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I only pay attention to the number of negative reviews. Most people are aware of fake reviews. My previous employer had 30 employees and encouraged current and former employees to post reviews (obviously positive). They had like 10 positive reviews. The glass door reviews seem so obviously encouraged that it had to have a negative effect. It wasn't a bad employer though, but from the outside I would have seen a red flag.
My company is a bad company. I knew exactly what I was getting myself into. I am disgusted but there are no surprises. I had no choice. The job is serving its purpose but I am on the look out for a better opportunity. I would hate for a person to leave their job to come to my company. People do not last.
I am glad that people post their experience. The position I want to apply to seems like a good opportunity but I know better.
My last employer was a true creep. His former ex-partner now sits in federal prison..and my boss was their staring witness. When I was working for him, in a small office, he had camera's everywhere, friends he hired as spies, expected everyone to sit for eight hours and not talk, "cleaned" house ..aka firing people near Christmas. The morale was low and most, if not all, were miserable.
It wasn't till I heard our boss had many affairs with women there..and his wife was pregnant with their fifth child. I got out. The reviews on that place made it sound like a day in paradise. It's a shame because if I had even read two reviews describing what it was really like (even just expected to sit for eight hours without moving) I wouldn't have gone on the interview. It was found out he patrolled the sites and wrote glowing reviews and got rid of the bad ones"
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Whether real or fake, reviews are not very useful. Those who hate it there will post negative reviews, those who like it there post good reviews. Just like buying a car, tires, or appliances, where you will get everything from 1 to 5 stars. With employers, the numbers of reviewers are not usually enough to consider it an accurate trend. If it's a concern, better to meet and talk to some of the employees, if you don't know anyone working there. Easy enough to find them on Linkedin.
People say you can't believe everything you read on the Internet. However, the places I have worked do have accurate reviews both the good and bad ones. It all depends on how large the company is and which area you are working. For smaller companies, if I see all bad reviews, I am not even going to bother interviewing. I just did a temp gig for a small company and it was the worst experience ever. The reviews on Glassdoor were 100% accurate.
Whether real or fake, reviews are not very useful. Those who hate it there will post negative reviews, those who like it there post good reviews. Just like buying a car, tires, or appliances, where you will get everything from 1 to 5 stars. With employers, the numbers of reviewers are not usually enough to consider it an accurate trend. If it's a concern, better to meet and talk to some of the employees, if you don't know anyone working there. Easy enough to find them on Linkedin.
I can not speak for other places but no one is happy at my job. I work with the nastiest people in creation.
People usually do not last more than 3 month. She traps you by paying you a couple of extra bucks. I bought in to it for a little while. I will gladly take the pay cut. I want out.
There is an opportunity I am really interested. I will not proceed because the reviews remind me of my present company. I probably would have discounted it if it were not for the fact I work in hell. These places exist. I know we have our financial obligations but you become something different when you are trapped by money. I am in abusive relationship. That is unacceptable to me.
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They are playing with people's lives. 
