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Any of you ever turn down a job interview based on Glassdoor reviews of the place? I got an interview invitation with an agency in Berlin today (I still haven't confirmed), but then I decided to look on Glassdoor, and this was at the top of the reviews page:
Then I read the reviews ... 58 in total, the overwhelming majority of them 1 star, filled with tales of bullying, sexism, unpaid overtime, below-average salaries, toxic managing director, burn-out, high turnover, the works.
Normally once should take online reviews with a grain of salt, but I'd never seen anything like this, and I'm seriously considering — even despite my circumstances — turning the interview down.
- Interview with them, and after salutations say "So... what's the story behind your legal action and horrendous reviews on glass door? It almost made me turn...shapesalad
- ...down this interview, what do you have to say?"shapesalad
- Finally when they offer you the job.. say "Well I don't know, considering the online reviews i'm going to need an extra 25% on the salary offer."shapesalad
- I could, but it also doesn't help the one of the trade journals interviewed said MD/CEO a few years ago, and didn't have anything positive to say about them.Continuity
- My gut says run like Hell. Which is precisely what I shall do.Continuity
- Only way to deal with an A-hole work culture is to go in there and be the sweetest jesus forgives you let the light in type of person. Or a bigger a-hole.shapesalad
- Yeah. Well, I'm certainly not moving city for an a-hole work culture. Fuck that.Continuity
- Don't turn down the interview unless it's 3+ hours or some bullshit design challenge. Use the opportunity to practice being honest. Correct their bullshit!********
- How old are the reviews?i_monk
- As recent as this month.Continuity
- What NB said, use it as a practice interview and ask them about it at the end. Unless you have better things to do =)zarkonite
- I agree with NB as well. take it and make them explain. if they still give you an offer you've got their nuts. have them do a a year contract with buyout ifshellie
- ... buyout if they fire you. but caveat you can choose to leave after 6 months. but they have to commit to 2 years. win, win.shellie
- Trust your gut feeling (you know it’s right)SimonFFM
- That environment will damage you, it’s not worth itscarabin
- interview is worth practice and yeah ask them about the reviews :)microkorg
- Take the interview, but use most of your time to have them answer for their horrible reputation. Keep bringing it up, moving the conversation back to that pointmonNom
- bonus points if you bring a binder filled with print-outs of the reviews so you can go over them page by page with them.monNom
- bring receipts!shellie
- In the end, I withdrew. The more I researched online, the more horrific that place sounded. Seriously, I'd never that many consistently bad reviews of a place.Continuity
- Which agency? Just wondering...Longcopylover
- Considering their apparent litigation boner, I think I'd rather not say outright. They have 'mc' in their name, and it's not Saatchi.Continuity
- Did you tell them why?i_monk
- Nope, I politely told them that circumstances have changed and I withdraw my application.Continuity