PSA: Do not join company based on too good Glassdoor rating

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.

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

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

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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 Glass door salaries seem to outdated or falsified.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?

Glassdoor ratings are simply too prone to manipulation.

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.