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

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Post by ipqk »

djbusby wrote: post #5
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.

Remember when Yelp did that? And yet, somehow not dead.

I think Yelp only survives through its integration with Apple Maps. If Apple ever decides to build its own review feature I can’t imagine Yelp surviving.

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

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Post by JCM9 »

Glassdoor seems very has-been at this point. They’re trying to move beyond the mix of folks trashing their employers and then charging employers to make the profile look better to now trying to be more of a serious career site. The ship has sailed on that front and they just seem on a slow march to irrelevance as has happened to lots of other similar career and employer review sites.

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

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Post by nottorp »

Runways wrote: post #17

Disgusting. Thought about creating an account several times to see more salary information, but now I guess I never will.

I did that and they said I have to post information to see information, or something like that.

Account is untouched since then.

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

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Post by brezelgoring »

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 of two multinational conglomerates (one Indian, the other Argentinian) that requires all newcomers to post a GlassDoor review and a LinkedIn post praising the company, the onboarding gifts, and such things. Both are absolute hell to work for unless you're upper management, according to acquaintances that have been there and climbed outside the bog of low-level positions.

It's not a lot, but it's weird it happened twice.

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

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Post by jcoletti »

This is pretty shocking. I never use Glassdoor anyway, so deleted my account after reading. Worth noting that going to Settings only shows a button that says "Deactivate account", which seems misleading. Following this process does show a modal at the end that says "Account Deleted Confirmation. You have successfully deleted your account.", so seems like this is actually deletion vs. deactivation. (Your data stays in an archive DB for some period of time for legal reasons.)

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

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Post by p1esk »

shsachdev wrote: post #14

That’s super slimy of them — a while back I had spent some time investigating fake reviews on their platform [1] and also found that their moderation team has no strict processes in place to deal with bad actors. [1]: https://www.careerfair.io/company-reviews

You might be confused: to them, people like you and the OP are bad actors. What you mean by “bad actors” are their paying customers.

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

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Post by hammock »

>they had updated my profile to add my real name and location, the name pulled from the email From line I didn't think to cloak because who does that?

How did they get that if you never sent them an email? And if you sent them an email, you gave them your name (whatever name is in the from line)

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