Review Submission Guidelines

[RM1 0]

Im going to write this here since it seems to get rejected when i attempt to place it where it belongs (in he dz reviews section). Like many who have spent more than a couple months in the sport you quickly will find dropzone.com full of people telling you to use the search function or ask someone local your question rather than bothering the skygods here. To that i say fine, what bothers me is when truthful, factual information gets censored from the site.

I attempted to leave a less than favorable review for Skydive The Rockies a few weeks ago that got rejected for
" Unsuitable content. DropZone.com has a strict policy against negative reviews involving money, employees (past employees) or allegations of theft. As such we have no option but to decline your review. "

Here is an exact copy of the review i left

"I am writing this so that hopefully others will not fall into the same trap i did. I used to work for this company up until may 09. While i worked there i was constantly threatened to have to pay for any damage to gear that occurred while i jumped it, required to come in at 7:30 am on days when weather was so far below minimums that no one would be able to jump none the less tandems and sit there till noon with NO PAY even though i lived less than 10 min from the dz and willing to be on call. I was also pressured to jump in winds exceeding 30 Knots and turbulent beyond belief. Send a load up and it doesn't get high enough guess who is expected to pay for it, thats right the instructors. The biggest problem occurred after i left and the owner STOLE my last pay check. His reasoning was that i owed him "locker rent" for the past 11 months at $10 a month. After talking to other staff who left i discovered he did the same thing to them as well. The so-called onsite accommodations consist of a RV around 12' in length with no connections, limited heat, NO A/C and it gets to be 105 degrees here, and is falling apart so badly that when it rains or snows you will be wet inside. If you want a wham bam thank you mam tandem then come here as you will be very happy, if you are looking for a place to work i would suggest looking elsewhere. If you would like more information on this or others to contact for their opinion feel free to p.m. and i will help you out. I am still trying to get the money owed to me from this place.

Good luck and Blue Sky's."

I left this review because i saw the DZO was attempting to lure others into the same trap i got in. I wanted there to be some sort of record for people to look at and know what they were getting into. The interesting thing is some people on here will remember someone posting under than name "Husker" aka Skydive the Rockies DZO who left a completely false review about a neighboring dz but somehow his made it on.

I do have a question. Where can i find this strict policy on Dropzone.com? I want to leave a proper review that follows the rules but also informs people what they will be getting into.

Thank You

Neil

[brettski74 0]

It certainly sounds like you got a bad deal, but there's at least two sides to any story, so I can understand the reasoning behind disallowing negative reviews from ex-employees.

I don't know where to find the review submission guidelines, but I'm thinking that the message that you're wanting to send may not be out of place in the Instructors forum and that would be a better place. It would allow the DZO a right of reply as well as allowing other instructors who worked their to comment on their experience. Multiple people posting similar experiences with an employer will have a lot more credibility. If you're just one guy who's worked there and didn't like something, it's difficult to determine whether what you're saying is a reasonable account of what happened or whether there's more than you're telling us and you're just some guy with an axe to grind.