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Re:PagerDuty S-1 by stygiansonic on Friday March 15, 2019 @03:28PM (#19403301)
Interesting that they reference their Glassdoor rating:

The strength of our culture is key to attracting and retaining the best talent, as demonstrated by our high employee retention rates, and, as of January 31, 2019, a Glassdoor rating of 4.5 out of 5 and 100% approval rating of our chief executive officer.

Re:PagerDuty S-1 by eastendguy on Friday March 15, 2019 @03:52PM (#19403554)
Uh, that is a big negative sign for me, because they have an an "employer active" account. In other words, they pay for the privilege to get reviews deleted.

> 100% approval rating of our chief executive officer.

So I am 99.99% sure that HR was tasked with removing bad reviews ;-)

Re:PagerDuty S-1 by excitom on Friday March 15, 2019 @05:29PM (#19404504)
A previous employer of mine had a Glassdoor "problem" with bad reviews. Now when people leave they are bribed with a week's pay to promise not to post anything bad, and their Glassdoor reviews now are packed with glowing praise that look quite fake and contrived.

Show me a rating system and I'll show you ways for people to game it.

Re:PagerDuty S-1 by chipperyman573 on Friday March 15, 2019 @04:25PM (#19403946)
Is there any evidence that glassdoor lets employers do this? I think glassdoor actually specifically says that they won't, unless it violates a law somehow. They even specifically state that they "don’t take sides in factual or contractual disputes between employers and reviewers."

https://help.glassdoor.com/article/I-m-an-employer-What-can-...

Re:PagerDuty S-1 by decebalus1 on Friday March 15, 2019 @05:26PM (#19404475)
Re:PagerDuty S-1 by lbotos on Friday March 15, 2019 @04:42PM (#19404083)
Anecdote: A former company I worked for had a negative Glassdoor Review. It "disappeared". Dunno how, but it's not there anymore.

I suspect at some point they could be removed. But again, anecdote.

Re:PagerDuty S-1 by kokokokoko on Friday March 15, 2019 @05:03PM (#19404271)
Generally employers figure out who left the bad review and threaten legal action to the person who made the review. It isn't Glassdoor that removes the review but the person who wrote it.
Re:PagerDuty S-1 by buildawesome on Friday March 15, 2019 @05:22PM (#19404428)
Also anecdotal: our employer "highly encouraged" us to write glowing reviews of the company as a marketing effort to make the company look better to potential hires.
Re:PagerDuty S-1 by log_n on Friday March 15, 2019 @04:23PM (#19403915)
Potentially leaving them open to the pettiest securities fraud suit ever.
Re:PagerDuty S-1 by pixelmonkey on Friday March 15, 2019 @07:21PM (#19405249)
How does one know when an account is "employer active"?
Re:PagerDuty S-1 by ezekg on Friday March 15, 2019 @04:21PM (#19403902)
That's so unfortunate. I remember back when Glassdoor prided themselves on not doing that.
Re:PagerDuty S-1 by downrightmike on Friday March 15, 2019 @04:55PM (#19404212)
Oh look a penny..
Re:PagerDuty S-1 by HenryBemis on Friday March 15, 2019 @04:42PM (#19404091)
I was checking their careers page (because.. you never know!:) and they have the 'courage' to link Glassdoor on their careers page[1]. Perhaps other companies also link Glassdoor to their careers page, but this is the FIRST time that I see this.

[1]:https://www.pagerduty.com/careers/

Re:PagerDuty S-1 by techntoke on Friday March 15, 2019 @03:36PM (#19403383)
Pretty funny considering that Glassdoor will delete negative reviews.
Re:PagerDuty S-1 by HenryBemis on Friday March 15, 2019 @04:44PM (#19404109)
I've read some pretty negative reviews when searching info for a company. As long as it 'looks & feels real' they it let them. Someone already posted the glassdoor takedown rules and they seem reasonable.
Re:PagerDuty S-1 by mitchell_h on Friday March 15, 2019 @10:25PM (#19406022)
I'm a pagerduty user and I've met a bunch of their people. Their service is top notch and their people are really cool, knowledge folks. https://response.pagerduty.com/ is a _MUST_ read for anyone remotely near operations or support.