PSA: Do not join company based on too good Glassdoor rating
I don’t know who needs to hear it, but do not blindly trust good glassdoor/ambitionbox/others ratings. In this bad market every company is working well below what their rating portrays. Now it could be 5/5 in one team but 2/5 in another in general sense. However, now the top to bottom trickle of pressure, politics and such is ensuing. You might think you’re seeing good people in ur next job, reviews are mostly good, work/role looks fine and jump into the company - only to realise that soon good people are being removed or they’re moving. See if u are not able to get honest feedback from someone in the company or ur new team before u join - be prepared for harsher reality. Like Swiggy was really good 1 year back or more but no longer. So it’s in ur best interest to get the current ground reality before joining somewhere in this economic condition.
Gonedalf
Stealth
a year ago
Glassdoor really isn’t a trustworthy platform. Think of it in this way, not many people would post good reviews about anything, be it a product, a service, or a company. Always check the negative reviews, understand whether they sound legit (the legit ones are usually well explained), and speak to ex employees of that organisation/team.
Also, most good reviews are fake and written by the HR Team. Two of my previous employers used to do it.
My rule of thumb with Glassdoor is to only look at the negative reviews.
I've been made to write a positive review by a past employer, so I know not to trust those
The most recent, negative reviews usually capture the essence more or less.
Hear hear!
I too always recommend reaching out to recently transitioned ex-employees to get the best perspective.
Vrizal
Stealth
a year ago
Anyway to reach ex employees other than linkedin?
Googler667
Stealth
a year ago
I look at negative reviews kyuki koi sataya hua hi sach likhta hai vrna jiska thik chal rha hai usko kya hi mtlb positive ya negative reviews dene mei
Brutallyhonest
Stealth
a year ago
Part of my job is to do research about rating and reviews on multiple companies and do product research on how reviews work. It turns out most of reviews come out of aguish or reward mechanism inside any company. One pattern we observed that if any top level leaders or executive leave the company, they generate take away companies culture also with them. This applies to smaller companies of size 100-300-500ish. Anything greater than 500 this doesn’t apply. Hence my post on leaders from Swiggy
Checkout this post on Grapevine - https://share.gvine.app/hWMi1fkAhtpS2Uou7
I have realized that in today's time, glass door reviews or salaries don't help, and that's why people use apps like fishbowl to find salaries and reviews specific to team, business unit or profile.
Glass door salaries seem to outdated or falsified. Reviews are also mostly too generic.
Absolutely. Fanboys of an ideology here were recently citing Glassdoor reviews as proof of a company being good, while its founder was spouting hatemongering communal crap on Twitter. Former employees called out this bs right here.
Apparently that company was giving Rs 50 or so for Glassdoor reviews lol.
Better to trust people who have worked there.
just thinking out loud...Can there be a platform to rate a manager? or senior? is it practical ? does it violate any ethic?
I had a similar idea, but it's very tough to moderate. If someone is not happy with their manager, they can rate them bad anonymously!
It can work if it's open, but nobody is ready for open feedback like that!
dontcareanymore
Stealth
a year ago
And glassdoor reviews are usually what they are exactly.
In every company there has to be a good project and a bad project.
WLB depends on the individual many times.
Compensation is usually correct.
As someone said here watch the negative reviews that seem legit.
9to5er
Stealth
a year ago
While I understand that people hardly take the effort to write positive reviews even if they've had a positive experience - this doesn't mean that all the negative reviews are genuine either.
I've personally seen many disgruntled employees who have posted absolutely false and misleading reviews created with pure imagination for malicious intent.
I'd say, the best way is to make reference calls with random folks from that company (not just 1 but at least 2-3) to get a first hand review. You can even take ex employee reviews.
And remember - there is not a single company out there that's perfect. There's a lot of variables and moving parts in any organisation - this includes our own (employee's) imperfections too.
Brutallyhonest
Stealth
a year ago
Agree. 💯
I joined a small company back in Feb 2023 as a fresher. It was so damn toxic. I remember one afternoon the HRs along with the founder came in, asked everyone to stop what they were doing and go to Glassdoor/Google Reviews and give a 5 star rating along with a positive feedback to the company.
P.S. Some of us had just joined a week ago and had no idea about company culture. Needless to say, it was the worst company ever. I wouldn't want my worst enemy to join that company.
For people wondering what company this is, it is a small cybersecurity company having it's office in South Mumbai near CST.
AmbitionBox reviews looks much better, they have much more updated information than Glassdoor ⚡
FamousCoil13
Stealth
a year ago
My company was doing 4.5+ during Covid but when funding reduced, toxicity started to come out. It has been reduced to 3 right now. To keep it falling below 3, HRs have put out fake reviews with 5 rating. We know it's fake because it's a fairly mid size organisation and no department is actually working great, let alone any employee be feeling so good about company.
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