I definitely don't trust glassdoor. :(
The review was gone within 24 hours from Google Reviews. It's a racket and completely paid for. I filter by 1 stars at this point otherwise I'm unsure if I'm reading a purchased review.
Glassdoor refused to accept any of the new reviews. I assume they have some sort of mechanism in place to prevent a flood of new reviews, assuming it's something directed by the employer. Even years later I only see one or two new reviews despite dozens of them being submitted.
I read 1 and 2 star reviews to check for anything I may need to be cautious about but I generally assume that 5 star reviews are intentional padding.
Do you find yourself leaving 5 star reviews regularly? Leaving reviews at all? Are you more motivated to leave a review if a bad experience or a good experience?
I have left both 5 star and 1 star reviews. Unfortunately some of my 1 stars have been removed. I leave 5 stars when it's good (ignoring any usual corporate politics that might exist, these exist anywhere regardless). My 5 stars are usually descriptive enough to make it authentic and not like "good place to work, friendly ppl, awesome culture". I leave 1 star when things get really bad, like really unethical backstabbing sort of bad.
But then again I don't understand how companies are able to get them removed off of glassdoor. Like, my current company has done everything from removing reviews to having good publicity on glassdoor/linkedin/any social media but they have not tackled one single negative review head on to change their culture. Lol.
On Glassdoor it's so obvious when something is HR or marketing. Lots of "people wear many hats and there's a high standard for quality, which isn't for everyone" type speak.
Negatives: "Sometimes we're too ambitious"
I'm considering giving a 1 star to a bar in my neighborhood. Pizza was shit, a side of fries was $8, service was fine, but it really burned spending $18 on just a beer (during happy hour) and fries.