Australian workers debate whether Glassdoor reviews can still be trusted
Employees are questioning the integrity of workplace review platforms like Glassdoor, citing aggressive review campaigns by management and quietly removed negative feedback. Many warn candidates to read between the lines when researching potential employers.
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What Reddit is saying: Workers shared stories of employers pushing staff to post fake positive ratings, while others noted legitimate complaints are increasingly scrubbed.
Top comments on r/auscorp
An old employer of mine had a review campaign, asking everyone to go review the company on Glassdoor and LinkedIn for some marketing reason. Rating dropped from 4.x to 3.3 in about a week. Campaign was quietly shutdown.
I always check the reviews before working for any company and always trust them. I suggest everyone to leave reviews too so the next poor soul is not tortured to hell working at these toxic places.
Glassdoor have become enshittified. You can't do anything on there anymore.
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