I've recently checked out some reviews of potential employers on sites like JobVent, Telonu, and Glassdoor. The reviews tend to skew negative as might be expected, so I'm wondering how useful they are for job expectations and a metric of morale in the company?
我最近在JobVent,Telonu和Glassdoor等网站上查看了一些潜在雇主的评论。评论往往会出现预期的负面偏差,所以我想知道他们对于工作期望和公司士气的衡量标准有多大用处?
What I've seen in a couple different interviews seems to be very different than what I'm reading online.
我在几次不同的访谈中看到的内容似乎与我在网上阅读的内容大不相同。
If you checked out a company online before taking a job with a fair number of negative reviews, how did it work out for you?
如果您在上一家公司之前在网上查看过相当数量的负面评论,那么它是如何为您服务的?
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3 个解决方案
#1
The problem with (publicly-)anonymous reviews on the internet is that they are particularly appealing to those with an ax to grind.
互联网上(公开)匿名评论的问题在于,他们对那些有斧头的人特别有吸引力。
I think they are useful for learning about specific issues (e.g., lots of reviews mentioning long work hours or management pressure) but not for any actual numeric values.
我认为它们对于了解特定问题(例如,提及长工作时间或管理压力的大量评论)非常有用,但对于任何实际数值都没有。
In addition, smaller companies rarely have reviews, while larger corporations have so many subgroups, divisions, and sites that the likelihood of the review applying to your position is minimal.
此外,较小的公司很少有评论,而较大的公司有这么多的子组,部门和网站,审查适用于您的职位的可能性很小。
If you want the inside scoop, you probably need to talk to somebody who worked there (not just interviewed). If it's a big enough company, Facebook or LinkedIn may be your best resource to find such a person as you can search for alumni of your alma mater, etc.
如果你想要内幕消息,你可能需要和在那里工作的人交谈(不仅仅是采访过)。如果它是一个足够大的公司,Facebook或LinkedIn可能是你找到这样一个人的最佳资源,因为你可以搜索你母校的校友等。
#2
I usually do this sort of thing as part of the interview process - online reviews can be skewed in that the employer might add false positive reviews, and knocked-back applicants will add false-negatives. If I want to see if I'm going to fit in at a company, I do this during the interview. I ask questions (not just of the person interviewing me) in order to get a feel for how sociable / happy / on-edge the other employees are.
作为访谈过程的一部分,我通常会做这种事情 - 在线评论可能会有偏差,因为雇主可能会添加误报评论,而被淘汰的申请人会增加假阴性。如果我想知道我是否适合参加公司,我会在面试时这样做。我提出问题(不仅仅是采访我的人),以便了解其他员工的社交/快乐/前沿。
#3
I was surprised at how useful it was to ask the interviewers (fellow engineers) what they'd change about the company. It was like opening a release valve... I got very honest answers that really reflected the frustrations they felt - but I could also tell that the source of the frustration was a deep investment in the success of the company.
我很惊讶于询问采访者(同事们)他们对公司的改变是多么有用。这就像打开一个释放阀...我得到了非常诚实的答案,真正反映了他们感到的挫折 - 但我也可以说,挫折的根源是对公司成功的深度投资。
The problem with review sites like those is that if your company is small, it won't be on there, and if it's large, the complaints aired may not be relevant to the specific group you're interviewing with.
像这样的评论网站的问题是,如果您的公司很小,它就不会在那里,如果它很大,所播出的投诉可能与您正在采访的特定群体无关。
#1
The problem with (publicly-)anonymous reviews on the internet is that they are particularly appealing to those with an ax to grind.
互联网上(公开)匿名评论的问题在于,他们对那些有斧头的人特别有吸引力。
I think they are useful for learning about specific issues (e.g., lots of reviews mentioning long work hours or management pressure) but not for any actual numeric values.
我认为它们对于了解特定问题(例如,提及长工作时间或管理压力的大量评论)非常有用,但对于任何实际数值都没有。
In addition, smaller companies rarely have reviews, while larger corporations have so many subgroups, divisions, and sites that the likelihood of the review applying to your position is minimal.
此外,较小的公司很少有评论,而较大的公司有这么多的子组,部门和网站,审查适用于您的职位的可能性很小。
If you want the inside scoop, you probably need to talk to somebody who worked there (not just interviewed). If it's a big enough company, Facebook or LinkedIn may be your best resource to find such a person as you can search for alumni of your alma mater, etc.
如果你想要内幕消息,你可能需要和在那里工作的人交谈(不仅仅是采访过)。如果它是一个足够大的公司,Facebook或LinkedIn可能是你找到这样一个人的最佳资源,因为你可以搜索你母校的校友等。
#2
I usually do this sort of thing as part of the interview process - online reviews can be skewed in that the employer might add false positive reviews, and knocked-back applicants will add false-negatives. If I want to see if I'm going to fit in at a company, I do this during the interview. I ask questions (not just of the person interviewing me) in order to get a feel for how sociable / happy / on-edge the other employees are.
作为访谈过程的一部分,我通常会做这种事情 - 在线评论可能会有偏差,因为雇主可能会添加误报评论,而被淘汰的申请人会增加假阴性。如果我想知道我是否适合参加公司,我会在面试时这样做。我提出问题(不仅仅是采访我的人),以便了解其他员工的社交/快乐/前沿。
#3
I was surprised at how useful it was to ask the interviewers (fellow engineers) what they'd change about the company. It was like opening a release valve... I got very honest answers that really reflected the frustrations they felt - but I could also tell that the source of the frustration was a deep investment in the success of the company.
我很惊讶于询问采访者(同事们)他们对公司的改变是多么有用。这就像打开一个释放阀...我得到了非常诚实的答案,真正反映了他们感到的挫折 - 但我也可以说,挫折的根源是对公司成功的深度投资。
The problem with review sites like those is that if your company is small, it won't be on there, and if it's large, the complaints aired may not be relevant to the specific group you're interviewing with.
像这样的评论网站的问题是,如果您的公司很小,它就不会在那里,如果它很大,所播出的投诉可能与您正在采访的特定群体无关。