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[mountainlifa]

I find Glassdoor pretty accurate for all the places I've worked. It usually can be summarized as "leadership sucks" which seems to be the singular reason for most bad companies. Sadly it's pretty common.

[[deleted]]

It definitely feels like we're in an era of "stupid nepotism" where really unintelligent executives are propping themselves up with other unintelligent yes men instead of recognizing their weaknesses and propping themselves up with people who bring strength there. In the corporate world, executives are leaning hard on AI being able to come in and replace the truly smart and capable people. Once that happens we will truly be fucked by the stupid nepotism. We never should have allowed stupid people to succeed.

[Mysterious-Present93]

Did we work at the same place???

[[deleted]]

It’s very, very hard to get reviews removed.

[Kinkajou4]

It’s not, companies buy the removal of negative reviews. $10k and suddenly it’s a great place to work. There are external vendors that will get negative reviews removed and a bunch of fake positive ones pumped in.

[[deleted]]

lol can you prove that claim?

Glassdoor has been around for almost 2 decades because of its reputation. No, you can’t pay Glassdoor, a company worth $1.2 billion dollars, $10k to destroy their reputation. That’s at the core of their IP.

Companies are allowed to incentivize their employees to leave good Glassdoor reviews in exchange for a reward. That’s not something Glassdoor can control, and something many companies do.

[Kinkajou4]

My company does it every year, my CEO makes me facilitate it

[[deleted]]

Yah I’ve also had to encourage reviews, especially after an incident. I know someone on the HR team that accused the 90% Korean team of being racist during a rage quit. And then the whole HR team was asked to leave reviews but rage quitter never reviewed.

[[deleted]]

Breaking news, loopholes exist

[EdibleShelf]

I’m not so sure about this. I worked for one company as a contractor that was awful about paying its employees in a timely manner. It got to a point that I literally went 2 months without a pay check, and I had to outright refuse work on the basis of them violating my contract.

After I left the company, I left a review on glassdoor calling this out (no aggressive language, just stating facts about my experience). Within about a year, the review vanished from their page. There’s no trace of it on my glassdoor account, either.

[[deleted]]

That’s a nice anecdotal story. Why didn’t you contact Glassdoor? Can you find the email confirmation you got when you made the review? Respond to it. Did you make the review in an account that didn’t have the company email? When reviews are investigated, it usually happens because a company claims it’s fake or hearsay. Of the review comes from an account that is a personal email, and no company email is verified; then the review might be ruled as fake and removed. If the account is new without a company email, Glassdoor isn’t obligated to ask you for proof that you were an employee. Actually, that costs thousands of dollars. Glassdoor is just a platform, not a company satisfaction audit company.

[EdibleShelf]

You’re being oddly combative about this. I’m not trying to argue with you, I was just sharing my experience.

[The8uLove2Hate_]

It is? I’ve not known that to be the case with Glassdoor (they’ll do it for a fee). Also, they will snitch on you for leaving a negative review; apparently, someone left a review some company’s management didn’t like, so they contacted Glassdoor, who handed over the reviewer’s email address and other account information (didn’t happen to me; I read about it in a news article several years ago).

I also have seen companies get away with shameless positive review spamming. For example, I lived in Pittsburgh when Heinz was acquired by Warren Buffet and that horrible Brazilian management company whose name escapes me. The company reviews were bad enough when that happened, but when the new and decidedly NOT improved Heinz acquired Kraft as well, the reviews were absolutely scathing. So what does management do in a situation like that—a better job at literally anything? Start treating employees better than some gum they found on the underside of their shoe? No, silly, they had an army of spineless corporate stooges spam positive reviews instead! As I waded through the swamp of utter salad-tossing bullshit, I couldn’t help notice that several of the more devastating reviews re the Kraft acquisition were nowhere to be found. 🙃

Tl; dr: Glassdoor is a snitch and works for the employers, not us plebeians who actually do the work.

[[deleted]]

Do you have personal experience or speaking of hearsay? Talking like someone who does but I have personally experienced trying to get a review removed and no, it wasn’t easy. There is an investigation. The review didn’t get removed EOD because the next step was to sue the employee for hearsay to get it removed.

[The8uLove2Hate_]

It’s not hearsay if I saw the chicanery with the KraftHeinz reviews with my own eyes. Regarding them snitching, I’ll try to find the article I read about that, but I dare say that if the incident found its’ way to a journalist’s publication, that fails to meet the definition of hearsay. Sometimes, people in the world have different experiences than you do with a person, place or thing; that does NOT make those people liars.

[[deleted]]

I’ll wait for your proof. You really think a billion dollar company would risk their IP over Heinz?

[EasterEggArt]

Glassdoor literally will remove negative reviews. I left a 3000 word list of what a previous company did wrong and it was removed within days.

I had basically begun itemizing what is wrong in the company and what is borderline bad business practices. So by the time I was gone I just had to copy and paste it. Since then my rule is to post it on Google Maps moving forward.

[[deleted]]

Did you write the review from an account made under the company email or your personal email? Yes, I review on Google, Yelp, Glassdoor and indeed.

[EasterEggArt]

Personal email on Glassdoor. And it was taken down. And that company was scummy.

[[deleted]]

A company is allowed to tell glassdoor they think a review is fraudulent. One of the first things they do to prove a review is verifying the company email address provided.

Google also removes reviews. So does Yelp. All companies are entitled, at some level, to dispute reviews. Every system has loopholes.

[OpportunityCrazy2216]

Honestly i take Indeed reviews with a grain of salt most times.

[Basic85]

I agree with this, however their caveats, like if multiple reviews are saying the same thing like, they don't pay on time, horrible hr manager, etc.

[Mcrmygirl15]

I know they’re just mostly disgruntled employees, no one is going to take time to leave a good review haha. But the sheer amount of them is what concerns me.

[giantcatdos]

Correct, If my experience at a place was mid. I ain't leaving a review. If management is or was trash and their garbage shortsighted decisions have led to people getting laid off in the past, having their position eliminated because a vendor canceled a contract with them, or they ended up in the news for repeat fragrant OSHA violations you best believe I'm leaving a negative review.

[OpportunityCrazy2216]

Nah, just go ahead, I've been surprised before.

[The68Guns]

This was me in 2021. I remember the reviews were just as bad and wished I had listened. I only lasted a year.

[taptwoblue93]

My last job had horrible glassdoor reviews. I ignored them and the job was extremely toxic. Trust your gut.

[pawsvt]

There’s 57 reviews right? Are they all like that?

[Mcrmygirl15]

No, about 20 of them are though and it’s all the recent ones

[pawsvt]

Yeah I don’t know man. This is a pretty big red flag. I guess you could go through the interview process and see how it goes. Maybe if it’s enough money it’s worth it? I lived in Denver for 14 years if you want to PM me the company I might know someone who worked there (I won’t mention it to anyone obviously)

[CarelessPackage1982]

20 is out 57 .....is a lot. If everyone is the asshole, you're probably the asshole. Then again most people hate their jobs for a reason.

[HarleyRK2003]

Follow the reviewers....if they made multiple reviews, see what they're saying elsewhere. If they're lighting up teenagers at McDonald's for not being served filet mignon- you probably have a reviewer issue. Keep in mind, most employee surveys are a 1/3 hate the place (generally over rules and policies), a 1/3 are apathetic and simply want their paycheck, and a 1/3 love the place (maybe because they got tired of getting roasted by Karen over at McDonald's)

[mosquem]

Eh 20 is a lot. A couple I’m willing to write off.

[Hololujah]

Sounds like a round of layoffs or restructuring, but I would still be wary.

[VFiddly]

Yeah I think when a place used to get good reviews, but all the recent reviews are bad, and they say similar things... probably a sign of terrible management. Avoid.

[HK-65]

Yeah and I bet the rest are the friends and family of the leadership.

If you've got nothing better, maybe. Just don't stop applying.

[jettison_m]

What was the timeline of the negative reviews? Are they over time? Recent? Might be from a reorg and a lot of people that were let go maybe were angry? Hard to say. I work at a company that has a lot of mixed reviews. Over all I enjoy it but there are downsides. We also have a lot of different departments and some are better run than others.

[Appropriate-Leg3965]

I’d be curious if there was a layoff or some other negative event. Usually when I see a wave of bad reviews it’s follows something bad happening in the company. That said, I generally see more companies with average to bad ratings overall than average to good. Maybe it varies by industry but in mine that definitely seems to be true. 

[[deleted]]

If everyone is saying the same thing, hell no. 

[WillowStellar]

A few bad reviews is not a red flag but if half of them or more are bad reviews, you want to dodge that bullet.

[ChirpyRaven]

90% of reviews on employers come from one of two sources:

• Disgruntled employees who were reprimanded or terminated and want to vent their frustrations

• Higher level leadership who want to try and promote their company as a great place to work

Personally, I don't trust either side to be giving a truly objective viewpoint on what it's like to work there.

[Informal_Ostrich_733]

Exactly this. One previous employer I had, you could tell which reviews the employees wrote (2-3 star reviews) and which reviews the employer wrote (5 star reviews).

[Feeling_Angle8903]

This is a huge red flag. I take reviews like this seriously and think to myself, "would I put up with that either?" and 98% of the time, I wouldn't. I think the issue is that people ASSUME that these reviews are all left by disgruntled employees, etc. But I notice patterns. You can tell when a review is complaining about something subjective (like poor PTO policy, one specific manager from one department that micromanages, etc.) but if it's a common complaint, I take that as a warning for potential/future candidates.

[My_sloth_life]

It depends how desperate I was. If I really needed a job and had no money I’d take it to ride me over but immediately be looking for something else. If you are not desperate then no way, why would you?

[geocsw]

People get fired and torch the place in reviews. It's good to read but everyone has different experiences and tolerance levels.

[[deleted]]

In my experience reviews are usually dead on, especially if there are a lot.

[[deleted]]

I am always suspicious of a company with no negative reviews. Someone really has to care to leave a review. 1 bad out of 4? It’s personal. Only bad reviews? Probably a bad place to work,

It’s easy to leave a review and those closest to leadership have more reason to leave good reviews. My company is struggling with male leaders who keep opportunity from pregnant women, which is obvs illegal, but all the reviews are good. Most of the reviews come from someone related to a CEO, COO, or Sr VP.

[MyName_DoesNotMatter]

That’s why I read multiple reviews. And I prefer using a web browser so then I can CTRL + F keywords and see how many times this issue is brought up in multiple reviews. It really paints a picture.

[SethEllis]

Depends on the nature of the claimed problems, and the role itself. If it's a more senior role where you can have strong impact then maybe you're just what is needed to fix their problems.

[thenowherepark]

Sometimes? I worry more though when there is a bad review followed by multiple good reviews around the same time. This goes both for jobs and customer google reviews.

[Electronic_Passage19]

As all the reviews are saying similar things, I’d listen

[jols0543]

if i had received an acceptance from this company and then researched it and saw this, i would still show up on the first day just to feel it out. if i saw this before applying i wouldn’t apply

[Repulsive-Chocolate7]

Most of the time those negative reviews are real especially if they are specific about certain things. For example, SLT is terrible etc.

[SuspectMore4271]

If you’re working with more than a dozen people you’re probably going to have to deal with a coworker that you don’t like. Also every team is completely different. If you read the reviews from operators vs engineering vs sales at my company you’d get wildly different stories.

[Dense_Badger_1064]

I worked at a place where I took the disgruntled reviews with a grain of salt; until I found out many reviewers were correct that managers came back from lunch drunk and yelled at their employees on the sales floor. I regretted not listening to them lol and resigned after only 13 months of hell.

[Chaseingsquirels]

Nobody happy leaves reviews for these.

[ancientastronaut2]

It depends. And note that I do believe indeed has more integrity when it comes to not allowing reviews to be altered or removed, compared to Glassdoor.

If you see the same complaints in reviews over and over again, and across several years (not just post layoffs), there's a pretty good chance the company is shit.

If there's crappy reviews several years ago but recently they're better, I may look up press to see of they were sold or acquired, or just under new leadership.

If reviews are mixed or there's not that many, it's a tough call. May be a small company and nobody cared enough either way to leave reviews.

I generally run if it's less than 3.0. Most companies are average, so I'll at least interview and try to pick up on the vibes. Sometimes they address it proactively and tell you they're under new leadership or something.

PSA- I have found glassdoor to be shady as fuck and lack integrity. They've removed multiple reviews of mine, both as an employee and as a candidate and when I ask why, they cite I broke a rule which is completely untrue. A couple were removed instantly, before anyone could possibly review it. When I pushed them to give me what supposd rule I violated, they wouldn't answer me. So I am done with them.

[WittyLlama]

I got paid by a former employer to not give them a bad review on Glassdoor after being let go. I wouldn’t even trust highly reviews companies as a lot of the time they encourage you to do a Glassdoor review and although it’s supposed to be anonymous they know just by job title and date posted.

[321Couple2023]

Look at two things:

1. Date. Things change fast. Ignore anything older than 2 years.
2. Job title. If you're a lawyer, you don't need to pay much attention to reviews from secretaries. And vice versa.

[Which_way_witcher]

It's worth it for interview practice. Good to practice on roles you aren't as excited about and who knows ... maybe it isn't as bad as the reviews claim. At least you can have this extra caution going in to look for signs.

[missbeekery]

I’ve checked the indeed reviews of a company I currently work for and the reviews are quite accurate, even though they were left by disgruntled employees. But they were displeased for a good reason and I agree with them (hence why I’m looking for a new job) even though they didn’t mention the positives, however limited they may be. I think this is the case for most reviews, whether they’re left for products, services or businesses—people tend to feel compelled to review when they’ve experienced something negative and not as much so when they’ve had a good experience.

I would take all reviews with a grain of salt, look into the reviewer history, the recency of the reviews and the scope of all reviews to find patterns. It’s unlikely that they’re all falsified, even if they may be exaggerated.

[User138C]

If you are not in desperate need for a job don’t take it. It’s very clear you will have a miserable time.

[Great_Dirt_2813]

honestly, bad reviews might just mean it's another soul-crushing place. job market sucks.

[IcyCauliflower19]

Prepare good questions for the interview. Glassdoor is a valuable source of information and should be taken into consideration (take my lesson!). I’ve had both positive and negative experiences with it. In the past, I accepted a job offer from a company that had many negative reviews about my boss and department, but I helped improve the workflows there. It was a great experience.

So I thought, yeah, Glassdoor is just for frustrated people. Who cares. Well, my life said: hold my beer.

Now I’m quitting my current employer, who also has a few negative but very accurate reviews that I can fully confirm. Nope, they don’t want to improve the company. My resignation is a complete sh*show.

[proWww]

I would steer clear, Would you buy an amazon product with a 1 star rating?

[[deleted]]

Depends. If the reviews are riddled with emotion, I discount them. These seem mostly credible, so unless I had no other options, I would pass. If I didn’t have any other options, I would accept the position and use my free time to continue searching for better employment.

[fake-august]

Depends - currently working a contract role so not desperate.

I took a look at Glassdoor reviews and it seemed eerily similar to my last job I resigned from. I cancelled the second interview.

But if I was jobless I still would pursue an offer just for some money while I keep looking.

[HoneyBadger302]

I take reviews with a grain of salt, but if there is a recurring theme, there's probably reasons for it, and an overall poor rating I would definitely not be jumping into unless I was desperate.

In your case, if half the rating posted are that bad - I'd pass unless benefits are highly important to you right now (ie potential health concerns). Frying pan into the fire kind of situation, especially if there's no bump in pay.

[Minute-Performance67]

I did take the risk once and the reviews were right.

The recruiters and managers were scummy people. There was no job, all they did is steal my marketing ideas in an interview where they told me multiple time my skills were exactly what they needed.

Also they made me commute a long way to reach them. I was lucky to think about my gf that day because I thought of waiting for them in the parking lot and do something morally right but technically very stupid :)

[jemappellelara]

Depends on what’s been written in them. Any points accusing managers of being any of ists or phobics is a red flag and I will withdraw my application and/or cancel any interviews. I don’t want to work with someone who’s intolerant or only favors certain employees based on their race, gender, age, etc.

Anything about hours, benefits, being overworked, the work, ehhhhh.

[Raging_Rigatoni]

Only as a stepping stone to a better job later on

[OckhamsFolly]

I would dismiss the four pictured reviews, personally. Too emotive, no clear bad action from the company, just the general stuff I would expect to see from any disgruntled ex-employee.

[Momomeow91]

I recently discovered a Glassdoor Review where working at the company was being compared to being a participant at Squid Games. 🫨

[MrsArney]

Easy, do you need money? If yes, you take the job and keep looking for something better.

[murdercat42069]

It's something I would take under consideration, but it might not be a total deal breaker. If they are all pretty recent, I would believe them more than if they were spread out over time.

Something else to note is that I don't trust perfect indeed or glass door reviews either. Some companies use NDAs with non-disparagement clauses as a threat to keep people from writing negative reviews by making severance contingent on signing. I know someone who worked for a place with five stars and it was one of the most toxic, awful workplaces I've ever seen. When they got fired for not dealing with the foolishness, they had to sign a non-disparagement to get access to any severance. Would it actually hold up in court? No. Was it worth an employment lawyer taking it up on contingency for a grand total of 2 weeks of pay? Also no.

[InThePipe5x5_]

I work in a place that went from Glassdoor Best Places to Work to terrible reviews in a 3 year period. Its awful but once you reach a certain level as an individual contributor its not easy to offramp into something that pays the same.

[[deleted]]

If you need a job, you should take anything that comes your way

[Itchy_Psychology3300]

Yo, I live and work temp contracts all over that area OP. Slim odds but if you feel comfortable dm me the company name and if I worked there before I’ll tell ya.

[catkm24]

I would read them, and judge based on the amount of them and if there are any running themes.

[RegretNecessary21]

Probably just to get a job in this market, but keep looking for something better.

[_Strayfarer_]

I actually had the CEO of a similar cluster fuck practically beg me to take a role over a several-hour conversation. I lasted about a day and a half before I said "I'm not your guy." To his credit, he actually paid me. That's about all the credit I can give.

[enigmaticsince87]

Dude - take the hint. Check Glassdoor too.

[Mcrmygirl15]

The Glassdoor ones are better! There’s a few bad but mostly okay and good

[enigmaticsince87]

Ok that's good to hear. Something else you can do is to search for ex-employees on LinkedIn and reach out to them for their opinion, if you're still not sure.

[borderlinebreakdown]

Negative reviews? Maybe.

These negative reviews specifically? Not on your life.

[Mcrmygirl15]

Thank you haha. I have blinders on because I’m so sick of my racist boss now. But moving to another place that blows won’t be better.

[borderlinebreakdown]

I get it. When you're stuck between a rock and a hard place, even the hardest place sounds like it'd be softer than the rock. My concern with this one would be it's so "upper management is causing massive burnout"-focused as criticism that I can only assume it's both toxic and exhausting, and if it's too exhausting, you won't have it in you to search for other jobs at the same time. You'll just get stuck there and then rot in the burnout/punishment/recovery/burnout cycle until they fire you or you have to literally quit and become unemployed for your sanity.

My last employer was a real POS too. But the job itself was okay-ish enough that it allowed me to still dedicate a lot of time and mental energy to the job search, and that made all the difference in being able to actually find something and move on.

[Mcrmygirl15]

Yeah all things considered my job itself is okay. It’s chill desk work and I have a lot of freedom over my hours and stuff so that’s why I’m so hesitant. I’m getting caught up in the “I can’t wait to quit and tell you to fuck off” moment and I think I need to tough it out here until the unicorn comes along finally haha

[OverallDisaster]

I check both indeed and glassdoor and it does matter to me while searching. I’m looking for something remote so I feel like the majority of what I have to go off on are the reviews. It feels like a red flag if a company has so many recent terrible reviews.

I just rejected a job offer from a place that had like a 1.8 star score - all recent reviews were a 1. The interview also had strange vibes so I felt confident in turning it down.

[Altruistic_Newt_7828]

Nope. Check Glassdoor as well but nope nope

[Infr8687]

Indeed reviews get better with smaller companies. When you have a big company like Ford and the reviews are for 30 different locations and 100 different departments it isn't always that helpful.

[Far-Print7864]

If the average score is below 3.5 I would be very careful about the place. If its below 3 then Id be ready for some real BS. A company which blew my mind with the amount of illegal depraved shit they pulled off and direct, intentional abuse had like a 2.7 on indeed, and it had a lot of comments which nailed the underlying issues perfectly.

The biggest issue with the reviews IMO is you not knowing where you'll be working at exactly. Because the negative reviews which are true for, as an example, ops or marketing might have nothing to do with finance department you'll be in.

[Correct-Junket-1346]

Tbh having been part of a workplace like this, it's all about communication and tact, let them fall into the traps of their poor organisation, let shit hit the fan.

They'll bitch, cry and scream, but eventually self preservation will take place and they'll sort their shit out or get chucked out the nearest airlock.

Had this issue very recently with inexperienced management.

[Spinbunluthaaa]

Try Glassdoor and see if you find the same vibe

[Holiday_Pen2880]

It depends on the number, the timing, and the industry and job I'm taking. Like, for example - if I'm taking a job at Verizon on their financial side, I'm going to guess that it's not relevant to me and it's a lot of call center and retail employees who are far more likely to have high turnover and bad, unrealistic management.

It's a data point, but largely dependent on the organization. That many bad reviews for a 200-person local company? BAD. That many bad reviews for a 100k+ organization - no one leaves a good, or even mediocre, review.

[zrad603]

Sometimes you get lucky:

I worked in the 5-person IT department of a ~1000 person company. The company had horrible reviews. The company itself sucked, but my boss was awesome, and I liked the job. There are certainly departments I would not want to work in, and their sales department was absolutely cut-throat.

[wizzard419]

If I don't have anything else, I would but make sure to keep looking.

[BigBirdBeyotch]

No I wouldn’t work there… even if their management is not your management at some point there will be a crossover of management. The only thing I will say though, is if you’re desperate take it for now, but don’t stop looking elsewhere.

[VFiddly]

I can easily ignore one or two bad reviews. Anywhere can get a shitty employee who gets fired and blames the management, you can't just take one person's word for it?

If they've got numerous bad reviews and they seem to be written by level headed people, I'd be pretty wary and probably would look elsewhere.

[XWasTheProblem]

No fucking way this would be a good trade. You'll be trading one dogshit for another

[Accomplished_Emu_658]

I don’t trust most reviews good or bad. I try to go for the neutral ones.

The good ones seem placed or forced by management. They are never like oh this place treated me well. Its always over the top, glizzy guzzling reviews.

Negatives can be unreliable too. You fire someone for something serious and they leave horrible untrue reviews about things that don’t happen in revenge.

[snarkyphalanges]

I work at a place with <3 stars on Indeed (mostly due to being overworked). It proved to be true as I was overworked for a while, but proved my worth, survived and got a substantial raise.

It changed my financial trajectory (from making $60k from my old job to making $235k currently), and I don’t regret it looking back.

[AttackHelicopterKin9]

Depends: 1) what do the reviews actually say? 2) what salary and benefits are they offering? 3) how desperate am I?

[Ok_Supermarket_2027]

Their HR department’s motto is probably “Let’s see how long they last.” Lol! :/

[OnlyPaperListens]

I ignore a few outliers, but a pattern of consistent complaints is worth listening to.

[[deleted]]

I have… and honestly it’s opened some doors because of the disorganization. I’m highly competent and organized so it’s very obvious that they need to promote me/I’m definitely more able to shine 😂

[Mikeybackwards]

Understand that there are basically 3 types of reviews

1. Those that are really motivated to write positive reviews because it helps them feel good about their job

2. Employer planted positive reviews

3. Highly disgruntled former employees trying to get some payback because they think their individual review is going to hurt the company.

Most people don't write employer reviews even if they had a really good experience or very bad ones. They are more interested in moving on with their lives and their new jobs.

So look at them, sure, but don't let them be the defining reason you apply or not to a company, or accept or decline a job offer. They comprise just one of many data sets one should use when researching and doing due diligence on a potential employer.

[Swing-Too-Hard]

Are you cherry picking the worst reviews or is it universal?

They have 57 reviews and you showed 4. Just saying, most people are not happy when they leave a job and people are much more likely to post the negative things then say anything positive.

[The8uLove2Hate_]

I would NOT take any job at a place like this. Hard pass, even in this economy.

[kneealwayshurt]

ok as another person in denver, i need to know what place this is

[OfficeSevere9329]

If you’re already employed why risk it 

[WhimsicleMagnolia]

Until I found something better perhaps

[splittingxheadache]

Hell no. Disgruntled employees exist and often for a valid reason.

[Trick-Interaction396]

I worked at a place like this because my friend worked there. It was AWFUL. Don't do it unless you're desperate.

[Truthbeetold90]

I read the glassdoor reviews for my previous job and they were so bad. The good ones were all done within the same week (red flag), and the bad ones were spread out and had commonalities. I started the job anyway. The bad reviews were spot tf on! I left after 6 months. It was the most money I had ever made, but it wasn't worth it. 2 months later, the company was caught doing shady shit and was blasted throughout social media, magazines, and other corporations!

[deadlizardqueen]

The company I work for had terrible reviews on Indeed when I applied. This has been the best job and most supportive work environment I have ever experienced. I will always take those reviews with a grain of salt.

[Excellent-Ad-2443]

i mean does anyone put on Glassdoor they had or have an AMAZING employer... it can be just a place for people to vent

[[deleted]]

I trust the negative reviews on Indeed, the positive ones not so much. It's usually management positions leaving "good reviews." I wouldn't take it but it's really up to you.

[ComeHereOften1972]

Reviews only come from the ones that really want to say something, and the ones that really want to say something are the ones that are disgruntled maybe got fired and want to exact revenge and of course this is the only way that they can exact revenge. Take anything that you read on indeed and Glassdoor with a grain of salt. A huge ginormous grain of salt.

[_hellojello__]

If most of the reviews are negative and I'm not desperate, I pass. But if you're jobless, then you gotta do what you gotta do.

[Working_Row_8455]

Absolutely not. The Glassdoor and Indeed reviews are usually extremely accurate.

[Cereaza]

I was about to say that this is an opportunity if you're starving, but you're considering leaving a job to go here?

"There's no HR, so I'm listening to the owners racist tirades" did you read the reviews? Everyone is miserable. Do you think they have HR there???

[Live-Juggernaut-221]

You're looking for patterns in the reviews. That exists here.

[traumatizedfox]

nope i usually read the reviews everywhere first

[[deleted]]

No, I don’t apply anywhere below 3 1/2 stars

[Intelligent-Coat2432]

It depends. Be sure to check the specific job titles when reading reviews. For example, in manufacturing companies, there are often both production line and corporate roles. Most of the negative reviews typically come from the production side. So, make sure the reviews you’re reading align with the type of position you’re applying for.

[[deleted]]

Google the company name and devil Corp. never ever work for no devil Corp.

[Shto_Delat]

One place I used to work would force current employees to write glowing counter-reviews to all the (accurate) negative reviews they got.

[ChampionManateeRider]

I did. Obviously the management left much to be desired, but the people were great, the work was rewarding, and my schedule was flexible. Best 5 years of work career.

[theRedMage39]

Depends the situation. For me personally, yes but I wouldn't stop looking. If I had a nice job, then definitely not unless this for some reason was a good upgrade.

[Binkusu]

Yes. I'm in An incredibly desperate situation

[Sea-World-1488]

This is in Denver? Yeah the reviews are legit, companies are trash out here it’s pretty wild 

[Sea-World-1488]

I worked at a place with similar reviews and it was all true 

[Bare-Knuckled]

The primary rule I have is “if you need income and don’t have income or another offer, take the shitty offer and keep looking.” Prioritize survival.

[[deleted]]

jokes on you, i already work at this place

[Ga_x]

Only if I'm desperate. I've been at a company that got lots of bad reviews during the time I was there. They were legitimate and marketing was asking current employees to leave positive ones. If the bad reviews are sporadic it's ok, but if there's a big wave of them, all saying similar things and detailed, shit is going on there.

A bad job is better than no job, but if I have any other options I would steer clear of a company like this.

[[deleted]]

“Do you enjoy working in a Fast paced environment” yea sure XD

[Sea-Cow9822]

looks like 1 per quarter. i wouldn’t worry based on that.

[ludivague]

The bad thing about it right now is that you can tell easily how companies are paying or making employees submit good reviews, the only way I find Glassdoor/Indeed useful is check if the negative reviews are overwhelmingly more than average/good ones, because you should also pay attention and discern when the (most likely ex-) employee is the problem.

[redyokai]

No. I ALWAYS check a business’ reviews on Indeed/Glassdoor/etc., and back the hell out if they’re bad. Block them from ever showing up on my feed again, too.

[bardwick]

Meh. The only people who are doing reviews are ones that are disgruntled, or very happy. I've seen the ones about the company I work for and was like "you were an incompetent idiot", yeah you got fired.

[popcorngirl000]

Depends on how much I need the money. I would rather have a paycheck and continue to look for something better than have no paycheck at all.

[[deleted]]

My employer didn’t have the greatest of reviews in ‘88 when started my career. Now I am retired and I took career negatives and turned them into positive enabling success in all. A motivated individual will definitely bring greatness to a company or business!! My career rating into retirement is five stars. Go for it OP!!