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What is the value of "Glassdoor’s Best Places To Work"? Is it supposed to help lure in talent?

I don't know anyone (especially at this point) that care about these outside corporate PR/HR teams

- The culture here is bad, the CEO is a douche, and people are leaving, what do we need to do?

- Nothing, we just keep deleting those reviews, until... we quit too and it's no longer our problem!

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Alot of junior/fresh college grads look at these rankings. Also those in tech, but in more biz/operations/marketing/HR roles seem to take them more seriously. HR teams work for months on getting their companies on these list, often just bribing the companies with sponsorships and more advanced features. BuiltIn is just a survey of employees.

Yes, talent and presumably investment.

Not that what's said on the Glassdoor has anything to do with anything. I've seen enough cases of glaring (epic) discrepancies between what's said on Glassdoor about a certain company, and what I know first or (highly reliable) second hand, to make a firm realization of this fact.

That said, the negative reviews (when they are allowed to slip through) can be quite useful. Caveat emptor, etc.

Being a top ranked Glassdoor company certainly helps in attracting talent. Their scores are a signal that help me determine which company to join/apply. Especially reading reviews of people in my/similar position.

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