Although I am not a NATS employee, when it comes to NERC I am hardly "looking on from the outside", to use PPRune Radar's phrase. I've spent the last few years trying to get that pig to fly.
I agree that a NATS-private forum is the appropriate place to discuss issues like pay, and working hours, and to air gripes and gossip.
But a lot of what used to go on in this forum was just ATC ops. I've found that sort of discussion most helpful (though I rarely post, I lurk here almost every day), so I hope you all will bring it back to the open forum.