They added real names without consent. No further action required. Opens people to litigation from petty former companies with too much money (generally the ones that need those reviews).
Comment on Users ditch Glassdoor, stunned by site adding real names without consent
MewtwoLikesMemes@lemmy.world 2 years ago
I’m kind of OOTL. What’s wrong with GlassDoor?
ChapulinColorado@lemmy.world 2 years ago
laurelraven@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 years ago
The whole point of it was that it was anonymous, without that, why would anyone ever post anything to it?
Patches@sh.itjust.works 2 years ago
It’s literally all in the article…
They’re de-anonymizing all accounts so I hope you’re okay with your reviews having your real name. Whether you have Glassdoor your name or not - Fishbowl using data lists to fill your data regardless of your consent.
ieatpillowtags@lemm.ee 2 years ago
Seems like you didn’t read the article either. That isn’t what’s happening. I can understand your confusion because of the provocative and misleading article title, but they’re adding names to your private profile.
MewtwoLikesMemes@lemmy.world 2 years ago
I was five minutes away from clocking out for the day, so I couldn’t be arsed to read the article before getting up. Lol. Serves me right for being lazy. :)
Patches@sh.itjust.works 2 years ago
Sorry just meant there is no prior knowledge required. It’s not an ongoing issue of enshittification or anything. Just a sudden leap forward, or rather Dump/Plop…
FiskFisk33@startrek.website 2 years ago
Anonymous review site Glassdoor now consults public sources to identify users.
criitz@reddthat.com 2 years ago
It’s in the title. They’re identifying users by real name.
ieatpillowtags@lemm.ee 2 years ago
The title is misleading and it seems as though nobody actually read the article. Your name is not being posted with your reviews.
criitz@reddthat.com 2 years ago
But they will add your name to your profile without your consent, and then in the future they could easily share your identity and there would be nothing you could do about it.
The EFF regularly defends Glassdoor users from being unmasked by retaliating employers. Particularly for employees who fear retaliation for reviews, Mackey said that Glassdoor users could historically choose never to share their real names, and the company now storing names for all users makes it much more likely that users could be linked to their reviews should Glassdoor’s data ever be subpoenaed or leaked. That’s what had Monica so concerned, too.
ieatpillowtags@lemm.ee 2 years ago
Not disputing that it’s a concern at all, and the way they went about it is super shady. It’s just that the implication in the headline is so so much worse than that.
Krauerking@lemy.lol 2 years ago
When has anyone ever read the article? Even the author doesn’t bother anymore, it’s all about headlines baby.
But thank you for running around the comments trying to correct this literal ball of misinformation.
morphballganon@lemmy.world 2 years ago
The purpose of the site is for employees to rate their employers anonymously, to alert fellow workers to poor conditions. For the site to reveal names means employers can now use glassdoor to know which employees say bad things about them, and can retaliate. It’s a major dick move.
MewtwoLikesMemes@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Oh, that’s what they meant by “identifying users”!
Sorry about that. My brain knew all that, but just didn’t connect the data points together. Lol. xD
ieatpillowtags@lemm.ee 2 years ago
That’s absolutely not what it means. They are identifying users in their private profile data, not publicly along with your reviews.
MewtwoLikesMemes@lemmy.world 2 years ago
I mean, to be fair, if it’s a private profile, then theoretically the only ones (besides the company of course) that would see it would be the user. But the user already knows their own name, obviously. Which means this wouldn’t be as private a thing as it used to be, because why would the company spend time, personnel, and money developing a new aspect of the software for the site just to provide info that they and the user already would know.
Unless of course there’s something I’m still misunderstanding. Which, mind you, is definitely a possibility knowing me. Please correct me if it is indeed the case.
ieatpillowtags@lemm.ee 2 years ago
Did you read the article? That isn’t what’s happening.
Bangs42@lemmy.world 2 years ago
This is correct.
However, having that information tied to your account at all is a little problematic, as you can only leak the data you have. No name? Can’t leak it.
MewtwoLikesMemes@lemmy.world 2 years ago
And did you bother reading the other comments? You wrote this one 18 hours ago, and 22 hours ago, just below I wrote “… so I couldn’t be arsed to read the article before getting up.”
I’m going to assume you didn’t.
ieatpillowtags@lemm.ee 2 years ago
…did you think that comment was directed to you? That’s strange since I responded to someone else. Take a deep breath and read it again bud.