Are glassdoor reviews removed by companies when they are on hiring spree?
Nope, Glassdoor does not allow removing reviews afaik (they are absolute on this)
But companies compensate by posting fake reviews that are very positive (Eg- Cons: none that I can think of)
Samesorner
Stealth
a year ago
They allow it. We used to do it in my last company.
BlueLeave
Stealth
a year ago
@Samesorner - Tell us more! How do they do it? Do they pay Glassdoor?
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LooseGoose
Stealth
a year ago
What is real these days š¶āš«ļø
Reading these comments makes me feel like a decentralised review platform is needed
I think Decentralised is not the solution. Companies already have enough resources to show their best picture they would exploit decentralised networks as well. Companies will buy people who are ready to sell themselves.
Maybe a trustable autonomous body in between. Like competition commission of India?
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I read on reddit, GD is moving towards a b2b model where they provide brand management services to companies. So it's possible if you pay them they will remove negative reviews.
HiHello21
Stealth
a year ago
Companies pay to get their ratings up so don't trust Glassdoor or any other public sites.
If they don't do it, will anyone here take a paid membership to have the platform bias free?
RealOldmonk
Stealth
a year ago
This is a potential monetisation model for grapevine as well once it has enough userbase
YoMo
Stealth
a year ago
A friend of mine posted about bad hiring process of a startup, HR persuaded her to take it down. When he didnāt, his post was removed from Glassdoor. Itās true
Gonedalf
Stealth
a year ago
They cannot be removed, but companies do add fake reviews through the HR team/other employees/paid reviews. Iāve seen my company do this. Itās always safe to go only with the negative reviews of any company and connect with the employees of that company on LinkedIn to understand the work culture and other details before accepting an offer.
Qwerty2398
Stealth
a year ago
If someone is joining a company base on reviews.. I pity you. Those people deserve to work in shitty edtech and other broker companies who claim that they are changing the world.
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