Archive for October, 2008

Glassdoor Secures $6.5 Million in Series B Funding

As you may have seen already, we announced today that we have secured $6.5 million in Series B funding, led by Sutter Hill Ventures with participation from our existing investor Benchmark Capital.

Make Millions, Get Fired!

Glassdoor Takes Its Own Medicine

We spend a lot of time here at Glassdoor thinking about transparency – how do we use it to help everyone make better career decisions?

Yahoo! – Ménage à Mess

Rumors are swirling around Yahoo! – is it going to be an AOL merger or a Microsoft buyout? It’s not surprising – rumors and speculation have become a favorite past-time when it comes to Yahoo! Everyone loves to pile on, but as a former Yahoo! employee – it’s getting harder and harder to ... - Read full post

No Escaping Politics…

It goes without saying that there is a lot riding on the upcoming presidential election, so for a little while longer, there will be no escaping the endless barrage of politics. But what about escaping politics of a different kind, the kind that are not tied to the election cycle but affect you just the ... - Read full post

Better Late Than Never – September’s Review of the Month Winner

We’ve been very busy at Glassdoor. Between adding new features, updating our CEO watch list, and reaching a Glassdoor milestone of 100k approved reviews and salaries – we have finally selected our “Review of the Month” winner for September. In case you aren’t familiar, each month we spotlight one Glassdoor employee review and ... - Read full post

Glassdoor Breaks 100K and Keeps Getting Better

It’s been awhile since we’ve done a product update (we’ve been caught up blogging about some of the economic news), but this week we pushed out a few product updates and I wanted to take this opportunity to give everyone the latest from the team.

eBay Layoffs – Will Donahoe Be Next?

So the economy is tanking and there’s no shortage of bad news out there, but for today we thought we’d take a break from talking about financial services to talk about a local high-tech favorite – eBay. 

Apple, a Fortress of Secrecy?