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Re:Companies Manipulate Glassdoor by Inflating Rankings and ... by ta1548177231 on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @12:28PM (#18970143)
And that's why there is Blind https://www.teamblind.com/articles/Topics

I highly recommend everyone signs up their company and gives honest feedback there. Closing the Asymmetric Information gap will only help workers (the vast majority of us) make better choices about where to work, how much to charge employers and what really goes on (not the propaganda campaigns that are online resources and interviews)

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Re:Companies Manipulate Glassdoor by Inflating Rankings and ... by tomatotomato37 on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @01:26PM (#18970802)
The level of discourse on this place is horrid; it's like a SV 4chan.

Why does a workplace opinion site need a "relationships" category anyway?

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Re:Companies Manipulate Glassdoor by Inflating Rankings and ... by bduerst on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @02:07PM (#18971275)
Yeah, I just checked it out and the topics seem like troll bait with toxic comments. People actually verify their identity with their employer before posting these things?
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Re:Companies Manipulate Glassdoor by Inflating Rankings and ... by bradlys on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @02:49PM (#18971733)
I mean, all you're identifying with is that you have a company email address. That's all that is known. For really big orgs, this is not an issue.
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Re:Companies Manipulate Glassdoor by Inflating Rankings and ... by bduerst on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @04:16PM (#18972567)
Right - the company has a link between everyone commenting and their work email address. It would be naive to assume that won't ever be sold as lead gen or part of a premium model for employers, even if the Blind claims otherwise right now.
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Re:Companies Manipulate Glassdoor by Inflating Rankings and ... by ta1548177231 on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @03:56PM (#18972376)
I agree there is a bunch of toxicity. However, I prefer a toxicity I can preview and assess for myself, than a bunch of unknown toxicity that comes as a surprise after 3 months of employment.
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Re:Companies Manipulate Glassdoor by Inflating Rankings and ... by OldFatCactus on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @12:43PM (#18970310)
I looked through some of the discussions and they come off as pretty gross and unprofessional. Wouldn't trust such a place for honest feedback.
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Re:Companies Manipulate Glassdoor by Inflating Rankings and ... by ta1548177231 on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @01:01PM (#18970505)
"Unprofessional" Is you actually seeing what the people who work there are like when no one is looking.
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Re:Companies Manipulate Glassdoor by Inflating Rankings and ... by Dibes on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @01:51PM (#18971091)
There is a difference between unprofessional and just outright toxic. I just tried it out and for our company with over 2900 members it was sparsely used and most of it was just outright insults with little to no discourse minus one or two decent threads.
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Re:Companies Manipulate Glassdoor by Inflating Rankings and ... by iosonofuturista on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @01:52PM (#18971109)
I fart and scratch my balls with abandonment when no one is looking.

To use such information as an indication on how I may behave in a professional environment is insane.

This site (admittedly from a quick look) seems absolute trash.

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Re:Companies Manipulate Glassdoor by Inflating Rankings and ... by gaius on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @01:12PM (#18970621)
Didn’t they have a de-anonymization incident recently? Signing up with real work address is madness.
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Re:Companies Manipulate Glassdoor by Inflating Rankings and ... by ta1548177231 on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @03:55PM (#18972370)
I would really appreciated a link to what you're referring to. Would be good for all their users to know.
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Re:Companies Manipulate Glassdoor by Inflating Rankings and ... by gaius on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @05:37PM (#18973335)
https://techcrunch.com/2018/12/20/blind-anonymous-app-data-e...
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Re:Companies Manipulate Glassdoor by Inflating Rankings and ... by towaway1138 on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @12:38PM (#18970260)
Sounds interesting, but presumably non-employees have no access?
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Re:Companies Manipulate Glassdoor by Inflating Rankings and ... by ta1548177231 on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @01:02PM (#18970511)
I'm pretty sure you can find the threads about any company with their search?
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