Glassdoor

Glassdoor was co-founded by Robert Hohman, Rich Barton and Tim Besse, who had worked at Expedia. Recruit Holdings’ subsequent acquisition announcement lists its foundation date as June 7, 2007. Hohman was its early CEO, Barton its non-executive chairman and Besse its product and marketing leader.⁠[1][2]

Glassdoor launched its public beta, allowing employees to share company reviews, ratings and pay information anonymously. Its early give-to-get model unlocked comparable data for other companies after a user contributed a review or salary survey. The platform sought to inform job applications and pay discussions with insights into employers and compensation.⁠[3]

Glassdoor closed a US$40 million round led by funds and accounts advised by T. Rowe PriceT. Rowe PriceT. Rowe Price is a global asset management firm headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Founded by Thomas Rowe Price Jr. in 1937, it mainly provides active equity, fixed income, multi-asset, retirement, and alternative investment management. The group’s shares trade on Nasdaq under the ticker TROW, and Rob Sharps serves as chair and chief executive officer.Open the full entry Associates, with existing investors including Battery VenturesBattery VenturesBattery Ventures is a global venture capital and private equity firm focused on technology companies, investing from seed-stage startups through growth investments and buyouts.Open the full entry, GoogleGoogleGoogle is an American technology company founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin and incorporated in 1998. It became an Alphabet subsidiary in 2015. Its businesses include internet search, advertising, software platforms, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence.Open the full entry Capital, Sutter Hill Ventures and Tiger Global participating. It reported approximately US$200 million raised in total and planned further investment in products, marketing and its global workforce.⁠[4]

Glassdoor announced the acquisition of Brazilian employer-review, salary-data and jobs site Love Mondays for an undisclosed amount. Its first acquisition outside the United States marked an expansion into Latin America. The announcement said Love Mondays would retain its brand for the foreseeable future.⁠[5]

Recruit Holdings announced completion of its Glassdoor acquisition, ahead of the originally expected July–September closing window. The cash transaction had been announced in May at US$1.2 billion. Glassdoor joined the group’s HR technology business alongside Indeed, which Recruit had acquired in 2012.⁠[6][2]

Glassdoor announced that former president and COO Christian Sutherland-Wong was leading the company as CEO, while co-founder Robert Hohman remained as chairman. Sutherland-Wong had joined in 2015, become its first COO in 2018 and president in 2019. The announcement also reported a workforce exceeding 1,000 worldwide.⁠[7]

Glassdoor announced that its parent company had completed the acquisition of professional social network Fishbowl, without disclosing financial terms. Founded by Matt Sunbulli and Loren Appin, Fishbowl organized career discussions around companies, industries and interests. Glassdoor began displaying relevant Fishbowl conversations, expanding beyond reviews into real-time discussion.⁠[8]

Glassdoor published a CEO memo announcing approximately 140 job cuts, about 15% of its workforce. It cited a weakening recruitment market, declining revenue trends and lower employer-branding customer retention. The memo said hiring pauses and reductions in program and travel spending had not been sufficient.⁠[9][10]

Glassdoor updated its mobile and desktop experience with bowls: discussion communities organized by industry, interest or company. Users could participate with their full identity, as an employee of a company or with only a job title. The update also introduced a new logo and visual identity centered on workplace conversations.⁠[11]

Recruit Holdings disclosed approximately 1,300 job cuts across the HR Technology segment that operated Indeed and Glassdoor, about 6% of the segment’s April 1, 2025 workforce. The figure covered the whole segment, rather than Glassdoor alone. The company said the financial impact was largely reflected in its existing outlook.⁠[12]

Glassdoor’s terms-update summary confirmed that Glassdoor LLC and Indeed, Inc. merged on July 1, after which Indeed operated Glassdoor services. The revised terms define Glassdoor as Indeed, Inc. for contractual purposes. Glassdoor continues as a consumer-facing brand for hiring and workplace information.⁠[13][14][15]

Glassdoor announced its US 50 Best CEOs list, replacing Best-Led Companies. The assessment combined CEO approval, senior-management ratings and Review Intelligence analysis of leadership sentiment, using voluntarily submitted employee reviews. The announcement identified Owen Humphries as Glassdoor president and confirmed its place within Indeed and parent Recruit Holdings.⁠[16]

Glassdoor offers employee reviews, salary data, company information and anonymous communities. Glassdoor Recruiter combines job-seeker preferences, company knowledge and Indeed listings to suggest suitable roles. Its website says job matching, reviews and salary information are free to job seekers, combining employee experiences with recruitment information.⁠[15]

Employers can manage profiles, respond to reviews and use employer-branding products. Employer Branding Hub combines content and analytics for Glassdoor Enhanced Profiles and Indeed Company Pages. Posting a job through Glassdoor routes employers to Indeed, whose listings are distributed to Glassdoor. Paid branding and advertising products are separate from review policies.⁠[17][18]

Glassdoor says it combines technical checks, account validation and human moderation to detect inauthentic reviews. It prohibits incentives or coercion and does not accept payment to remove reviews. It also acknowledges that it cannot fully verify every identity, employment relationship or statement. Content may be removed for policy violations; publication is not comprehensive factual certification.⁠[19][18]

Reviews may appear anonymously to the public while the platform retains account information. Glassdoor says it may challenge legal demands for identities, but acknowledges that court orders can require disclosure and that anonymity cannot be guaranteed. Its current terms also provide for a Connected Profile, synchronizing profile data when users sign in through Indeed.⁠[20][14]

Glassdoor’s LinkedInLinkedInLinkedIn is a social networking platform for professionals. It was founded in 2002 by Reid Hoffman and others, launched in 2003, and listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 2011; after Microsoft acquired it for approximately $26.2 billion in 2016, it became a wholly owned Microsoft subsidiary. Its revenue comes from membership subscriptions, advertising, and recruitment solutions.Open the full entry page lists its headquarters in San Francisco, California. Its website links to its LinkedIn page and YouTubeYouTubeYouTube is Google’s video-sharing and creator platform, founded in 2005 by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim and acquired by Google in 2006. Built around video uploading, viewing, and creator earnings, the platform has developed Shorts, YouTube Music, Premium, YouTube TV, and products for children, and is headquartered in San Bruno, California, United States.Open the full entry channel; the latter uses @glassdoor and links back to the official website. The X account @Glassdoor describes workplace discussions, salaries, reviews and jobs, and links to a Glassdoor app landing page.⁠[21][22][23][15]