Does Glassdoor track IP addresses?

Can a company track your Glassdoor review?

A question that comes up often in the Glassdoor community is, Can I view my reviews?

After all, it seems like a major violation of privacy to provide your name or company name and any information about your work. If you haven't signed up for an account at Glassdoor, be sure to register before you even start reading. A little about how it works will be helpful in understanding why your review may be hidden, and how it can be uncovered.

This guide covers everything you need to know to browse your Glassdoor reviews and get your hands on the data you want. Why your review might be hidden. First, let's talk about why your review might be hidden. If you've read through our How to Get Started With Glassdoor article, you should already be familiar with the basics of the Glassdoor review process. As you complete your review, you enter text that's stored in your profile and is available to the public. However, you can protect your comments by clicking the button labeled Do Not Publish.

This will remove your review from the public site, but leave it as data for Glassdoor to use. The difference between publish and not publish isn't as big as it seems; it's an active choice. You can always go back and change a comment once you're finished, so it's not as big a deal. However, you won't have as many people reading it, so your comments may end up with fewer responses.

What the Do Not Publish button does is protect your personal information and prevent unwanted attention. Think of it as taking a review to lunch - no one sees it, but you are protected if someone tries to steal your burger. It's also an extra layer of protection because reviewers are identified by their real names, emails, phone numbers, and other information. We think it's worth the extra security, especially for the sensitive and highly-critical posts.

The reason that some of your reviews are hidden can be anything from not wanting attention (maybe a bad review or a less-than-positive experience) to wanting to keep some aspects of your job life private (you don't want your supervisor to see you had a bad day).

Does Glassdoor track IP addresses?

When I log into glassdoor and look at our company's profile, it says our location is All United States.

This is a bit surprising, because our office has only one physical office in the US. So does this mean that Glassdoor tracks IP addresses? If so, I can't seem to find answer to this question, though there are some discussions about the topic on HackerNews.

It sounds like you're getting the All United States location for the company you are looking at, because that is the location Glassdoor's headquarters is in (based on their website). I would like to point out that Glassdoor only includes publicly available company information, so if a company uses a proxy or VPN/proxy service to access the internet, Glassdoor will still report the location as All United States.

Can employers find out who posted on Glassdoor?

As many employers are aware, Glassdoor is a website which allows current and potential employees to anonymously post their reviews of a company.

It's well-known among the people it caters for, but many have wondered if potential employees can access the information on the site.

In short, yes. When asked about an employer's policies on using the site, a spokesperson at Glassdoor responded that every review is completely anonymous - even if that company or candidate is already employed. While the company will remove the details if a candidate is connected to the position, they will still be posted on the site.

The question of who sees a review has always been a concern for many companies and employers, as some have been forced to retract job listings after reviews containing information about them were found on the site. So how can employers be sure that they're not being misused? Well, there's really no way to be sure - a Glassdoor representative told HRD that most employers don't have a great way of tracking how many times reviews are accessed, and most employers don't bother with that kind of scrutiny anyway.

This means that employers should keep a close eye on their social media networks, and the websites and blogs where their employees talk about their experiences in the workplace. So, you need to set up a filter. How do you set one up? There's really no reason to create a filter when someone in your organization uses Google Alerts to keep on top of your online reputation. Google Alerts can even tell you which of your web search results were accessed by certain users. For example, if someone Googles Mark Jones, Google alerts will tell you that the search was done to verify a person named Mark Jones. It can tell you this by displaying a box next to the person's name in the results, along with a red number. Once you've found that number, you can easily see whether a specific search was conducted by someone in your organization. To do so, you'll want to set up a Google Alerts page (see Resources). The alert will display any information on searches done by anyone who's set it up with a Google profile, and that will include all of your employees and potential employees.