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Re: Glassdoor updated my profile to add my real name and location

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Post by rurp »

fredley wrote: post #3

Aren't Glassdoor's reviews pretty much a scam anyway? Last I heard companies can pay $$ to gain moderation control over their own profile to delete/downrank bad reviews.

I know for sure that Glassdoor has no problem with companies flooding their page with fake positive reviews. I worked for a shady company that did exactly that in the most blatant way possible. They consistenly posted short vapid 5 star reviews on a regular weekly schedule from the same IP. I tried reporting it to Glassdoor two different times and they could not have cared less.

Re: Glassdoor updated my profile to add my real name and location

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Post by suzzer99 »

ipqk wrote: post #36

I just logged in for the first time in years to delete my account, and before letting me do anything they required me to add my full name and other employment info.

I haven't logged in in years and I don't think I did much back then. Given everything I've read here, I think it might be safer just to let my account lie.

Re: Glassdoor updated my profile to add my real name and location

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Post by [deleted] »

rurp wrote: post #146
tadfisher wrote: post #105

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is the essential problem with any platform whose value consists of user-generated content. For example, Reddit doesn't have to hold an IPO to continue being Reddit, they don't have to paywall their API, and they don't have to make their website a global dark pattern to force engagement; they chose to sell stakes and play the growth game. Medium is another example, as is Quora, LinkedIn, and a hundred other tech…

Yep, it's so disappointing how many web projects provide solid value for many people, have a reasonable business model, but go to absolute shit and eventually fade to nothing chasing unsustainable returns. It's staggering how much better the web could be if the demand for exponential returns hadn't become so dominant on the business side.

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Re: Glassdoor updated my profile to add my real name and location

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Post by mysteria »

giantg2 wrote: post #129

When I signed up for Blind, I remember being a concerned that I had to use my work email to sign up. At the very least the employer can see that you signed up via the verification email.

I've heard of people randomly signing up their coworkers to create plausible deniability.

Re: Glassdoor updated my profile to add my real name and location

#165

Post by toomuchtodo »

blibble wrote: post #140
toomuchtodo wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How is this not fraud? https://help.glassdoor.com/s/article/I-m-an-employer-What-ca... > You can't pay us to take down reviews and we apply the same content moderation rules to our clients that we use for everyone else. https://reportfraud.ftc.gov/ https://www.naag.org/find-my-ag/

oh but they're not paying to take down reviews you're paying to "flag and report reviews for additional scrutiny" their process then co-incidentally always seems to agree that those reported by paying customers are bogus (same as paying for trustpilot)

I’m still filing the regulator complaint.

Re: Glassdoor updated my profile to add my real name and location

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Post by mmcdermott »

Avicebron wrote: post #150
zug_zug wrote: post #10

If anybody doesn't think this is a problem, I overheard managers talking about a 3rd-party tool that finds "at risk employees" which they didn't define but said it included signals such as "they updated their linked in recently" as a signal that they may be on the job hunt. You better believe that data brokers are both interested in buying and selling any sort of information around your employment/job/interview behav…

I feel like if managers are using third party tools to try and find employees changing their linkedin,, they have waaay too little to do

Very few managers would do this themselves. It is far more likely to be done by HR or an HR-adjacent group and a report sent to a manager.

Re: Glassdoor updated my profile to add my real name and location

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Post by SavageBeast »

If this is how they're going to play it, RIP Glassdoor. Seems like a MAJOR breach of trust to allow users to submit content and participate anonymously THEN start revealing their names!

"If you are not willing to allow your name on your profile, you will again need to complete Data erasure once you are able to. However, we cannot remove this for you or make the changes you wish to see for your name."

I guess we know the appropriate action to take here. This is an absolutely BONE HEADED decision with regards to the operation of Glassdoor but I wonder what was the impetus for this? It looks like they're trying to convert their anonymous, Reddit-like, users to First Class Named Users for the purpose trying to compete with Linkedin to me.

I find the rationale here questionable and the execution plain nutty personally.

Re: Glassdoor updated my profile to add my real name and location

#168

Post by samstave »

mlrtime wrote: post #157
samstave wrote: post #70

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The problem Ive always had with levels, is that it seems much more focused on the "sales" groups - the non tech, but vital to business everything. I've always disliked sales. especially when working on projects where a sales is so smarmy, because they get a huge pay - and I, implementing it all - get nothing. This happened all over. but here is a story of why I cant stand sales: I was tech designer for LDAC (lucas pr…

I used to think similar to you, as an engineer I didn't see value in sales. Then I tried to sell something myself and I realized it is not easy. You hear no all day long it starts to get to you. The best sales people I've seen are relationship builders. They understand their clients needs (Even if outside the core market) and try to find a solution for their needs. This looks like wining/dining on the outside but it'…

(sorry that was from an old lens... I was pointing out my perception of LEVELS not sales. (thus I said "vital to all business")

Re: Glassdoor updated my profile to add my real name and location

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Post by giantg2 »

mysteria wrote: post #164
giantg2 wrote: post #129

When I signed up for Blind, I remember being a concerned that I had to use my work email to sign up. At the very least the employer can see that you signed up via the verification email.

I've heard of people randomly signing up their coworkers to create plausible deniability.

I mean, I guess that could work at a company with horrible security practices that you could verify through their email.

Re: Glassdoor updated my profile to add my real name and location

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Post by blibble »

toomuchtodo wrote: post #165
blibble wrote: post #140

Earlier quoted context omitted.

oh but they're not paying to take down reviews you're paying to "flag and report reviews for additional scrutiny" their process then co-incidentally always seems to agree that those reported by paying customers are bogus (same as paying for trustpilot)

I’m still filing the regulator complaint.

hopefully the sarcasm in my post was obvious

maybe not :)

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