Thread regarding AT&T layoffs

Glassdoor reviews

I happened to see an article in the Jan 22nd WSJ "How Companies Secretly Boost Their Glassdoor Ratings" at https://www.wsj.com/articles/companies-manipulate-glassdoor-by-inflating-rankings-and-pressuring-employees-11548171977 (not sure how much you can read if you're not a WSJ subscriber) about some companies pushing their employees to give 5 start reviews in order to pump their score up.

"Last summer, employees of Guaranteed Rate Inc. posted a stream of negative reviews about the mortgage broker on Glassdoor, a company-ratings website.

“An American sweatshop,” read a one-star review in June. “Worst company I ever worked for,” read another in July. The company’s rating on Glassdoor, which is determined by employee feedback, fell to 2.6 stars out of 5.

Concerned that negative reviews could hurt recruiting, Guaranteed Rate CEO Victor Ciardelli instructed his team to enlist employees likely to post positive reviews, said a person familiar with his instructions. In September and October these employees flooded Glassdoor with hundreds of five-star ratings. The company rating now sits at 4.1.

Glassdoor has become an important arbiter of employee sentiment in today’s highly competitive job market. A Wall Street Journal investigation shows it can be manipulated by employers trying to sway opinion in their favor."

I have no idea whether or not AT&T even cares about their Glassdoor review but perhaps it might be worthwhile for people to post a review if they are impacted by all this geolocation/collaboration zone/workspace 2020/no working from home craze. Conversely if you have have good things to say then you should post that also.

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Lol, ratings sites that do not rely on scientific methods are useless. how do they prevent fraud? scientific pols are easily manipulated what makes anyone think online polls that are anonymous would not be? anyone who relies on glassdoor to make a final decision on where to work is an id--t.

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Post ID: @xiu+XhHwjVX

Glassdoor like any corporate review site needs to be taken with a grain of salt. Unless you genuinely tie reviews to real people it may not be the most credible

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Post ID: @cuk+XhHwjVX

Not sure what this has to do with layoffs. Now you want to make it harder to hire people.

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Post ID: @oxc+XhHwjVX

How in the world T managed to be in the list of 100 best companies to work for?

Yep #100 place, sounds like a bribe was in order to get to the very last place in the list.LMAO

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Post ID: @uyy+XhHwjVX

Good things you say!!

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