My side project: Rank your tech company based on culture • Hacker News Board

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

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Post by madisonhamman » Wed, Mar 05, 2014, 2:58 PM UTC

bradhe wrote: post #33

Wow. Searched for 10 well known companies and nothing. Pretty lame. Side project indeed.

Yup just launched last week. Working on roll out plan now to prime the pump.

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

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Post by madisonhamman » Wed, Mar 05, 2014, 2:59 PM UTC

blueskin_ wrote: post #35

Shame it needs LinkedIn permissions. How about some kind of privacy policy?

We'll be adding that shortly. LinkedIn was the 'easiest' way to do a litmus test on whether someone works as a place currently or not. Not perfect, but was a good start.

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

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Post by madisonhamman » Wed, Mar 05, 2014, 2:59 PM UTC

michaelochurch wrote: post #38

dinkumthinkum wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Flagged is a bit much. It is a fair criticism to make that requiring LinkedIn is probably very inappropriate and probably completely counter productive but that is enough I think.

Unflagged (if it matters). You make a good point.

Thanks!

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

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Post by madisonhamman » Wed, Mar 05, 2014, 3:00 PM UTC

blueskin_ wrote: post #34

bradhe wrote: post #33

Wow. Searched for 10 well known companies and nothing. Pretty lame. Side project indeed.

Perhaps it's new?

Brand spanking new - Launched last week at LAUNCH Festival in SF.

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

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Post by madisonhamman » Wed, Mar 05, 2014, 3:01 PM UTC

xivzgrev wrote: post #32

synaesthesisx wrote: post #5

Neat concept....keep in mind that culture and fit can vary from person to person and you're going to have a range of experiences. What's important is organizing companies based on their culture so people can match themselves better.

Yea like what does a score of 80 mean? Maybe company A really values free spirited people, a bunch of people rate them highly because of that, but the reader doesn't like that. How can you make the scores more relevant to a new visitor? I'd personally like a little survey that asks me what I value in a culture, and then calculates a match based on what other people have seen.

Interesting idea- we were interested in the score to start so that companies with great culture can wear it with a badge of honor. Statistically, anything above 50 is above average. 80s, and 90s would be very very good Candid scores.

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

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Post by madisonhamman » Wed, Mar 05, 2014, 3:02 PM UTC

mathattack wrote: post #39

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…

Yes - this is the problem that most feedback sites have. I believe that Glassdoor uses Facebook as the verification. That way they at least know you are a real person, even if they can't explicitly verify that you actually worked there.

Indeed. We toyed with Facebook login, but we really wanted the current position information, without having to do a domain (work email) verification.

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

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Post by madisonhamman » Wed, Mar 05, 2014, 3:04 PM UTC

michaelochurch wrote: post #37

madisonhamman wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hey Michael, Sorry for the lack of explanation. We're adding some copy to explain why we require a linked in verification. Basically, it was of the few ways we can check where someone works without sending an email to their work email - hence keeping it 100% anon. We're working on it! -Madison

See, I wanted to review some ex-employers, but I don't put my whole career history on LinkedIn. Here's my explanation of why: http://michaelochurch.wordpress.com/2013/01/02/why-i-wiped-m... I have an ideological issue with LinkedIn. It made some people I like a boatload of money, so I like it on that front, but I also feel like the modern trend of oversharing one's economic relationships is really dangerous, so I pre…

Badass. Thanks for sharing

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

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Post by madisonhamman » Mon, Mar 10, 2014, 11:38 PM UTC

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…

Thanks again for the advice - wanted to let you know we updated the site over the weekend with better explanation of LinkedIn, an explicit privacy policy, and an alternate (albeit it a little heavy) way of asking for an account without LinkedIn.

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

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Post by madisonhamman » Mon, Mar 10, 2014, 11:40 PM UTC

Thanks everyone for the input! I wanted to let all those who gave feedback know we updated the site over the weekend with better explanation of LinkedIn, an explicit privacy policy, and an alternate (albeit it a little heavy) way of asking to review a company without LinkedIn.