[carlivar]

My company has had legitimate 1-2 star reviews removed. I know this because one in particular struck a chord with me, and a month later it was gone. At the same time I saw that many other lower scored reviews were gone.

Glassdoor is simply compromised by money and can't be trusted whatsoever.

[smcin]

If only a third-party archived/screenshotted Glassdoor reviews to preserve them. Then we could see the pattern of deletions by date/location/dept/position/timing of layoffs/stock price/etc. Also, someone could construct a RottenTomatoes-type aggregate of RealGlassdoor vs PurgedGlassdoor (vs Blind) metascore over time. To see when things were being manipulated.

[UPDATE: hedora already said archive.org does this earlier https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36084679]

[whamlastxmas]

I’ve had two employers that are impossible to leave 1 star reviews for. Doesn’t matter how mundane and kind the review is, it never makes it past moderation.

[AaronM]

Is it possible for a company like glassdoor to not eventually be compromised?

[carlivar]

Perhaps if they charged job seekers for access instead of job posters. Alternatively, run it as a non profit like Wikipedia and solicit donations.

[datavirtue]

No. Cloud compute and egress is expensive.