Anonymous, candid reviews made Glassdoor a powerful place to research potential employers. A policy shift requiring users to privately verify their real names is raising privacy concerns.
  • octopus_ink@lemmy.mlEnglish
    82·
    6 months ago

    I’ve never used Glassdoor but I know people who have. Seems like a great way for them to destroy their own business.

    Even if I were inclined to do so, I would absolutely NOT do so if I had to provide my real name. They will be the one company to never ever get their user db hacked/leaked, right? I can trust all current and future executives there to safeguard that info, right?

    I can’t see how anyone with legit negative things to say against a current employer is going to feel comfortable using the service going forward. When enshittification bites back!

    • ResoluteCatnap@lemmy.mlEnglish
      53·
      6 months ago

      The problem is that the names weren’t provided by users to glassdoor. If glassdoor stumbles across someone’s real name then they have automatically attached it to the user profile. They’re doxxing their users so now people have to worry if they ever used the service.

  • Hazzia@discuss.tchncs.de
    29·
    6 months ago

    I stopped using glassdoor after they told me I had to do review of my company before I could look at any other company’s reviews. Except I already had, when I joined. But that was longer than 1 year prior so I guess GD just assumed I had either quit or decided I hated the place? And the thing is, it’s a small company. A single person reviewing it multiple times is going to skew the reviews, and when I thought about that then now there’s no way I’m gonna trust any of the company reviews on there.

  • qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website
    141·
    6 months ago

    Don’t you already need your company email for verification? Mapping company email to real name is obviously trivial for your employer…