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No, they are in Maryland. I don't care about naming the company. I care about putting the kid in a bad position.

Said kid is already screwed. You now have a choice: either the next time a prospective employee or intern googles the offending company your blog comes up as a warning, or it doesn't. Which do you think will be more effective preventing behavior like this in the future?

Imagine this post title: "X screwed an intern out of an awesome internship at fog creek" rather than a vague warning to interns not to sign noncompetes.

It's not the specific company that is the problem. It's not like they are the only ones doing this. The problem is the practice in general.

Not signing noncompetes isn't a vague warning, it's very specific. I would extend it from interns to everyone other than senior sales staff.

It's not theladders. It's in Maryland, not New York.

Dice is in Des Moines, IA. Monster is HQ'd in Maynard, Mass.