Labov and Beyond Excessive Profit. PROFIT, PROFIT, PROFIT, PROFIT, PROFIT, MOAR, MOAR, MOAR MONEY. All I heard for 2 years.

The all mighty dollar. Get this Barry forces everyone to take a week off at Christmas unpaid, the office closes and still no one on salary gets paid unless they use their cherished vacation days to do so. Also everyone "high up" there is a woman who has something scandalous on Barry. Rumor is he is quite the power hungry womanizer.

How are you involved in this story? How about some full disclosure on your part? Seems that perhaps you too are hiding behind a computer.

my guess is there are only 2 or 3 at the most different people who are writing all of these comments. You all hide behind the computer, come out and say it. those who find you credible will believe you..you'll get what you want right?

When i read this site i was disgusted..not by barry,sorry, but by all of you. every person is human. for all we know barry could be a decent guy..stress comes with every job. ecspeically considering he is running a company and trying to help it grow.

i'll give you some advice, try to see him as a person. right now he is just an object to you all, where it seems you channel all your hate and anger.

I see where you guys can come from..being mad about losing your job and not winning lawsuits you wish you could.

But just look at yourselves..read the comments you have written and really think if someone who is as well moralled as you would actually right these things? I dont think so.

Just being an innocent onlooker.

We did a CD ROM development project for NAVL, (now SIRVA). There was a technical spec written, we followed it to the last period. Then came the changes outside the spec, almost $10K worth. They never paid for them saying there was a miscommunication with the client. Tough shit, they weren't our client, we were doing the work for Labov. I later found out that even though we did 90% of the work, the netted over $50k on the project.

I'm not the first, and certainly will not be the last person to get screwed by Labov. Ask Chuck Surack.

Anyone reading this should know that you blew the best opportunity to learn and grow from one of the fairest and most talented coaches/CEO's around. If you think working for Barry was tough, you do not have the experience working with other companies. Did Barry ever get into your face and scream at the top of his lungs how aweful you are? No. Barry expects the best out of the people who work for him. He gives them the freedom to make their own destiny. If you do not hold up to that same challenge, you are letting him, the company , your co-workers and and worse, yourself down.
I suggest you and the rest of you ex-labover's (including the bravest of all Mr Anonymous) get a reality check and either "man-up" and realize your faults or go to work for a factory putting lug nuts on trucks.

regurgitate defined: feed through the beak by regurgitating previously swallowed food; "many birds feed their young by regurgitating what they have swallowed and carried to the nest"

Or to Barry Labov regurgitate = tweet, same difference I guess.

The labov report is still the stupidist blog I have ever seen, it is perplexing as to why Labov & Beyond or Barry Labov think it is a worthwhile website for anyone to read.

Lesson #1 for the Labov Report:
Know when to shutup!

In response to Chris Swymeler I can only say that I disagree.
I do not see “a lot of pain”, I see a lot of people that are/were fed up with Labov & Beyond, Barry Labov, Keith Wells, Jan Halter, etc. These people are speaking up, speaking out, and sharing their insight.
That is a POSITIVE thing to do and it is part of “healing”. How wonderful is it that we have the Internet as a powerful tool to share out experiences with others? I say VERY POWERFUL.

For those of us that know you, we also know that you have often spoken up in the same regard about Labov & Beyond, Barry Labov, Keith Wells, Jan Halter, etc.
So, Chris, say what you want, but we all know that you share many of the opinions, experiences, and sentiment regarding Labov & Beyond, Barry Labov, Keith Wells, Jan Halter, etc. You are just less likely to do it publicly.

For me, there is no positive light to see my experiences at Labov & Beyond with. I am an adult, I have other experiences before and after and I can absolutely say “it is what it is” and “what it is” is not POSITIVE. I am positive about that.

However, thank you for your opinion and post. I also appreciate your acknowledgement that the “Labov & Beyond experience” was hard on some and I appreciate that you try to only focus on the positive. That is what I have always seen you do and in my mind that is part of the reason you are leaving. I believe you were frustrated that the management at Labov continued to make it difficult for you to find the positive and preach it to your employees and fellow co-workers.

This is Chris Swymeler. The real deal. No “anonymous” titles. No need.

As it is Labor day, I felt the ironic twist to clarify a few comments on this page about me. I am not running FROM LaBov. I am running TO a ministry that I believe I am called to do. Many of you know my faith and convictions, and i hope this makes sense to you. I have appreciated my time at LaBov, and am still continuing to work on a part time basis as they look for the next Creative Director.

As for the other many comments in this blog, I can only say that I see a lot of pain here, and it makes me sad. We all have had different experiences at L&B, and I know it was harder on some than others. I only hope there is healing and that many of you can move on and see the experience is a positive light, someday.

C