How much, if any, stock does a job seeker put in a Glassdoor review of a company?
MXAG15 said:
A lot of the times usually the people who have the worst experiences leave a review and over exaggerate but the other half of the time it's usually true. Just look at the trend in reviews and see how they compare to the others. Salaries are usually pretty close to what you could expect.
Just a heads up though some companies tell there new employees to leave good reviews to drown out the bad ones. I know of one Austin company which does this.
Ulrich said:MXAG15 said:
A lot of the times usually the people who have the worst experiences leave a review and over exaggerate but the other half of the time it's usually true. Just look at the trend in reviews and see how they compare to the others. Salaries are usually pretty close to what you could expect.
Just a heads up though some companies tell there new employees to leave good reviews to drown out the bad ones. I know of one Austin company which does this.
I also know a company that pushes employees to leave good reviews. It's a terrible place to work.
The thing to watch for is long, well written bad reviews that aren't emotional in tone.
Alliantgroup? Heard that is one of the worst places on earth.Ulrich said:MXAG15 said:
A lot of the times usually the people who have the worst experiences leave a review and over exaggerate but the other half of the time it's usually true. Just look at the trend in reviews and see how they compare to the others. Salaries are usually pretty close to what you could expect.
Just a heads up though some companies tell there new employees to leave good reviews to drown out the bad ones. I know of one Austin company which does this.
I also know a company that pushes employees to leave good reviews. It's a terrible place to work.
The thing to watch for is long, well written bad reviews that aren't emotional in tone.
MXAG15 said:
A lot of the times usually the people who have the worst experiences leave a review and over exaggerate but the other half of the time it's usually true. Just look at the trend in reviews and see how they compare to the others. Salaries are usually pretty close to what you could expect.
Sometimes the work place just sucks. One company up here in north Texas just got through accepting a deal with the Feds due to illegal practices. Everyone is jumping ship and a good chunk of Glassdoor are bad reviews. Needless to say, that company is trying to sugar coat the fact they got caught and are trying to belittle the reviews left by former employees. I know this since I almost applied to them.johnrth said:MXAG15 said:
A lot of the times usually the people who have the worst experiences leave a review and over exaggerate but the other half of the time it's usually true. Just look at the trend in reviews and see how they compare to the others. Salaries are usually pretty close to what you could expect.
What if all the reviews (~70) are bad or have something negative to say and it has a 1 star rating?
A recruiter reached out to me today and told me about this position. It would be a significant pay raise but according to glass door its a horrible and unsafe place to work, management is basically the devil, long hours, no time home etc etc. From my quick research on this company, its a manufacturing company and it seems as though most employees are union. So with that said, would you assume the rating and reviews are by pissed off union folks?
HBCanine08 said:
Care to share the company so we don't apply there?