After I posted my initial review
After I posted my initial review, the company reached out to me and asked me to delete it. Furthermore, it was clearly stated — both by me and by them — that my personal data should be deleted. This was also explicitly confirmed to me during the phone call.
The fact that I was contacted after leaving a ciritical review, combined with the apparent use of data that should have been deleted, is completely unacceptable and only reinforces my negative impression of this company.
Reply from IdeasUnlimited - HQ
Hello Hannes Messner,
His review is again misleading and leaves out key context. He was not a customer or client of our company. He was briefly considered for engagement as an independent contractor, and we have given an explanation as to why we did not hire him as a response to his first review.
After his first review, he reached out to us, apologizing for his behavior and asking to be reconsidered (we have evidence of the correspondence). Thus, we invited him for a professional call to acknowledge his apology, offer any clarifications required, and to see if a mutual resolution was possible. We made it clear during the call, as we had in writing, that his data had already been deleted, in line with GDPR requirements (GDPR gives entities thirty days to remove data). We also informed him that the original position was no longer available. In response, he stated that he would only take the original review down if he was hired on the original position. When we reiterated that this was not possible, he threatened to post another review after the call. That condition and reaction is both unreasonable and inappropriate.
We do not entertain coercive behavior or attempts to blackmail through public platforms. It is neither ethical nor acceptable.
We stand by our data compliance practices and our team's conduct throughout. Attempts to misrepresent the situation or apply pressure through public reviews is unfair, especially after our team engaged respectfully and in good faith.