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Community Guidelines

Last updated: June 8, 2026

Safety Network exists because professionals believe in looking out for one another. This community works when every member shows up with honesty, respect, and a genuine commitment to the people around them. These guidelines exist to protect that — not to create bureaucracy, but to make sure this remains a place worth belonging to.

Please read them. They apply to every member, on every part of the platform.

The Foundation

Safety Network is built on a simple premise: when people contribute consistently and act in good faith, the community can support anyone going through one of the hardest professional experiences of their life. That only works if everyone holds up their end.

These guidelines define what that looks like in practice.

What We Expect From Every Member

Show up honestly.

Use your real identity. Represent your professional background, employment status, and situation accurately — on your profile, in job posts, and especially in support requests.

Contribute in good faith.

Monthly contributions are the engine of this community. Your contribution history speaks for itself — it reflects directly in your standing. If you're able to contribute, do it consistently.

Treat every member with respect.

You'll interact with people at vulnerable moments in their careers. Lead with empathy. Disagreements happen — handle them with professionalism.

Post real opportunities.

Job postings and referral offers should be genuine. Only post roles you have actual knowledge of or access to. Only offer referrals you can actually make.

Honor your commitments.

If you agree to make an introduction, follow through. If you offer to refer someone, mean it. This community runs on trust, and trust is built through follow-through.

Protect member privacy.

What members share here — about their job loss, their financial situation, their career struggles — is shared in confidence. Don't screenshot, share, or discuss another member's personal information outside the platform.

What's Not Allowed

Fraud and Misrepresentation

  • Falsely claiming a layoff or misrepresenting your employment status to request community support
  • Submitting fabricated or altered layoff documentation
  • Creating multiple accounts to inflate your contribution history or manipulate support eligibility
  • Posting fake job opportunities or offering referrals you have no ability to deliver

These behaviors are a direct theft from members who contribute honestly. They will result in immediate, permanent removal from Safety Network.

Harassment and Harmful Conduct

  • Harassment, threats, or intimidation of any member — including in private messages
  • Hate speech or discrimination based on race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, disability, age, or any other protected characteristic
  • Bullying, shaming, or publicly disparaging another member's situation, background, or career
  • Unsolicited sexual or romantic messages

These behaviors will result in immediate, permanent removal.

Spam and Platform Abuse

  • Posting roles, links, or messages for personal commercial gain unrelated to the career network
  • Soliciting members for products, services, or business opportunities outside of what the platform is designed for
  • Sending unsolicited bulk messages to other members
  • Scraping, harvesting, or systematically collecting member data

Misinformation

  • Sharing false or misleading information about Safety Network's model, payouts, or how community support works
  • Misrepresenting your professional credentials, experience, or qualifications to other members

How Support Requests Work — and Why Honesty Matters

When you submit a support request, you're asking this community to direct real money toward your situation. Other members are contributing every month in part because they trust that requests are legitimate.

Who is eligible

Support requests are open to full-time and part-time employees who have experienced an involuntary separation with no fixed end date. This may include certain contractors and workers in ongoing arrangements without a predetermined end date. Workers in fixed-term contracts or freelance engagements with defined end dates are not eligible.

How we verify

You'll be required to submit documentation confirming your separation — such as an email or written notice from a company representative. You'll also provide a point of contact at your former employer. Safety Network will independently verify your separation by contacting that individual before your request is processed.

By submitting a request, you confirm that:

  • You have experienced a genuine qualifying separation as described above
  • The documentation you've provided is authentic and unaltered
  • The contact information you've provided is accurate
  • The information in your request is accurate to the best of your knowledge

Submitting a fraudulent support request is grounds for immediate permanent removal and may be referred to the appropriate legal authorities.

Enforcement

We take violations seriously, but we also recognize that not every misstep is the same.

For minor violations — such as a disrespectful message, an incomplete job post, or an accidental guideline breach — we'll reach out directly with a warning and an opportunity to correct it.

For serious violations — including any form of fraud, harassment, hate speech, or platform abuse — accounts are removed immediately and permanently. There is no appeals process for these categories.

For ambiguous situations, our team will review the specifics before taking action. We'll communicate our decision and the reasoning behind it.

If your account is flagged for review, your ability to submit support requests may be paused during that period.

How to Report a Violation

If you see something that violates these guidelines, report it. You can flag any post, profile, job listing, or support request directly from the platform, or contact us at community@joinsafetynetwork.com.

We review every report. Reports are confidential — the person you report will not be notified that you reported them.

Deliberately filing false reports against other members is itself a violation of these guidelines.

A Note on the Career Network

The career network is the primary value this platform delivers. Use it generously and use it well.

  • Post roles because you want to help someone get hired, not to generate inbound for yourself
  • Request introductions respectfully, with a clear and honest message about who you are and what you're looking for
  • Respond to intro requests even if you can't help — a quick "not the right fit" is more respectful than silence
  • If you're actively looking, keep your profile current so the right people can find you

Changes to These Guidelines

We'll update these guidelines as the community grows and new situations arise. When we make material changes, we'll notify members via email and post a notice on the platform. Continued use of Safety Network constitutes acceptance of the current guidelines.

Questions

If something here is unclear, or you're unsure whether something you want to do is allowed, just ask before you do it. Reach us at community@joinsafetynetwork.com.

This community is only as strong as the people in it. Thank you for being one of them.