I really want to see a larger conversation happening over this one day, but all I have are grumblings and ramblings.
Nearly every job I’ve had in the last five years (3) has launched internal campaigns that heavily pushed the “please write us a review on Glassdoor!” Requests. And the language made it pretty clear they only wanted to see the good stuff.
And by heavily I mean I have the distinct memory of counting how many emails I got in a single quarter with reminders that the deadline to send a review was coming up. That number was nine.
Adding to this: on the SAME DAY that my most recent job (a startup in the Northeast) laid off myself and 30% of other staff, we got an email in our personal inboxes asking for Glassdoor reviews, and asking if we’d like to join an “alumni committee” that would go out and do “community events” and other similar outings that the company will almost undoubtedly be using in recruiting posts and imagery.
It left me, someone who is already pretty cynical towards “workplace culture” at work even more cynical about the machinations of “workplace [mono]cultures”
I've seen this happen once, to the point where HR stepped in and said 'no, we don't do this!" to the execs that were pushing this. The irony was delicious.
I really want to see a larger conversation happening over this one day, but all I have are grumblings and ramblings.
Nearly every job I’ve had in the last five years (3) has launched internal campaigns that heavily pushed the “please write us a review on Glassdoor!” Requests. And the language made it pretty clear they only wanted to see the good stuff.
And by heavily I mean I have the distinct memory of counting how many emails I got in a single quarter with reminders that the deadline to send a review was coming up. That number was nine.
Adding to this: on the SAME DAY that my most recent job (a startup in the Northeast) laid off myself and 30% of other staff, we got an email in our personal inboxes asking for Glassdoor reviews, and asking if we’d like to join an “alumni committee” that would go out and do “community events” and other similar outings that the company will almost undoubtedly be using in recruiting posts and imagery.
It left me, someone who is already pretty cynical towards “workplace culture” at work even more cynical about the machinations of “workplace [mono]cultures”