Harris: Glassdoor relies on former employees while Quantum surveys current staff
Greg Harris · 855 How This Bootstrapped CEO is Competing with $400m Raised Qualtrics · Nov 26, 2017 · at 13:40
Greg Harris, founder and CEO of Quantum Workplace, contrasts his firm's employer-sponsored survey methodology with Glassdoor's review collection approach.
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“They're capturing data mostly from external or from former employees as opposed to internal employees. So our surveys are authorized by the companies and actually used for development purposes inside the companies.”
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