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Seems HN readership doesn't have much job hunting experience! Glassdoor, although often wildly inaccurate and empty of data, is still one of the most useful res

Seems HN readership doesn't have much job hunting experience! Glassdoor, although often wildly inaccurate and empty of data, is still one of the most useful resources out there for job hunting and conducting due diligence on companies. I do wish their data was better though ...

Clubber 8y ago
It's definitely easier to spot the soul sucking companies. They are the ones with the majority of bad reviews spotted with glorious reviews left by management trying to up their average.
- djsumdog 8y ago
  I usually don't post reviews, good or bad, on Glassdoor, because I can just imagine the fallout of a data breech/hack which would end up doxing a ton of old disgruntled employees.
  - bspn 8y ago
    I don't think Glassdoor has very stringent identity checks (a problem in itself), so I imagine most posters are using throwaway email accounts to shield themselves from any fallout.
cylinder 8y ago
How do they make money off of this?
- deleted 8y ago
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- zuhayeer 8y ago
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zuhayeer 8y ago
Interesting to see new resources like http://levels.fyi http://levels.fyi which has more granular compensation data for companies on a level by level basis, wonder if the trend is moving towards completely open models where things aren’t hidden behind sign up walls
- Bahamut 8y ago
  That site is missing a lot of data still it seems.
  - compumike 8y ago
    What kind of data would you like to see?
    - hunter23 8y ago
      The data on staff engineer salaries at Google seems very off. The total comp for staff is $580K with a breakdown of total comp with being a 200K base, a 200K bonus, and 172K of stock. I would be surprised if the average staff engineer gets a bonus that is at 100% of their salary level. I guess this is the issue with user submitted data. You could add h1 salary info (which is publicly available) to improve accuracy on the base compensation portion.
scarface74 8y ago
Small companies maybe, but larger companies seem to have different cultures depending on which department you work in and where. I worked in a satellite office of a company that was based aboot 200 miles away and our experiences were a lot different from each other.
- geezerjay 8y ago
  > I worked in a company office of a company that was based aboot 200 miles away and our experiences were a lot different from each other. Glassdoor lets users filter reviews based on company location, which appears to take care of that problem.
Balgair 8y ago
Hear! Hear! As much as GD gets under my skin, it has actually been useful to me. I looked up a firm and saw that many reviewers thought the CEO was nutz (along with many astroturfed reviews). After a 2 hour phone interview (5-7pm on a Friday) I left a similar review. Gotta pass it along. One thing that GD could do is launch into the #MeToo movement. Instead of excel files, having GD as a clearinghouse would be useful. The glaring libel and slander issues aside, it would be an exceedingly brave step, an unlikely one for GD, but a very useful one.

Clubber 8y ago

It's definitely easier to spot the soul sucking companies. They are the ones with the majority of bad reviews spotted with glorious reviews left by management trying to up their average.

djsumdog 8y ago
I usually don't post reviews, good or bad, on Glassdoor, because I can just imagine the fallout of a data breech/hack which would end up doxing a ton of old disgruntled employees.
- bspn 8y ago
  I don't think Glassdoor has very stringent identity checks (a problem in itself), so I imagine most posters are using throwaway email accounts to shield themselves from any fallout.

cylinder 8y ago

How do they make money off of this?

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zuhayeer 8y ago
ads

zuhayeer 8y ago

Interesting to see new resources like http://levels.fyi http://levels.fyi which has more granular compensation data for companies on a level by level basis, wonder if the trend is moving towards completely open models where things aren’t hidden behind sign up walls

Bahamut 8y ago
That site is missing a lot of data still it seems.
- compumike 8y ago
  What kind of data would you like to see?
  - hunter23 8y ago
    The data on staff engineer salaries at Google seems very off. The total comp for staff is $580K with a breakdown of total comp with being a 200K base, a 200K bonus, and 172K of stock. I would be surprised if the average staff engineer gets a bonus that is at 100% of their salary level. I guess this is the issue with user submitted data. You could add h1 salary info (which is publicly available) to improve accuracy on the base compensation portion.

scarface74 8y ago

Small companies maybe, but larger companies seem to have different cultures depending on which department you work in and where. I worked in a satellite office of a company that was based aboot 200 miles away and our experiences were a lot different from each other.

geezerjay 8y ago
> I worked in a company office of a company that was based aboot 200 miles away and our experiences were a lot different from each other. Glassdoor lets users filter reviews based on company location, which appears to take care of that problem.

Balgair 8y ago

Hear! Hear! As much as GD gets under my skin, it has actually been useful to me. I looked up a firm and saw that many reviewers thought the CEO was nutz (along with many astroturfed reviews). After a 2 hour phone interview (5-7pm on a Friday) I left a similar review. Gotta pass it along. One thing that GD could do is launch into the #MeToo movement. Instead of excel files, having GD as a clearinghouse would be useful. The glaring libel and slander issues aside, it would be an exceedingly brave step, an unlikely one for GD, but a very useful one.