Glassdoor reviews

3.8

66% would recommend to a friend

(1,112 total reviews)
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Owen Humphries

84% approve of CEO

38% positive business outlook

Glassdoor has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 1,112 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Glassdoor employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.7 stars).

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3.0
May 18, 2020
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Pros

Cared for their employees greatly Amazing culture within your own organization Great work/life balance Incredible benefits and perks Very talented manager and director level leaders

Cons

Of course, the way things ended with a mass layoff that had zero warning was not an ideal experience to go through and not an ideal way to end my time at this company. I think this situation could have been handled much differently and I would have had a lot more respect leaving the company had we not been promised job security over and over. However that does not dictate my entire experience with Glassdoor. I do wish that there was more insight and delivery on certain products, processes, and specifics that were promised to us throughout, that we never saw through. The product essentially stayed the same and was not evolving with the industry all the while, having constant meetings about product evolvement and new additions to our company that never came true. This hindered growth within the sales org. The other thing I wished was improved upon were internal processes. There were massive delays on very simple requests, cases, etc through operations, finance, and other non-client facing teams. As a sales individual it felt as if we had zero support behind the scenes. Everything was kicked back to us in some way shape or form. This puts a bad taste in clients mouths giving them a sense of no support as well and has impacted many renewals therefore taking away revenue from the company. There needs to be tighter SLA's for internal teams, and more of a focus shift to a true sales organization which requires way more support for those teams. Glassdoor's reputation will continue to suffer if there is no support to sales and no support for our customers. Career progression was tough. Internal interviewing came with a lot of politics and was not the best experience or process. This needs improvement if you want to keep good sales people, path for promotion needs huge improvements.

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Glassdoor Response
6y
I want to express my deep thanks for your contributions to Glassdoor. Please know I am truly sad that your time at the company ended this way, though I’m glad to hear that overall you had a great experience at Glassdoor and felt cared for by the company. Transparency is important in good times and even more important in hard times. This is something I believe deeply and I'm sorry to hear your feedback that you feel the recent layoffs were unexpected and a surprise. We shared we’d seen significant declines in our business in our company All Hands, but again, I want you to know your feedback is heard. I hope you will stay in touch with your Glassdoor colleagues and please do reach out if we can be of support. Glassdoor is still here for you. Thank you again for taking the time to share your thoughts. Christian CEO, Glassdoor
2.0
May 17, 2020
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Pros

Not many anymore- company is dissolving

Cons

I could write a paragraph but I will keep it simple-- just about everything. I will let the other reviews do that work.

3.0
May 16, 2020

Great Folks, Poor Outlook

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Pros

The day to day was all positive. Cross collaboration was always painless. Always got the sense that Glassdoor operates as a unit, not as siloed departments. This is not a hyperbole: everyone I interacted with was extremely easy to work with. No politics. Just ppl getting sh*t done. Work/Life balance is great. I never felt overworked and when life hit you, management was extremely willing to accommodate. Benefits are pretty solid. Free healthcare for yourself and subsidized healthcare for family. Unlimited PTO that you're encouraged to use. Very nice office/working facility with free daily catered lunch, a gameroom, gym, cafeteria.

Cons

*Sigh* it pains me to write this, but... The Glassdoor we know and love is not long for this world. Glassdoor makes most of its revenue on job ads, where it's a small player in a competitive space. It's extremely hard to monetize what Glassdoor's core features: the reviews. The revenue from employer profiles is frankly not enough run a profitable business at the current size. The new CEO seems powerless to the board members of Recruit (Glassdoor's holding company). He's an extremely nice guy and definitely cared about the company. But a good person doesn't always make a good CEO.

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Glassdoor Response
5y
We appreciate you taking the time to leave a thoughtful review. We’re glad to read that collaboration with your colleagues was seamless and enjoyable, and that our various employee benefits (and office spaces that we dearly miss!) served you well and helped you maintain a great work/life balance. Your feedback regarding monetization and our new partnership with Indeed is valuable. While both Glassdoor and Indeed are, and will continue to be, under the Recruit umbrella, our consumer strategy is to operate as independent brands focusing on what we each do best. As the worldwide leader in employer branding and insights, we are highly confident that there is a need among employers of all industries and sizes to tell an effective brand story. After a year like 2020, where the demand for overall employer transparency, D&I insights, and pay equity has increased, our products will adapt to support these needs.
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