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This happened at my previous company when they had bad glassdoor reviews. Every new person through the door, was sort of forced to write a glassdoor review. They would be given a nice welcome, some schwag, sell them on the company. People inevitably wrote good reviews, alas once the honeymoon period ended, they were in for a rude shock.

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> This happened at my previous company when they had bad glassdoor reviews. Every new person through the door, was sort of forced to write a glassdoor review. They would be given a nice welcome, some schwag, sell them on the company. People inevitably wrote good reviews, alas once the honeymoon period ended, they were in for a rude shock.

There is no harm in disclosing the company at which this occurred. If anything, there should be a website cataloguing the companies that do this.

It’s a game theory thing. Companies send out a “please write a review for us “ in the first week and you feel like it’s some kind of prisoners dilemma. It’s particularly apt for small companies who welcome in only a couple employees at a time.

There's also the potential for skewed reviews when companies offer bonuses for financial or recruiting performance

But when the people left they changed their review to something awful no? I mean, in the long run such behavior should not work.

Consider that if they know when you wrote your review, they know which your review is, if you then change your review, that's a pretty blatant way of telling them exactly who you are, which might not go over well if they have any sway at all (or if they know someone who might be able to block your progress later).

I see. I suppose this is also a problem in small companies in which the reviews could be easily identified as well.

Some folks did, but most people by the time they are out of the door don't care.

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