Can unscrupulous managers manipulate Glassdoor?

Managers are trying to manipulate Glassdoor ratings by coercing their employees into writing favourable reviews, ISL Recruitment Director, Alan Furley, has warned HR Grapevine.

The site, which allows employees to anonymously share the perks and pitfalls of their jobs, requires each person to certify their employee relationship to the company when they post any content.

Glassdoor told HR Grapevine that they remove content if they have evidence that users were incentivised or coerced into leaving content about their employer. The site’s administrators reject around 5-10% of content for not meeting community guidelines and allow users to flag reviews if they deem it to be inappropriate.

However, Furley suggested that unscrupulous managers are trying to game the system.