{"id":5374,"date":"2022-05-27T13:09:02","date_gmt":"2022-05-27T18:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.logikalsolutions.com\/wordpress\/?p=5374"},"modified":"2022-05-27T13:09:06","modified_gmt":"2022-05-27T18:09:06","slug":"glassdoor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.logikalsolutions.com\/wordpress\/experience\/glassdoor\/","title":{"rendered":"Beware GlassDoor Company Reviews"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Some fools believe they can trust company reviews on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.glassdoor.com\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Glassdoor.com<\/a> because they are &#8220;vetted.&#8221; More fool you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not long ago I was attempting to place <a href=\"https:\/\/www.logikalsolutions.com\/wordpress\/information-technology\/ethics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">this review<\/a> for both IBM and Collabera. It&#8217;s a true and honest recanting of just how completely void of ethics both companies are. Demanding new-hire contractors break the law to work for you can&#8217;t be considered ethical under any circumstances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I posted basically that exact same text to Glassdoor. Not too long after I got the following email.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"714\" height=\"596\" src=\"https:\/\/www.logikalsolutions.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/glassdoor-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.logikalsolutions.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/glassdoor-1.png 714w, https:\/\/www.logikalsolutions.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/glassdoor-1-300x250.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 714px) 100vw, 714px\" \/><figcaption>glassdoor email<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Pointing out how a company requires you to break the law before starting is considered revealing trade secrets by Glassdoor. This means you can never get an honest review.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>If a company is going to demand you break the law don&#8217;t you want to know about it <em>before<\/em> you apply?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This means <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/news\/politics\/facebook-whistleblower-testifies-before-congress-again-5-takeaways\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Frances Haugen can testify before Congress how Facebook chose profits over child safety<\/a>, but she cannot put it in a Glassdoor review. That would be revealing a &#8220;trade secret.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you quite working at a talcum powder factory because management demanded you falsify tests\/FDA reports about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/investigates\/special-report\/johnsonandjohnson-cancer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">asbestos content<\/a>, you could testify before Congress and a federal judge, but you couldn&#8217;t put it in a Glassdoor company review. That would be revealing a &#8220;trade secret.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How about if you quit your job <a href=\"https:\/\/medcitynews.com\/2022\/03\/bloomberg-court-docs-reveal-jjs-role-in-prison-tests-comparing-talc-to-asbestos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">over this<\/a>? It appears <a href=\"https:\/\/atlantablackstar.com\/2014\/12\/02\/5-unethical-medical-experiments-that-used-black-people-as-guinea-pigs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">black men have good reason to not want to be injected with anything<\/a>. Oh, don&#8217;t worry. You couldn&#8217;t put any of that in a company review on Glassdoor either. That would be revealing a &#8220;trade secret.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/did-hospital-kill-teen-for-his-organs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">another &#8220;trade secret&#8221; someone might really want to know about<\/a> before they apply for a job there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some fools believe they can trust company reviews on Glassdoor.com because they are &#8220;vetted.&#8221; More fool you! Not long ago I was attempting to place this review for both IBM and Collabera. It&#8217;s a true and honest recanting of just how completely void of ethics both companies are. Demanding new-hire contractors break the law to work for you can&#8217;t be considered ethical under any circumstances. I posted basically that exact same text to Glassdoor. 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