It also asks me to use the app.

I’m just getting into the work force and was trying to look up the company where I was thinking of applying, but it said I needed to sign in to view the review, so I entered some fake information. Once I was signed in I went back to the page thinking I could read the review, but now I need to write a review before I get access to Glassdoor! And I can’t do that because I don’t have any prior paid work experience!

  • frog_brawler@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    4 hours ago

    I remember back in 2017, talking to the director of marketing at the company I was at at the time, and she was telling me about how she spent all day getting bad reviews removed from Glassdoor. I didn’t use it much before that, but I haven’t visited the site once since then.

  • Lemminary@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    10 hours ago

    And don’t forget that you only get a pass for 12 months. After that, you must submit another review to continue browsing. 😂

  • TheObviousSolution@lemm.eeEnglish
    3·
    11 hours ago

    This always ends up being the ending of any such sites. All you have to search for is “Glassdoor” and “sued” to see why.

    • njordomir@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      7 minutes ago

      Thanks, levels looks really useful. This will help me fill some of the gap that was left after glass door enshittified and started data mining everyone’s real names and attaching them to their profile as well as pushing their “fishbowl” thing.

    • figaro@lemdro.idEnglish
      2·
      10 hours ago

      What are they? I’d love it if people actually embraced using a different platform. Glassdoor makes no sense anymore

  • HootinNHollerin@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    16 hours ago

    Deleted my profiles and submitted California delete data request some months ago when they made reviews traceable. No one should use Glassdoor anymore

  • Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.techEnglish
    2·
    18 hours ago

    Glassdoor officially became dead to me last year, when they made everything “opt out” in terms of privacy. It made the rounds and I know they lost a good chunk of reviewers. With this it makes sense, engagement is probably low and they’re desperate to bring numbers up.

    Screw them, they became company focused instead of user focused, there’s zero reason to give them reviews anymore. Companies can pay to remove reviews, they are not as private, there’s no reason.

    • seaQueue@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      16 hours ago

      They also have some fun policies like allowing employers to pay to moderate their reviews. So yeah, they’re the Yelp of employer reviews these days

  • circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    1·
    16 hours ago

    Yeah, they jumped the shark with that shit a while ago.

    Note that it will also have an effect on the quality of reviews. Glassdoor is only worried about number of accounts at this point. It’s unfortunate, since sharing this kind of information is constitutionally protected, but it isn’t necessarily profitable.

  • Phoenix3875@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    18 hours ago

    It’s believed that Glassdoor’s business model is to charge companies for removing bad reviews. So how much value can the rating provide is questionable in the first place.

    Personally, for big companies, there are always people writing their work experiences on an open platform. For small companies, it’s unlikely to find a relevant review, if any, on Glassdoor anyway. So I never bothered to use it.

      • Treedrake@fedia.io
        1·
        14 hours ago

        I’d wager he means something like the fediverse, reddit, various microblogging sites. There are plenty sharing experiences working for Google, Apple and what not.