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Unfortunately, as there is no way to vet submitted information on these kinds of platforms, their use is pretty limited. Some employer can just go about submitt
by Eikon 7y ago
Unfortunately, as there is no way to vet submitted information on these kinds of platforms, their use is pretty limited. Some employer can just go about submitting false salary data in order to appear more appealing.
This works the other way around too, someone who was not hired, some ex-employee with some gripe against their previous employer, a misbehaving competitor... Just about anyone can go about submitting false reviews about your company in order to damage your employer-brand.
- someexgamedev 7y agoI've heard of places where HR requires you to write a (probably) glowing Glassdoor review during onboarding. Or severance which is conditioned on not writing a negative review. Goodhart's Law at work.
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- phyzome 7y agoEasy enough: Write the glowing review, then contact Glassdoor and report your company. I'm fairly sure Glassdoor would then remove all the reviews.
- jacquesm 7y agoNo, they'd offer the company to remove the negative review for a fee.
- izzydata 7y agoWrite a good review, receive your severance and then change it to a negative review.
- waterlink 7y agoIn some countries the law specifically mentions that such terms of severance agreement is not valid and cannot be enforced.
- esotericn 7y agoSomeone posted a similar comment on the work-life balance post. I don't see how this works at all except at the bottom level. If I read that your salary is X, and interview, I expect that the negotiation revolves roughly around X. If you offer me 0.7*X I'm going to walk and I expect anyone qualified would.
- abdullahkhalids 7y agoI think what GP means is that the employer gives X to current employees, but makes false posts on this website, that claims there are employees that make 0.7X. Then when you interview with the employer, they offer you X, and you think you are being offered 30% more than your future co-workers, so you happily take the job.
- bluenovember 7y ago(minor niggle) x is about 42% more than 0.7x, not 30% more.
- waterlink 7y agoI verify manually that person’s data (job title, company name, and location) matches what they have on their LinkedIn profile as a current role.