Toby Egbuna: Glassdoor reviews are one-size-fits-all and lack demographic context
Toby Egbuna · Meet The HIBT Fellows: Pierre Paul & Toby Egbuna · May 11, 2021 · at 18:07
Toby Egbuna, co-founder of workplace culture platform Chezzi, contrasts Chezzi's identity-specific demographic portraits with Glassdoor's anonymous and generalized review system.
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“Like, I mean, everyone uses Glassdoor, but I think Glassdoor is just very... It's very one size fits all. You know, a lot of the reviews that they have are very hot or cold. It's very much like, I didn't get the job. This company sucks. Don't ever work here. Or it's like, it almost seems like the people were like paid to put a positive review. They're like so glowing. It's like, this doesn't seem realistic. But the biggest thing is that, you know, you don't know who submitted the review and therefore it's kind of hard to put yourself in the shoes of that person.”
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