Great Folks, Poor Outlook - Marketing Glassdoor Employee Review

3.0
16 May 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The day to day was all positive. Cross collaboration was always painless. Always got the sense that Glassdoor operates as a unit, not as siloed departments. This is not a hyperbole: everyone I interacted with was extremely easy to work with. No politics. Just ppl getting sh*t done. Work/Life balance is great. I never felt overworked and when life hit you, management was extremely willing to accommodate. Benefits are pretty solid. Free healthcare for yourself and subsidized healthcare for family. Unlimited PTO that you're encouraged to use. Very nice office/working facility with free daily catered lunch, a gameroom, gym, cafeteria.

Cons

*Sigh* it pains me to write this, but... The Glassdoor we know and love is not long for this world. Glassdoor makes most of its revenue on job ads, where it's a small player in a competitive space. It's extremely hard to monetize what Glassdoor's core features: the reviews. The revenue from employer profiles is frankly not enough run a profitable business at the current size. The new CEO seems powerless to the board members of Recruit (Glassdoor's holding company). He's an extremely nice guy and definitely cared about the company. But a good person doesn't always make a good CEO.

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Glassdoor Response
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We appreciate you taking the time to leave a thoughtful review. We’re glad to read that collaboration with your colleagues was seamless and enjoyable, and that our various employee benefits (and office spaces that we dearly miss!) served you well and helped you maintain a great work/life balance. Your feedback regarding monetization and our new partnership with Indeed is valuable. While both Glassdoor and Indeed are, and will continue to be, under the Recruit umbrella, our consumer strategy is to operate as independent brands focusing on what we each do best. As the worldwide leader in employer branding and insights, we are highly confident that there is a need among employers of all industries and sizes to tell an effective brand story. After a year like 2020, where the demand for overall employer transparency, D&I insights, and pay equity has increased, our products will adapt to support these needs.

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