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Re: Glassdoor not so anonymous

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Post by throwaway744678 »

patrec wrote: post #303
exodust wrote: post #288

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sorry what? It's trivial to get an email address from legit email provider, create alias addresses, then sign up to something like Glassdoor using VPN. The only thing Glassdoor will know about you is your email address, which is not easily traced back to your real ID if you don't want it to be. Particularly for low level "crime" like negative reviews.

How certain are you that in all jurisdictions where an (ex-)employer can get an injunction to force glassdoor to reveal the email address they wouldn't be able to get the legit email provider to reveal your true identity?

Create a gmail address from your local McDonald's wifi?

Re: Glassdoor not so anonymous

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Post by gzer0 »

kortilla wrote: post #200
mehlmao wrote: post #196

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Who cares if they violated an NDA? NDAs are supposed to protect company secrets, not prevent criticism.

It’s a contractual agreement to not air dirty laundry in exchange for money. If you want to bitch about the company publicly, don’t accept a payment not to.

Unfortunately, this is not true. An NDA is not a free pass to being able to censor whatever you want, even if the person signing the NDA took a fee, or received payment.

"NDAs do not prohibit people from reporting suspected corrupt conduct to an appropriate authority. The Crime and Corruption Act 2001 and the Public Interest Disclosure Act 2010 provide safeguards that allow people who have signed an NDA to report suspected wrongdoing, including corrupt conduct, maladministration and the misuse of public resources.

Under no circumstances do they oblige people who have signed them to maintain secrecy about suspected wrongdoing. You can still report suspected wrongdoing despite signing an NDA."

[1] https://www.ccc.qld.gov.au/sites/default/files/Docs/Publicat...

Re: Glassdoor not so anonymous

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Post by astura »

_archon_ wrote: post #339
mlyle wrote: post #98

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Yah. The reviews didn't even look that bad. Nothing like getting lots of press for suing critical employees to improve your rep.

The... remaining reviews may not look that bad. I imagine a scenario may exist where a fired employee has to sign an NDA and take down their review to receive severance or suchlike.

The review that started this legal case was reposted to Reddit

https://www.reddit.com/r/newzealand/comments/w2lvgp/zuru_gla...

Re: Glassdoor not so anonymous

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Post by druvisc »

Mandatum wrote: post #2

Glassdoor has posted a notice on ZURU's page regarding this: https://www.glassdoor.com.au/Reviews/ZURU-Reviews-E2286297.h... It appears a few other companies are doing this too, including Kraken ( https://www.kraken.com/ ) as you can see here: https://www.glassdoor.com.au/Overview/Working-at-Kraken-Digi... EDIT: If anyone from Glassdoor is reading this, please advise on a way to either unlink my profile from my ident…

> At this time, we do not allow members who have created their accounts with Facebook or Google+ to edit their Account Settings. We apologize for any inconvenience as we work to change this.

:)

Re: Glassdoor not so anonymous

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Post by ClumsyPilot »

lazide wrote: post #213
ls15 wrote: post #191

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> If it’s a company provided laptop then it’s a good idea to assume that every keystroke, DNS request, and network packet is fair game. In the USA and other countries with subpar privacy laws.

Which countries don’t allow a company to monitor activity on company equipment and company networks during company time?

The idea that 'company time' and 'company equipment' gives the company absolute right to record and ownership of recording is almost feudal.

Imagine I were to die in the office in some embarrasing way, on company time, in full view of company CCTV, do they have the right to upload the video to YouTube to make money from it?

What if they record audio of me at home, can they publish it? Can they show it to anyone at the company?

What if audio is recorded outside of compaby time by a company laptop thats had its lid closed? What if it's recording 24/7?

Are they allowed to snoop on traffic of my home network? If I have a home camera thats not password protected, can they help themselves to that Video?

If my network drive has no password, is it okay if they help themselves to those files?

Re: Glassdoor not so anonymous

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Post by pygy_ »

ken47 wrote: post #264

This is the worst kind of publicity for ZURU. They thought it was difficult to hire employees because of a handful of critical reviews on Glassdoor? It's about to get a lot harder. The company should have spent those extra resources researching how to make their employees happier (and hence, more productive).

Yup, this is the Streisand effect in full swing.

Re: Glassdoor not so anonymous

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Post by tomrod »

dzhiurgis wrote: post #279
heavyset_go wrote: post #215

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I've heard some pretty simultaneously funny and Orwellian stories about this, mostly about people being fired for looking at porn using work laptops and the specific porn they were looking at. Don't use work computers to look at porn, your employers already know about it.

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Correct. Rape, theft, murder, and other actions can be performed along the way of people fulfilling their basic human needs, so the reasoning doesn't really justify all activities.

The way I look at it (and not saying it is the best way, just works for me) is that my public/professional person is my brand that the world sees and thinks of when I interact with them. Regardless whether that is big brother junior analyst in IT or a client CEO, I try to keep that consistent and inviting.

If on the weekend I want to only drink Soylent, trade crypto, and otherwise engage in fun but less inviting behaviors, I'll do that off company property.

Re: Glassdoor not so anonymous

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Post by DoubleGlazing »

rsync wrote: post #347
DoubleGlazing wrote: post #334

Every review I have posted on Glassdoor has been with a disposable email address, using my own device and using a public WiFi hotspot. I once had an employer try to get legal on me because I went to work for a rival after they laid me off - so I know some employers can be petty like that. I trust Glassdoor to keep their promise of not releasing my ID voluntarily, but when courts get involved all bets are off.

I assumed everyone posting on Glassdoor used such opsec. It’s like a “must be this talk to ride” sign at a carnival ride.

I've seen a fair few reviews for companies I used to work at where it was really easy to ID the reviewer as they were too forthcoming with details. Some people just don't see the potential dangers of posting negative reviews without properly hiding their ID.

Re: Glassdoor not so anonymous

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Post by b_mc2 »

lostcolony wrote: post #42
300bps wrote: post #24

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Wow. That statement is the worst kind of review any potential employee could ever read.

Yeah. Definitely Streisand effected themselves. Wonder if they can sue their own legal counsel for causing themselves so much monetary loss (given that's the grounds they're using to de-anonymize the reviewers)?

Agreed. This banner is the new warrant canary [1]

The Legal Action Canary?

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warrant_canary

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