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   The World’s Most
   Popular Websites
   for Workers to
   Trash Their
   Employers

We live in a world of reviews, from Yelp to Google to
    Facebook recommendations and more. The employment
    world is no different: employees have plenty of avenues to
    broadcast their opinions about where they work. Of these,
    Glassdoor is probably the most well-known — but it is by
    no means the only one.
    There are dozens of employer review sites where
    people can anonymously publish their thoughts, and
    every company trying to recruit top talent knows how
    damaging these anonymous reviews can be if left
    unaddressed. And even in forums that aren’t anonymous,
    like Facebook and LinkedIn, your employees could be
    saying anything about your company.
    Monitoring these comments and reviews should be a key
    component of any company’s branding and recruitment
    strategy. But with so many sites cropping up and offering
    employees an opportunity to air their opinions, it can be
    nearly impossible for employers to keep track of what
    sites are out there, let alone stay ahead of what their
    employees are saying and where. It’s quite the challenge
    without help.

    So, what are some of the websites
    you should be keeping tabs on? Let’s
    start with the two biggest players.

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Glassdoor
    www.glassdoor.com
    Founded in 2007, Glassdoor is one of the world’s largest and most well-
    known employment websites, with about 60 million unique visitors every
    month and hosts approximately 55 million reviews and salaries from
    users. It currently has information on 1 million employers and 12 million job
    postings.
    It bills itself as website where job-seekers can find job postings and “get
    the inside scoop on companies” by allowing users to anonymously review
    their current and previous employers, submit salaries and comment on the
    interview process.

    Indeed
    https://www.indeed.com/
    Indeed is another job site that has been around for quite some time,
    having launched in 2004. Although Indeed may be popularly known as an
    aggregator of online job postings, the site also offers a platform for users
    to review companies and search through other users’ reviews of potential
    employers. And with 150 million resumes, 150 million employer ratings and
    reviews, and 600 million salaries, Indeed can boast a much larger database
    on the world’s employers than Glassdoor. They claim to be the “#1 job site
    in the world” with over 250 million unique visitors every month — more
    than four times as many visitors than Glassdoor.

    CareerBliss
    www.careerbliss.com/
    CareerBliss describes itself as an “online career community that is designed
    to help you find happiness in the workplace and your career.” It provides a
    platform for users to learn more about specific careers, and anonymously
    submit salary information and reviews about their employer.

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Fairygodboss
    www.fairygodboss.com/
    Fairygodboss is a more niche website that “offers a women’s career
    community, expert career advice, job openings and company reviews to
    help you advance your career.” In addition to hosting employees’ reviews
    of companies, the site seeks to cater to a female audience by providing
    resources and networking for professional women.

    InHerSight
    www.inhersight.com
    Like Fairygodboss, InHerSight caters exclusively to women. The site offers
    an online career community and database of companies, and claims
    to match women to the right job and company. InHerSight’s goal is “to
    improve the workplace for women by measuring it.” The reviews on their
    site are aimed at reflecting what women want from employers and seek to
    answer the question, “Is this a female-friendly workplace?”

    Comparably
    www.comparably.com/
    Comparably offers workers a platform to “monitor the job market for the
    best careers, compensation & companies” through employee-submitted
    reviews. The site’s goal is to make the working world more transparent for
    employees and job-seekers and is very similar to Glassdoor.

    Kununu
    www.kununu.com/us
    Kununu is very similar to Comparably and Glassdoor in its mission to make
    workplaces more transparent by hosting unbiased employee reviews and
    does not moderate or verify reviews. Unlike the others, however, Kununu
    was originally geared toward European workers. In recent years, though,
    it has been making steady inroads into the online world of American job-
    seekers.

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Twitter
    www.twitter.com
    Twitter is a social media platform that allows anyone — including your
    employees — to publish short tweets about anything on their mind,
    including how they feel about their job or employer.

    Google
    www.google.com
    Google does not seek out employee reviews, but still provides a platform
    for internet-goers to stumble across plenty of unmoderated content about
    your company. For example, anyone searching Google for information
    on your company can easily find any of the other employer review sites,
    or employee blogs or posts. There is a “Google reviews” feature, which
    may attract reviews from employees although it is meant as a way for
    consumers to review businesses and locations they are familiar with.

    LinkedIn
    www.linkedin.com
    You are most likely already familiar with LinkedIn, the career-oriented social
    media platform. While LinkedIn doesn’t actively collect feedback about
    specific companies, employees can publish blog posts or simply share their
    thoughts in their news feed. And since the site is all about work, there’s a
    good chance that some of the users are talking about how they feel about
    their workplace — for better or worse.

    Facebook
    www.facebook.com
    Like Twitter, Facebook does not seek out employees’ honest opinions
    about their companies. However, it does offer a forum for people to share
    what’s on their mind, regardless of whether or not it is true or paints your
    company in the best light.

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Reddit
    www.reddit.com
    Reddit is not a career site per se, and does not host job postings or
    company reviews. Instead, it’s an online community comprised of many
    “subreddits” which focus on a specific topic, category, or theme. Like any
    online message board, the content is determined by individual users.
    As such, your employees could be posting about your company under
    anonymous screen names. And because content is so spread out across
    the site, it could be very time-consuming and difficult to manually track
    what is being said about your company.

    Quora
    www.quora.com/
    Quora is also not a career site or community, but does offer a platform
    where workers may share their experiences working at your company. It
    is a general question-and-answer site where users post a question, and
    other users post answers or stories in response. You may find users asking
    questions about working for your company specifically, or your employees
    may be sharing their experiences as examples for general work-related
    questions.

    Rate My Employer
    http://www.ratemyemployer.ca/Home
    Rate My Employer is a Canadian employer review site. Users can search
    for companies and find anonymous, unverified reviews to find out more
    about companies they are interested in working for. Although this site is
    smaller than others on the list, it’s still good for companies with Canadian
    employees to keep in mind.

    SEEK
    https://www.seek.com.au/
    SEEK allows users to search for jobs by position type and location, as well as
    submit and search through company reviews. Unlike the others on this list,
    SEEK is focused on Australian companies and job-seekers.

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Vault
    https://www.vault.com/
    Like others on the list, Vault allows users to search companies by name
    or even industry. But while other employer review sites tend to be geared
    toward more seasoned professionals, Vault seeks to be a top resource
    for students and other job-seekers, especially those in law, consulting, or
    investment career tracks. However, it does provide reviews and information
    on firms and companies in other industries as well.

    WomenHack
    https://womenhack.com/
    WomenHack is also geared toward women in the workplace, but unlike
    InHerSight and Fairygodboss, this site focuses on women in tech. The
    site’s goal is to promote women in tech and help them find jobs at diverse,
    female-friendly companies. To this end, WomenHack provides a platform
    for women in tech to review their employers and also meet up at events.

    TruckersForum
    https://www.truckersforum.net/
    TruckersForum is an online community and message board specifically
    for truck drivers. Users can discuss anything related to trucking, from
    CB radios to truck maintenance. In addition, there is a board to discuss
    trucking jobs and carriers.

    Handshake
    https://www.joinhandshake.com/
    Handshake is a career community for students and recent graduates. Users
    sign up through their university and can find posted jobs and recruitment
    events. While it does not host employer reviews, there is a question-and-
    answer section where users can ask each other questions about their
    experiences at certain companies. They can also see other students and
    alumni who have worked at each employer and contact them to ask for
    their opinions or to network.

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Payscale
    https://www.payscale.com/
    Payscale is aimed at helping professionals understand their worth in the
    job market and gain a better idea of how much they can expect from
    employers in terms of salary for their position. It is essentially a salary
    database with some more advanced tools to help job-seekers negotiate,
    and for employers to more accurately determine how much they should
    compensate employees.

    JobStreet
    https://www.jobstreet.com/
    While JobStreet bills itself primarily as a job site for professionals seeking
    new careers, it does offer employee reviews of the companies on its site.
    JobStreet is primarily focused on employers and job-seekers in Southeast
    Asia. In particular, it serves job-seekers and companies in Singapore,
    Malaysia, the Philippines, Indonesia, and Vietnam.

    Vorkers
    https://www.vorkers.com/
    Vorkers, now OpenWork, is a company evaluation site based on employee
    reviews, similar to Glassdoor and the others. This site, however, is meant for
    Japanese professionals, and has a site entirely in Japanese.

    Hyouban
    https://en-hyouban.com/
    Hyouban claims to be Japan’s largest job site.. It seeks to provide
    information to job-seekers and others by hosting reviews about companies,
    from compensation and corporate culture to the company’s reputation.
    These reviews are posted by current and previous employees about their
    employers.

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CareerConnection
    https://careerconnection.jp/
    Like Hyouban and Vorkers (now OpenWork), this site is a career platform
    for Japanese professionals. Career Connection gathers employee reviews
    and ranks companies on various aspects of corporate culture such
    as working hours, salary satisfaction, and more. In addition, it breaks
    employee reviews down by demographics, so users can find reviews from
    similar people. For example, reviews may be categorized as coming from
    women in their 30s, or men in their late 20s.

    JOBTALK
    https://jobtalkllc.com/
    JOBTALK is a rather different type of career site. They offer career
    counseling to job-seekers or seasoned professionals over the phone or
    Skype. So, while they are not publishing employees’ opinions or reviews
    about companies, this is still one outlet where your employees could be
    venting about your company or seeking advice on how to handle their
    career.

    Zhihu
    www.zhihu.com
    Zhihu is essentially China’s version of Quora. It is a question-and-answer
    site where users can share their experiences or answer questions, which
    may or may not be work-related or about a specific company.

    WayUp
    https://www.wayup.com/
    WayUp is designed to be a job site for students and recent graduates
    seeking internships, part-time jobs and entry-level positions. They also
    provide information about the companies on their website, and feature
    employers in categories such as, “Companies That Promote Fast” or
    “Companies That Make The World Better.” WayUp offers more control over
    the employer information presented on its site than others on this list.

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Niche
     https://www.niche.com/
     Niche was originally a platform called CollegeProwler, which helped
     high school students identify the best college for them. Since then,
     it has rebranded and expanded to offer data and reviews for higher
     education, K-12, and workplaces on a geographic basis. It ranks companies
     based on pay, perks, and other metrics such as opportunity for growth
     and management effectiveness. These rankings are all gleaned from
     anonymous employee reviews.

     Blind
     https://www.teamblind.com/
     Blind is a membership-only app where users can anonymously interact
     with others in their workplace. It positions itself as a community where
     users can “enjoy your own private company channel, and get raw and
     unfiltered career advice from verified employees, anonymously.”

     TikTok
     www.tiktok.com/en/
     TikTok is a video-based social media platform where users can upload
     short-form mobile videos. While its main focus is on comedy, dance, and lip
     syncing clips, there’s always the possibility that your employees could be
     uploading and sharing videos from the workplace.

     Elpha
     https://elpha.com/
     Elpha is another online community geared toward women in tech, and
     markets itself as a place for professional women to talk candidly about
     their work experiences. It gathers reviews from employees and uses them
     to rank employers on whether or not they are a female-friendly workplace.

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These are just some of the many sites where your employees
     could be talking about your company and telling their side
     of the story. It’s important for any company to stay on top of
     what its employees are saying, but it is clearly a Herculean
     undertaking to monitor all of these sources manually. But that
     doesn’t mean that it’s a futile challenge.

     With the right partner, you can
     navigate the choppy waters of
     anonymous employee review sites
     like these.

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