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My side project: Rank your tech company based on culture

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Re: My side project: Rank your tech company based on culture

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Post by madisonhamman »

codezero wrote: post #13
madisonhamman wrote: post #12

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EXCELLENT feedback - I really appreciate it. We piggy-backed LinkedIn to "build on the shoulders of giants" but agree the explanation is necessary. Thanks again!

At this point, you might consider a more manual verification of people. Do things that don't scale, remember? :) From experience, you can manually verify a lot and have a very few false positives. You might just require a bit more person to person interaction.

Nice point... this is what we do now for HR (paid) accounts... worth considering for sure...

Re: My side project: Rank your tech company based on culture

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Post by madisonhamman »

mattdeboard wrote: post #18
Karunamon wrote: post #3

I like the idea (kinda like a no-frills Glassdoor), but the moment I went to plug in my company, the first thing that pops up is a LinkedIn permissions page. No prior explanation of what the data will be used for, no assurance that my information will be anonymous, nothing. Closed the tab. Please consider supporting alternate signup methods for those of us that don't want personal information tied to reviews. I know…

Yep, totes. I deleted my LinkedIn account months ago. This service could be pretty useful/interesting/funny to share around the office, but requiring LinkedIn is a killer (in a bad way) for me.

Thanks for the feedback.

We're looking at other ways now to check if someone works at the company without requiring LinkedIn.

We will repost to HN once we add a second verification feature.

Re: My side project: Rank your tech company based on culture

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Post by madisonhamman »

jedanbik wrote: post #23

The first thing I looked for was a geographic search feature. Add this for job seekers like me who want to learn more about the good stuff in their communities!

"Window-shopping" is definitely a driver on the post-mvp roadmap. Geo search is an interesting idea...

Thanks for the feedback!

Re: My side project: Rank your tech company based on culture

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Post by milkshakes »

madisonhamman wrote: post #22
mattdeboard wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yep, totes. I deleted my LinkedIn account months ago. This service could be pretty useful/interesting/funny to share around the office, but requiring LinkedIn is a killer (in a bad way) for me.

Thanks for the feedback. We're looking at other ways now to check if someone works at the company without requiring LinkedIn. We will repost to HN once we add a second verification feature.

for what it's worth, this doesn't really seem like an effective way of verifying that someone works for a company in the first place.

Re: My side project: Rank your tech company based on culture

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Post by andreyf »

madisonhamman wrote: post #14
GeneralMayhem wrote: post #4

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Seconded. If you want people to be honest about their employers, tying it to the one place employers are almost certain to see it is a little daunting. I understand if you want to make sure they're actually employees of the place they're talking about, but (a) you should say that, and (b) what's to stop me from faking my LinkedIn?

Thanks for the feedback! We're adding a bit about the LinkedIn verification. For this MVP it is an easy way to check (within reason) someone actually works at a place. Sure, they may lie to linkedin, but for the MVP it was an 80/20 decision.

In its early days, Facebook used email verification at a certain domain to verify membership to a uni. Perhaps you could do the same?

Re: My side project: Rank your tech company based on culture

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Post by madisonhamman »

milkshakes wrote: post #25
madisonhamman wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks for the feedback. We're looking at other ways now to check if someone works at the company without requiring LinkedIn. We will repost to HN once we add a second verification feature.

for what it's worth, this doesn't really seem like an effective way of verifying that someone works for a company in the first place.

Thanks for the input!

Re: My side project: Rank your tech company based on culture

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Post by madisonhamman »

andreyf wrote: post #26
madisonhamman wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks for the feedback! We're adding a bit about the LinkedIn verification. For this MVP it is an easy way to check (within reason) someone actually works at a place. Sure, they may lie to linkedin, but for the MVP it was an 80/20 decision.

In its early days, Facebook used email verification at a certain domain to verify membership to a uni. Perhaps you could do the same?

I like that line of reasoning. I think the anonymity and peace of mind a company has NO way of tracking who visited the site would be degraded with work emails. Most US companies can and do read employee emails...Thanks for the feedback!

Re: My side project: Rank your tech company based on culture

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Post by sytelus »

Your algorithm for calculating final score seems flawed. For example, if I give location as best rating but pay sucks, the company's rating is still pretty good. In reality, pay matters much more than location. You should adopt overall happiness as the final score and leave everything else as details instead of doing average or weighted average of individual score. Also other questions you might want to include:

* Do you think, on average, you work with smart people in your area?

* Would you recommend this company to your friends?

* How do you feel about management/politics/agility?

PS: I like the idea of using Linked-In profile. Nice.

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