Someone may recognize an experience even when the review leaves out your name. A matter, date, quotation, team, or combination of details may be familiar to people who were there. Include what readers need to understand the experience, and leave out identifying details that don't help them do that.
What Mosaic verifies
Before publication, Mosaic checks reviewer identity and employment, including whether the reviewer and partner worked at the same firm during the relevant period. Verification happens without contacting the reviewer's current or former employer.
That establishes the reviewer's background. It does not independently verify the substance of the review or every event described. A review remains the contributor's account of an experience.
What readers see
A published review identifies the partner being reviewed and presents the reviewer's account without the reviewer's name. Optional background details can give readers context, but combinations of details can also make a contributor easier to recognize.
Choose those details with care. Avoid naming clients, describing confidential matters, or reproducing information you are not entitled to share.
Verification information and the published review
Mosaic needs information to verify a contributor before publishing their review. That is a different purpose from the information displayed to readers.
Before you submit, ask us how verification information is handled, who can access it, and how long it's kept. Make sure those answers address your circumstances. An absolute promise of anonymity shouldn't take their place.
If the experience is especially sensitive
If a phone conversation feels more comfortable, contact Bryson to discuss that option. He can prepare an anonymized account from the conversation.
Agree on how the conversation and any resulting review will be handled before sharing details. A phone conversation does not, by itself, remove the possibility that someone may recognize the circumstances described.
Ask before you share
You can ask about verification, publication, access, or a sensitive detail before deciding whether to contribute. There's no need to describe the experience in your first message just to find out how the process works.