’s meaningful protection. It is not, however, a guarantee that no legal consequences could ever follow from anything posted here. Iceland has its own defamation law, and content that constitutes genuine defamation under that law could in principle be acted on. The Site Rules explain what this means in practice — the short version is: describe what happened professionally, don’t make unverifiable character assertions about named individuals.

Where the Risk Actually Comes From

For most users, the bigger risk isn’t legal action. It’s inadvertently identifying yourself. Think about the following before you post.

• Never post from a client’s device. Not their laptop, not their phone, not anything connected to their network. Client equipment may be monitored. This is non-negotiable.
• Be careful in small teams. If the department or team you’re describing has fewer than ten people, specific details can identify you through simple elimination. Narrow circumstances are identifying circumstances. Either wait until the contract is finished or keep the details general enough that they could apply to several people.
• Your writing voice can give you away. Colleagues and managers who know you may recognise how you write — the words you use, the specific frustrations you mention, the way you phrase things. If there’s any doubt, wait until after the contract ends, or use the Voice Disguiser tool to alter the style of your text before publishing. It’s available under About in the menu.
• Use a VPN. A Virtual Private Network masks your IP address and adds another layer of protection. It’s a basic precaution, not paranoia.

A Note on Whistleblower Protections

Whistleblower legislation in the UK and elsewhere technically protects people from dismissal or formal retaliation for reporting genuine wrongdoing. In practice, those protections are much narrower and harder to rely on than they’re usually portrayed.

They don’t protect you from the social consequences: colleagues treating you differently, being quietly excluded from conversations, not being invited for drinks after work. These things don’t show up in a tribunal claim, but they make a working environment miserable. Until there’s a genuine cultural shift in how whistleblowers are perceived — as people doing something useful rather than something disloyal — anonymity is your most reliable protection.

Use it.