Question for Sam if he's reading. I've never seen someone speak about Glassdoor in reference to making an investment decision. Obviously, most Glassdoor references we would see might be regarding decisions to apply to a company or accept a job.
As an investor, wouldn't you rather get the opportunity to actually speak to current and (perhaps more importantly) former employees, and do you usually get that opportunity? I'm not talking about executives, but rather software developers, managers, etc.
I think he's referring to Glassdoor posts made by current and former employees, not the ones about applying to work at the company. Even if there aren't any explicitly negative reviews, you can learn a lot by reading between the lines.
Understood. Perhaps my comment was ambiguous. My question is "Would you rather speak to current and former employees about their experience at the company than to rely on potentially faked reviews, and if so, are you usually granted that request when made?"
I wasn't referring to any posts criticizing or praising a company's hiring practices, although those might be helpful too (coincidentally I believe they had an article here yesterday on their engineering interviews).
As an investor, wouldn't you rather get the opportunity to actually speak to current and (perhaps more importantly) former employees, and do you usually get that opportunity? I'm not talking about executives, but rather software developers, managers, etc.
TIA if you answer.