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Hm. Went to see if I have some long-forgotten account—yep! Try to deactivate account… but it’s been so long since I logged in that they won’t let me do anything until I answer a bunch of stupid questions including giving them my name.

Sigh.

[edit] it said the name would be used for “verification” (?!?!) but a fake name worked long enough to let me disable the account, anyway.

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I just ran into the same thing. Using Chrome dev tools I deleted the overlays prompting me to enter info and that revealed the user menu at the top right. First, I changed my email address to a throwaway address since I doubt they're deleting anything, and then I deleted it. ChatGPT thinks the direct link to the settings page is (or it's just a hallucination, I'm not sure) https://www.glassdoor.com/profile/settings_input.htm

Instead of logging in, file a data erasure request: https://help.glassdoor.com/s/privacyrequest?language=en_US All it requires is verifying your email.

I just did, and received an email for each review I ever posted, I guess they are taking my reviews down.

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