[bryanrasmussen]

but she says > This way, if it sucks, people can see it as a warning and stay far away.

which implies she thinks companies should tell potential hires you won't like working here and should run away, which I doubt many companies will listen to that advice and think "sounds good".

That said what you said would be a good thing for companies who are afraid to tell what their dev experience is like to consider.

[saagarjha]

Companies don't have to tell you whether you'd like it or not, because they really can't know. However, they should describe the environment they provide.

[bryanrasmussen]

I thought I had worked at some stupid companies over the years, but as a general rule all of them knew, at least in a broad overview, how the employees felt about the place. Often they even knew what things people disliked, but they didn't want to change these things or somehow found themselves incapable of changing them.

So again, I don't think relying on companies to tell you the things they know their employees don't like about them when they are trying to get you on board will be seen as a winning strategy.