Almost spilled my margarita.

Seriously, I don't trust Glassdoor at all and stopped looking at it.

Finding a current employee through a friend or knowing one seems to be the only way to get any accurate feedback.

Possibly seeing how company treats customers could be another point.

I find the company's hiring process to be a good window into what it's like to work there.

I wish I could actually confirm this for my self somehow. But I do have a feeling it's somewhat right.

I had a meeting with canonical once, I thought it was kind of weird that everyone on the other side of the call went through their high school information to get that job lol.

Ive had some interesting interview experiences where I wish I could confirm what life is like on the inside. Good and bad

Duck duck go has you write a short essay, then pays you!

Drop box had me do some weird prep and deep dive into a project.Also an hour and half coding screen before even talking to anyone. Felt rude.

Curent company I knew more about the coding question then the guy giving the interview. That was weird, can confirm the engineering level is frustrating

Shopify gave me a timed brain teaser test to do. I didn't think anyone really did those.

I am curious if all the companies that do these expect perfection with rigorous interviews are actually that much better.

I'll have to think of more

Edit to add all the recruiters that don't show up to the interview they scheduled

I had D. E. Shaw ask for SAT scores in the interview process more than a decade after I took the test, but I also have to admit that was the highest density of talent I’ve had the pleasure to work with.

Edit: Glassdoor does not take money directly for taking down reviews. However there is an inherent conflict of interest because Glassdoor makes money from employers via various offerings and letting too many negative reviews on the site would affect that business model.

Isn't that just taking money for taking down reviews, but with extra steps?

Those people are savages, they eat every third child

>When your reviews get removed because the company paid them, you’re just being shown what the company wants you to see.

Glassdoor does not remove reviews for payment.

You are right, unfortunately I can’t change my original statement. Glassdoor doesn’t directly take payment for taking down reviews and I was wrong in implying that.

However, there is an inherent conflict of interest here because Glassdoor makes money from employers and not users. I can’t imagine that this doesn’t impact how reviews are taken down.

Glassdoor absolutely does remove approved negative review without explanation even if it's not for payment. Their customer service is pretty bad and incompetent too. Most of the reviews that remain are utterly useless. Whether they do it for money or other reasons is besides the point.

Avoiding top rated companies should work as a decent heuristic though.