Glassdoor meltdown as users urged to flee site after posters’ real names added without permission

NY Post ^ | 03/20/2024 | Ariel Zilber

[ChicagoConservative27]

Glassdoor, the website that allows workers to anonymously complain about their workplaces without fear of retribution, is reportedly revealing staffers’ real names in their profiles — prompting a viral backlash over fears that their identities could be exposed.

The shift began last July when the site added social features integrated from Fishbowl, an app for work-related discussions that Glassdoor’s parent company, Recruit, acquired in 2021.

Signing up for an account on Glassdoor required workers to reveal their full name, job title and employer — a departure from its previous practice of just requiring email addresses but no names, according to Wired.

[ChicagoConservative27]

Yikes

[vpintheak]

Maybe instead of whining anonymously, people can directly address their complaints.

[bankwalker]

are they publicly traded?

[brownsfan]

Rule of thumb... don’t post anything on the internet you wouldn’t want to see on a billboard with your name attached.

[imabadboy99]

who would be dumb enough to give their actual name and info?

[uranium penguin]

This kind of thing can EASILY follow that poster forever.

It is easy to see an employee making a true, yet negative post about their current employer more than a year ago. But, for whatever reason is still at that company. quickly getting fired for posting such a negativer review upon being outted.

It is ALSO very easy to see a prospective empoyer NOT hiring a potential employee for “bad mouthing” their previous employers. Even if that post was many years and possibly several positions (for that empolyee) ago.

[reasonisfaith]

Did the site owners plan for this to happen from the start?

[Jonny7797]

Goes to prove yet again, nothing is confidential on the internets

[Tench_Coxe]

Not long after Glassdoor was online, I would peruse companies where I knew the real story. It became pretty obvious certain companies were curating reviews. It became a game of "guess which posts where an HR flack drew the straw where he/she had to post about how super duper the company was".

I would not be the least bit surprised if it were found out companies were paying money to have the 'troublemakers' identified.

[SaveFerris]

And this is why I don’t use those companies

Of course, finding work is difficult anyways

sigh

I miss the old America - shoot, even the 1990’s

[redgolum]

I worked at a company that pressured us to give good Glassdoor reviews.

I did, because I actually thought it was a good company to work for.

I also would look at the site, and read reviews of companies in the area. You could figure out who was writing what pretty easy.

[MeganC]

“Rule of thumb... don’t post anything on the internet you wouldn’t want to see on a billboard with your name attached.”

Sound advice.

[BobL]

“Glassdoor meltdown as users urged to flee site after posters’ real names added without permission”

What part of GLASS DOOR do the users not understand?

[null and void]

Don’t let the Glassdoor hit you when they kick you out...

[BobL]

Good. People who bitch rather than simply leave SHOULD get fired.

[StolarStorm]

The initial idea behind Glassdoor was to give a warning or a positive indication to prospective employees. In some cases, a warning to others is the correct and Christian thing to do. Trust me, I worked at place like that. I left. I also reported them for illegal and highly immoral violations.