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Glassdoor Wants to Know Your Real Name (www.wired.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 83 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

I've never used Glassdoor but I know people who have. Seems like a great way for them to destroy their own business.

Even if I were inclined to do so, I would absolutely NOT do so if I had to provide my real name. They will be the one company to never ever get their user db hacked/leaked, right? I can trust all current and future executives there to safeguard that info, right?

I can't see how anyone with legit negative things to say against a current employer is going to feel comfortable using the service going forward. When enshittification bites back!

[–] [email protected] 55 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The problem is that the names weren't provided by users to glassdoor. If glassdoor stumbles across someone's real name then they have automatically attached it to the user profile. They're doxxing their users so now people have to worry if they ever used the service.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago

No disagreement here...

[–] [email protected] 18 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's 100% calculated. The controllers of glassdoor decided to kill the site, likely persuaded with money, coercion or both.

[–] user91 27 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's our duty to give them the shittiest of fake names

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

So, Poopy McPoopface?

[–] cabron_offsets 27 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Euge Johnson

[–] antidote101 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Ansell Granger

[–] Ensign_Crab 26 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Which will be followed by letting companies pay to see who to retaliate against.

[–] HootinNHollerin 4 points 10 months ago

That’s the real reason why they’re loading names now. Bet it’s already happening

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

"Don't let rogue actors ruin your business!

See who said what when you purchase a premium unlocker for this review"

[–] LoremIpsumGenerator 15 points 10 months ago

I've already changed mine to Ivan E. Wreckshun

[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago

Don't you already need your company email for verification? Mapping company email to real name is obviously trivial for your employer...

[–] z00s 6 points 10 months ago

Give em your boss' name.

[–] HootinNHollerin 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Deleted all my accounts and sent requests for them to also purge my data. I don’t care if ppl say it’s not that bad fuck glassdoor