Companies Manipulate Glassdoor by Inflating Rankings and Pressuring Employees
You don&#x27;t say! I used to work as an engineer at a <i>truly</i> awful little company, the worst I&#x27;ve been at, and when I left I gave them a <i>scathing</i> review. Not long after, several new reviews popped up. Here are some choice excerpts, get a load of this:<p>&gt; Pros:   
&gt; For anyone reading these reviews, take it from someone who has been at this company for over 10 years, some people just like to use these review sites as a sounding board for their own distorted views of a company where they obviously were let go for good and obvious reasons.<p>&gt; [skipping forward a bit]<p>&gt;The truth is that every company will inevitably come across a &quot;sour grape&quot; that was not meant to be part of that companies future. Its just a shame that instead of trying to improve themselves they waste time trying to justify their irrational beliefs and convince themselves that writing negative reviews will somehow fortify their distorted view of what actually happened during their time there.<p>&gt;Cons<p>&gt;Former employees that sit in dark rooms and write negative reviews in between shifts at the local convenience store.<p>---------------<p>Then they separately put up some absurd propaganda reviews. This one was titled &quot;Sunshine, Unicorns and GumDrops,&quot; if you can believe that:<p>&gt; I have been with Snowbound for quite a long time(about 10 years) and I have been meaning to write a review.
I am inclined to agree with the &quot;like a family and home away from home” reviews. At least on my side of the office it’s the land of Sunshine, Unicorns and Gumdrops. We like to work hard but also have a good time doing it.<p>Then they had another one titled &quot;Like a family&quot;, here&#x27;s an excerpt~<p>&gt; You aren&#x27;t just a number or a body behind a computer screen. If you&#x27;re going through a personal issue, …<p>Yeah, like when I was fired and the CTO coldly told me &quot;We can do better than you.&quot; This is the same guy who I watched stroke a waitress&#x27;s hand as he passed her a tip during a company lunch outing and tell her &quot;You have a smoking ass.&quot;<p>--------<p>There&#x27;s another review titled &quot;home away from home,&quot; and another called &quot;long time here and worth it,&quot; but you get the point.