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Glassdoor reviews are faked, at least at my company HR routinely writes tons of positive ones and when we purchase Glassdoor advertising suddenly our negative reviews vanish or get ranked lower and lower.

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My boss actually blatantly asked us all to go write some 5-star reviews, it was ridiculous.

Same here in Germany, our employer asked us to write 5-star reviews on Kununu (Glasdoor-like site from XING).

Same at the last place I worked at.

This is good to know. Ty. (So much for the "transparency" implications of "glass" door.)

It seems like they have the same business model as yelp- buy advertising with us and we will help you damage control your negative reputation.

It's a scummy tactic, but it payed off for Yelp so it's likely also a safe bet for them.

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