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Originally Posted by shermanator
Let me tell you about the one time I left a poor review.
A few years ago I had a recruiter reach out to me for a job with a local tech company. It seemed like an exciting opportunity so I was interested. His phone automatically goes to voicemail when I try and call him, so that's a red flag, but two weeks later we finally figure out a time to do the first high level interview. That phone call was standard first interview stuff, no big deal.
The recruiter emails a project for me to do and I do it. A few weeks go by and I hear nothing. I assume I didn't get the role and move on.
Some time later the recruiter contacts me and advises that they want to move me forward in the interview process. I give him my availability and hear nothing back for days. When I follow up, he sends me a meeting request outside of the times I have provided. When I ask him if he can work within the provided availability he does not respond. At that point, I am frustrated and tell him I am no longer interested.
I was so frustrated with the experience I left a review on Glassdoor highlighting what I went through. The one and only time I have left a negative review online. A few days after leaving the review the recruiter calls me and tells me that because of my poor review (which was supposed to be anonymous), he was fired from the company.
So on the one hand, yes reviews can have consequences. But on the other hand, if people are compelled to leave a poor review there is probably a good reason why.
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The person who was fired was probably investigated and found to be to be completely unfit for their job. Everybody wins besides the ding-dong - you, the business, and future customers all benefit. The system that may react a lot to one review can actually be very positive sometimes.