My chat with Dan

TLDR - If you want to work with Dan - read it. If not, don't (just give this an upvote for effort).

There's been some talk about Dan Goodman here. He's all over LinkedIn and posts 1-2x per day (https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-goodman2001/ ) about his Employment Advisory services.

I recently parted ways with my previous employer (not amicably) and while I did not have commission owed to me, I did have some issues with how I was financially treated while there and my severance package which had financial implications.

I went to his website, clicked on the "Get Started" button, and went through a small questionnaire. I paid for the 15min consult and scheduled a date to speak with him about a week out.

He was a couple mins late to our meeting (and looked like he just rolled out of bed), but made up for it on the back end. We discussed my situation and then he outlined his Process. He charges $1050 flat fee initially and this gets you access to:

• His 10-part framework
• Video of him detailing his 10-part framework
• Examples & sample language for me to use in doing my write up according to his 10-part framework which I put into a 1st Draft
• I submit my 1st Draft and he has a Consultant reach out to me to discuss it and help me develop a 2nd Draft
• Dan then comes into the picture and helps redline the 2nd Draft into a final draft to submit to my previous employer, including an Executive Summary ("with moving, impactful language" = scare tactics)
• He then helps to submit it
• He's there to help with Negotiation and other hand holding aspects along the way because they also charge 15% of the Gross Settlement (this is hard to quantify, more in a bit)

There's a couple things I learned -

(1) he's not an attorney and doesn't pretend to be one.

(2) a lot of what he can do is reliant upon Employment Agreements, Compensation Agreement, and other paperwork you may have filled out/dealt with (note for the future - forward copies of all my paperwork to my personal email for safe keeping)

Regarding the Gross Settlement aspect, i have some very solid numbers which I feel I'm entitled to. He said they would only charge the 15% for what they could help me get on top of that. So I don't know what they really means in the end.

I'm not sure if I'm going to move forward or not. It seems to me that a lot of his "10-part Framework" is strong language about how I will rake the company through the muck, go public with how they treated me, publicly disparage them, threats about how the company's reputation will be hurt, etc. And it seems many of his clients get a settlement before having to go that far.

This was definitely educational for me. I wish I had access to him 10-15 years ago. If my company had screwed me out of actual commissions, I would definitely be working with him and I would highly recommend him if that is your case because while he's not an attorney (which may be a good thing) he's definitely a guy with experience who's leveraging it to help others while making a buck for himself.

I hope this write up helps you all.