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Re:Companies Manipulate Glassdoor by Inflating Rankings and ... by josho on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @01:07PM (#18970570)
I just went over to glassdoor, curiously after signing up a dummy account they have a banner claiming:

"Your trust is our top concern, so companies can't alter or remove reviews."

But, I noticed from a past review that there is some kind of 'approval' required. So, yes it seems they can remove reviews by not approving. Sigh.

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Re:Companies Manipulate Glassdoor by Inflating Rankings and ... by switch007 on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @01:15PM (#18970660)
Worded like that, it seems it doesn't rule out Glassdoor doing it on a company's behalf.
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Re:Companies Manipulate Glassdoor by Inflating Rankings and ... by josho on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @03:23PM (#18972065)
If I remember correctly the approval was likely automatic. So, I suspect you could pay to have certain keyword filled reviews automatically be disapproved--obviously this would only be used to filter out swear words or proprietary details of the company.
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