I shared a very detailed and long-winded review of my former employer on Indeed about a month ago and after “pending” for about three weeks, it was finally rejected.
I didn't go to Glassdoor after hearing a lot of things lately about them not publishing comments (why do they exist, then??). My review was not nice at all, but every last thing in it was the truth and I presented it as professionally as possible without any name-calling or doxxing or anything. Indeed said it did not meet their review guidelines, I'm guessing because it was “defamatory.”
Some of my former workplace's greatest hits that I wanted to tell people about include:
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Heavy, heavy implication by administration that I should clock out and then return to my work area and finish what I was doing if I can't get everything done in time.
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Being required to do things that were not in my job description, including driving to multiple locations (which was not disclosed in the job listing or the interview).
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They hired me in spite of absolutely zero relevant work experience AND being half an hour late to the interview due to unforeseen travel conditions (translation: desperate for employees). Frankly, I was shocked I got an interview at all.
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Inadequate job training when they knew I had no experience and then when I asked questions to try and do better, they told me, “you've been here long enough to figure it out.” They told me my performance was bad, but did not tell me how to improve it.
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I was required to join a union and pay to be in it. Said union proceeded to do absolutely nothing to help me when I was fired. Union rep just sat there like a bump on a log. Apparently if I get fired during my 90-day probationary period, I cannot appeal my termination, so I think they were planning to fire me to ensure I couldn't fight them. Their reason for letting me go was that I “wasn't a good fit.”
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Did NOT want anyone working a single moment past clock-out time. Me doing so resulted in a company-wide email saying “some people” were making “too much money” due to not clocking out on time. I also wasn't allowed to leave work for the morning shift. See previous bullet point about working off the clock, which I never did. The union people said I clock out at my scheduled time no matter how much work was left, so I did. And I heard about it when I had to clock out and left a mess in the room on the same day an administrator meeting was held in there. Mind you, I was in no danger at all of hitting full-time hours at a part-time job – I amassed maybe an extra hour of pay over the span of a month when I was scheduled to work 20 hours a week. This was from staying 3-5 minutes late here and there to finish up for the day. Clearly me getting an extra $12 would run the place into the ground.
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Was told I'd be reimbursed for the required FBI clearance, child abuse clearance and background check. I wasn't.
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The job from which I was fired was advertised THREE more times within the next six months. This company constantly advertises tons upon tons of job openings because they obviously cannot retain employees. There are a few similar businesses in my area and this place, by far, has more openings than all the others combined.
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I was required to get certified in first aid and CPR to continue being employed. We didn't have to practice on a test dummy or anything – we just had to watch a video. I slept through most of it because “training” was at 8am on Saturday. I still got my HeartSaver card. This isn't really bad for me, but it might be bad if someone had a medical emergency near me and I was expected to help them as part of my job.
I think those are all important things to warn potential job candidates about, but I guess my review was too honest/mean?