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The underground economy of Glassdoor reviews

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Re: The underground economy of Glassdoor reviews

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I saw a glassdoor salary range for a job at my company. I know that the internal range is 50-100% higher than what glassdoor suggests. And then I wonder why no one's applying. Companies should just publicly advertise compensation.

Some states are requiring salary ranges for job postings, hopefully this becomes more prevalent.

This really changed the game in offer negotiations for me to see what the employer thinks I’m worth. Knowledge is power.

Re: The underground economy of Glassdoor reviews

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You know, the account you wrote the positive review with was the shill account.

The grift is real

I fear that I wake up one day and the meaning of 'shill' has drifted so much it is meaningless like 'troll'.

Re: The underground economy of Glassdoor reviews

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Yes, this is the issue I have with all the comments on this thread saying that glassdoor has too many good reviews for a company that the commenter knows is "toxic". I have no idea what "toxic" means to the commenters here. Then I finally see an issue concretely identified: toxic can mean manager expresses an interest in "debating religion at the water cooler"? So what? I also wouldn't generalize from this poster's a…

Religion is a legally protected class in the US, and the fact that a boss would willingly want to discuss, much less debate it with a subordinate opening the business up to much unnecessary liability is a red flag at least for stupid leadership. Worst case scenario, the boss is trying to discriminate based on religion, and trying to find out more about the subordinate’s personal beliefs. Best case scenario, boss is f…

This is absolutely crazy to a European.

Re: The underground economy of Glassdoor reviews

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The grift is real

I fear that I wake up one day and the meaning of 'shill' has drifted so much it is meaningless like 'troll'.

In my initial writing I had meant "pseudo-anonymous" instead of "shill."

Re: The underground economy of Glassdoor reviews

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Religion is a legally protected class in the US, and the fact that a boss would willingly want to discuss, much less debate it with a subordinate opening the business up to much unnecessary liability is a red flag at least for stupid leadership. Worst case scenario, the boss is trying to discriminate based on religion, and trying to find out more about the subordinate’s personal beliefs. Best case scenario, boss is f…

This is absolutely crazy to a European.

Really? How would European business culture approach this? I feel like talking about debating religion when it’s not relevant to a potential employee is extremely short sighted or some type of backhanded mind game; it just doesn’t seem normal to say that at a job interview. After a working relationship has been established if it comes up, that is different, but if the VP just says that based on seeing a potential employee’s work with a church, it’s quite suspect.

Re: The underground economy of Glassdoor reviews

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They could already do that with pockets deep enough, what openai allows is for the common people to fight back

> what openai allows is for the common people to fight back How so?

instead of having to invest a million into traning a model to compete, you can apply the same spam with ai techniques paying cents for it.

Re: The underground economy of Glassdoor reviews

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https://www.levels.fyi/ is a grest site for actual salary information on tech related jobs. The data reported very much matched my last round of interviews and the data granularity is good, being able to see levels, location, pay breakdowns, and even dates when the salary was posted.

I have found that the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics is a comprehensive and unparalleled treasure trove of current, accurate salary information, and much much more. (US jobs only, natch.) https://www.bls.gov/

BLS is a tremendous resource but how are you using information at the NAICS-level to inform jobseeking or job hiring? It seems fascinating from an aggregate point of view but less useful for pricing employment positions.

Re: The underground economy of Glassdoor reviews

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I’d say Consumer Reports and NYT wire cutter are pretty objective… Their bigger issue is that company quality doesn’t change much from year to year, so the pans that were good in 2019 are probably still good now, which is boring.

Wire cutter is hardly objective - check out their bike lock reviews. Every single recommended product is from Kryptonite.

On youtube there are videos from an expert lockpicker, I can't remember the name, where he goes on lockpicking kryptonite locks. He explains in great detail what he expected more from the high end, but his recommendation by the end was still a kryptonite lock, not necessary the ultimate, and said that unless you are ready to lose the bike, unless it's in sight, there is very little you can do. And with an angle grinder you are doomed either way

Re: The underground economy of Glassdoor reviews

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I used to work at Desktop Metal which was (at the time) a pretty small startup here in Boston. When I left, I wrote a pretty negative review on Glassdoor about what I felt was a toxic work environment. At the time I submitted my review, there were probably about 10 reviews for the company. The very next day after my review was posted, about 7 positive reviews popped up. Obviously pretty suspicious behavior, but when…

My favorite thing about glassdoor is that I've had employers use their pay scales for negotiations. Which of course are many years old at this point. Needless to say I rejected their offer.

They also seem to be below what companies offer in reality...
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