Unvarnished - Get Your Pies for the Great Pie Fight

At one time or another, just about everyone has had one of those bosses that just didn't work out. You know the type of boss I'm talking about-that unreasonable, mean, cranky, power-hungry control freak that skulks through the office hallways just looking for his or her next kill. Or how about that co-worker who just absolutely drives you crazy? Hopefully, you're not working for that sort of boss or with that co-worker right now. But if you are, there's a new website out there that let's you say whatever is on your mind.

The new site called Unvarnished is brand new on the web and it's the perfect place for letting your boss or co-workers have it with both barrels, or not. It's a place that can be used for good, or for evil. Unvarnished currently allows employees to be reviewed anonymously with absolutely no possible way of getting rid of the bad review. Peter Kazanjy, one of the co-founders of the site told TIME magazine, "We're trying to take how professional reputation works in the offline world and port that online."

Built in Controls Allow Tracking

Apparently there are built-in controls that won't allow people to just randomly trash another co-worker. Unvarnished works by allowing users to log in and authenticate their identity through their Facebook profile. This provides a fail-safe and lets company's know the actual names and identities in the case of a defamatory posting. Abusive comments can be reviewed and deleted by administrators.

Victims of negative posts can also sign in and respond to each post providing viewers of the website with their own side of the story. Those contacts who are trusted can also be invited to give positive reviews of their own, a sort of friends and professional co-workers coming to the rescue to save a possibly tarnished reputation.

Unvarnished is no Different Than the Real World

According to the co-founders of the site, if someone has an ax to grind or wants to talk trash behind your back, they can and do that sort of thing already in the real world. And the online world is even worse. Well, all's fair in love and war so they say. It could be argued that Unvarnished is just a place for bitter, disgruntled co-workers to get in their digs on past employers after they've moved on to safer ground.

Others say it's a place for bosses and co-workers to discover the truth and that truth can hurt sometimes. Still others wonder why anyone in their right mind would even sign up for what looks to be a continual and un-winnable battle to trash others while trying to preserve your own reputation. I'm not sure this website isn't just like an online version of those great pie fights in the old Three Stooges flicks. No one really wins and everyone ends up with pie all over them.