Archive for July, 2008

Glassdoor.com update includes new filtering, sorting tools

Ever wondered which Deloitte office is the best to work for?  Or which Google location is happiest?  Last night we updated Glassdoor.com with new features that make it easier to sort and sift through the more than 48,000 reviews on over 11,000 employers on our site.

Schwab Employees Offer Advice to New CEO

Charles Schwab employees can no longer ‘Talk to Chuck‘.  Today, it was officially announced that Charles Schwab, co-founder of the Charles Schwab Corp. is stepping down as CEO after more than 37 years of building a financial empire.

What’s the Best Kept Secret of Top Wage-Earners: Salary Transparency

Here’s a great example of how transparency around salary and compensation in the workplace can be a terrific tool for negotiation for both employees and employers ripped right from the headlines.   Earlier this week it was reported that UBS AG will increase compensation for financial advisers in its wealth management business.  UBS has been losing ... - Read full post

Why the doors should be kept wide open

Apparently, we aren’t the only ones interested in what can and can’t be said by former employees.  A recent post on The New York Times’ Shifting Careers blog examines just that in a Q&A with a top employment law partner at the firm Bryan Cave in New York.  The post examines what, if ... - Read full post

Top-Rated Glassdoor.com CEO Diane Greene Ousted

With the news this week about Diane Greene’s removal as CEO of VMware, we found it really interesting to see how notable CEOs are faring in the eyes of the employees.

Rejection Can Be a Good Thing

When we launched we made a commitment to screen every review. Why you ask? We know it’s a lot of work, but we’re only as good as our content and thus we feel it’s an important part of protecting our community. There are a few sites out there where anything goes (i.e., rant about your ... - Read full post

Moving “Sneak Peeks” beyond tech…

Still not sure if Glassdoor has something for you…well we have opened the door even wider.  We promised that our community would grow beyond the focus of high-technology companies such as Cisco, Google, Yahoo! and Microsoft. Today we added three more sneak peek companies for some of the largest accounting, finance and consulting companies: Deloitte, ... - Read full post