Jason Pearce

It’s official, the Peace Corps has confirmed receipt of my application for their “Internet Communications Manager Application (PC2-103w)” position. I received this generic post card in the mail yesterday.

Dear Applicant:

We have received your application for a staff position with the Peace Corps. The vacancy announcement number and the date we received your application are printed on the address label of this postcard.

Our staffing specialists are currently reviewing the applications for this position. When they complete their review, they will forward to the selecting officials the applications of the individuals whose experience and background meet the requirements of the position.

This selection process may take up to 100 days. You can monitor the status of the position to which you have applied by visiting www.peacecorps.gov/employment/. Select Vacancy Status Listing from the list of options.

Thank you for your interest in the Peace Corps.

I came across a Forbes story today entitled “Vox Unpopuli.” It talked about how more and more people are using websites to publicly voice complaints about a company’s services.

While I did not develop my personal site to become critical of the Peace Corps, it might become so. Several of you have suggested that I make my Blog (this Monologue) open to the general public again. Some of you have also suggested that I publicly post my case for appealing the Peace Corps’ decision to end my service early.

Although it would be satisfying to do so, I believe that I’m going to wait to take such actions until after I have heard the outcome of my request for reinstatement. Should it become an unfavorable outcome, I would then have little to lose in making my site completely public once again.

Here are a few excerpts from that Forbes’ story. Enjoy.

Forbes: ASAP
Vox Unpopuli
Josh McHugh, 10.07.02

Employee complaint boxes are a waste of time. If you really want to torpedo a company, you’ve got to start a web site.