Wouldn’t you love to know what you’d earn if you worked for your employer’s biggest competitor?
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The newest website from Expedia and Zillow creator Richard Barton sets out to shed some light on that and similar questions - from an employee’s perspective.
Glassdoor.com allows users to anonymously rate the companies they’ve worked for, expound on pros and cons of their employers, and post their salaries.
Here’s the catch: if you want to see any reviews, you have to post your own assessment of a current or recently past employer. If you want to see salaries, entering your salary is required. Although the reviews remain anonymous, if you’re working in a small company, using Glassdoor may give you pause.
Glassdoor was first opened to a test market in the San Francisco bay area. To give potential users a sample of what they’ll be able to peruse once they’ve registered, the site currently lists reviews for Google, Yahoo!, Microsoft, and Cisco Systems.
The reviews posted so far have been candid; one user reveals that Google, “pushes a highly ‘googley’ atmosphere, which is something akin to what the Brady Bunch would be like if they lived in communist Russia. Everything from the carpet to the bathroom tiles incorporate the Google colors into its design.”
You can also see that a software engineer at Google makes an average salary of $99,918, making the company the highest payer of software engineers in comparison to competitors Yahoo! and Cisco Systems.
Glassdoor reaches out to employers too, acknowledging the potential for some negative consequences for company higher-ups, “Although this might feel a bit uncomfortable at first, we think offering more transparency will have far-reaching benefits for everyone involved.”
In addition to Richard Barton, the company was co-founded by Robert Hohman, who is serving as the company’s CEO and director. The former Hotwire.com president previously worked with Barton at Microsoft and Expedia. The third co-founder, Tim Besse, is another Expedia alum.
Glassdoor is funded by Benchmark Capital, an investment firm where Barton is a venture partner.
Additional support comes from seasoned industry advisors and board members, including Deborah Barber of the Jackson Hole Group, former Expedia and IAC/InterActive Corp. CEO Erik Blachford, and Trip Advisor CEO and co-founder Stephen Kaufer.
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