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Companies Manipulate Glassdoor by Inflating Rankings and Pressuring Employees

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Re: Companies Manipulate Glassdoor by Inflating Rankings and Pressuring Employees

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Post by fuzz4lyfe »

Reedx wrote: post #173
fuzz4lyfe wrote: post #32

I've had negative reviews flat out removed by a company that was paying glass door for some sort of premium service. I extensively reviewed the rules and reworded my comments and they were removed yet again. My points were fully factually true and were not anything too untoward (pay raises were promised to members of a new team, they never materialized, most team members left). For what it's worth, Path Forward IT is…

> removed by a company that was paying glass door for some sort of premium service Is there any proof of this? Source?

The reviews were deleted seconds after they were posted and their profile has a icon that indicates they pay glassdoor for additional services. A coworker that also left had the same experience I did when he posted his review.

Re: Companies Manipulate Glassdoor by Inflating Rankings and Pressuring Employees

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Post by Dibes »

ta1548177231 wrote: post #113
OldFatCactus wrote: post #81

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I looked through some of the discussions and they come off as pretty gross and unprofessional. Wouldn't trust such a place for honest feedback.

"Unprofessional" Is you actually seeing what the people who work there are like when no one is looking.

There is a difference between unprofessional and just outright toxic. I just tried it out and for our company with over 2900 members it was sparsely used and most of it was just outright insults with little to no discourse minus one or two decent threads.

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Post by screaminghawk »

victor9000 wrote: post #175
muttech wrote: post #119

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That brings back bad memories of my first day at a new job. We had discussed in the interview that they were flexible with the time I got there. On the first day, one of the first questions I was asked: New Boss: "So, what time will you be here every day?" Me: "I thought we had discussed that being flexible as traffic can be unpredictable?" New Boss: "We are flexible on the time, but you have to be here by that time…

This was the policy I implemented with my team and everyone thought it was pretty reasonable. It's basically pick your schedule, but stick to it. Otherwise scheduling meetings becomes unmanageable. That being said, I was also very clear about the policy during the interview process.

I'm pretty happy with this as well. I work 7-3, but I work those hours every day. I've walked out of meetings that have gone past 3 and no one has complained. It's been a great experience

Re: Companies Manipulate Glassdoor by Inflating Rankings and Pressuring Employees

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Post by hylaride »

ryanmcbride wrote: post #100
sevensor wrote: post #62

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> Flexibility works one way there A former boss put it like this, "Sure we have flex time! You can arrive any time before 8 and leave any time after 6."

My first tech job had a CEO who was just like that. He required all engineers and QAEs to be in the office before 9 and stay until after 5 so that we could answer the phone, because we were also the entire helpdesk. He would usually call the office right at 9 to see who was there, because he was usually still home.

Reminds me of a startup I once worked for. It was failing and the CEO (who had money from a previous company) had the VP of sales take a photo of the emtpy office at 6pm to complain how we weren't "all in". This despite the fact that our pay was late and he was on a month-long trip to his vacation home in the south of France (we were a north american company).

Re: Companies Manipulate Glassdoor by Inflating Rankings and Pressuring Employees

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Post by kevstev »

commandlinefan wrote: post #156
chaostheory wrote: post #86

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imo this is endemic in areas with poor job markets where there's really about 1 or 2 large employers. It's not just time to leave the company; you need to leave the whole area as well.

I'm in an area with lots of employers, but 20 years ago I did some job-hopping (four jobs in four years between 95 and 99), and that STILL comes up as a negative in job interviews. If you bail on too many bad managers, you can find yourself locked out anyway.

At this point you should just have a >20 years ago section on there (I would label it "prior history" myself), and include projects you worked on. That's over 20 years ago. Unless you worked on something you really want to highlight, just fudge them altogether.

I am guessing you don't work in tech in the US though? I was a bit worried about doing a third "three and out" while looking, and 10 years prior in finance, it may have been an issue, when I was looking at tech companies, no one even batted an eyelash. One HR recruiter even quipped that these would be relatively long tenures in the startup world.

Re: Companies Manipulate Glassdoor by Inflating Rankings and Pressuring Employees

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Post by cestith »

commandlinefan wrote: post #77
sevensor wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Flexibility works one way there A former boss put it like this, "Sure we have flex time! You can arrive any time before 8 and leave any time after 6."

Let me guess, he laughed when he said it like he was super funny, too, right? Like when I used to ask one former boss which of the ten tasks he'd just assigned to me was highest priority he'd say, "yes!" and laugh like he'd just told the greatest joke and then run out of the room (seriously) before I could pin him down on an actual decision.

Let me guess... retroactively the one that had the least work done turned out to be the highest priority when it came time for your review?

Re: Companies Manipulate Glassdoor by Inflating Rankings and Pressuring Employees

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Post by iosonofuturista »

ta1548177231 wrote: post #113
OldFatCactus wrote: post #81

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I looked through some of the discussions and they come off as pretty gross and unprofessional. Wouldn't trust such a place for honest feedback.

"Unprofessional" Is you actually seeing what the people who work there are like when no one is looking.

I fart and scratch my balls with abandonment when no one is looking.

To use such information as an indication on how I may behave in a professional environment is insane.

This site (admittedly from a quick look) seems absolute trash.

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