How to read employee reviews
The reviews here show you the inside of a company — but through one window, with one person's eyes. Reading them well takes a little care.
These reviews are not a verdict on a company. They are employees' own experiences.
Every review is one person's experience
The same company, the same period, different teams — completely different things can happen. Someone who got on well with a manager and someone who didn't may be describing the same company, and both are right. What held for one person may not hold for everyone.
Don't decide on a single review
One review is one data point. What five reviews say means far more than what one says. Put the positive and the negative side by side: reading only the bad ones, or only the good ones, leaves the picture incomplete; together they give you the real one.
Check the date
A review about a manager from three years ago may not describe today's team. Recent reviews show the present better; older ones show where the company has come from.
Watch for what repeats
If five different people mention overtime, that's not one person's bad luck. Things that recur across independent reviews say more than any single review — on the positive side too.
Compare with your own expectations
What is a minus for one person — lots of travel, a fast pace, a small team — may be a plus for you. Read with your own priorities, not the writer's: does the thing that matters to you come up in these reviews, and how?
Every review is read against the community rules before it goes live; if you think one breaks them, you can report it from the bottom of its card. How the company score is calculated is explained on its own page. Want to write about your own experience? See Writing a fair and useful review.
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