Honest reviews of employers

Every ask, newest first

Each line is an AI paraphrase of what the writer wanted. The link goes to their own words on Hacker News.

Reader’s note. Several want a blacklist of bad actors.

1. Mar 2026Wants a Yelp-style review site for CEOs so partners and investors can check for unethical behavior before signing. Read it: a comment in “How the Sriracha guys screwed over their supplier”
2. Sep 2024Wants a site to warn applicants about startups running fake hiring interviews or to give feedback. Read it: a post: “Ask HN: How to signal AI startups hiring scams?”
3. Nov 2023Wants a rating system for employers scoring code quality, testing practices, QA and on-call burden. Read it: a comment in “Hard-to-swallow truths they won't tell you about software engineer job”
4. Sep 2023Wants a site tracking companies that mistreat staff, such as layoffs without severance or rescinded offers. Read it: a comment in “Flexport is rescinding a bunch of signed offer letters”
5. Jul 2023Wants a vetted but anonymous Yelp-style site warning about firms and people who act in bad faith. Read it: a comment in “StabilityAI cofounder says CEO tricked him into selling stake for $100”
6. Jan 2022Wants a Glassdoor-like site where employees sell salary data and the site keeps a commission. Read it: a comment in “Tell HN: Salary data is for sale”
7. Aug 2019Wants a Glassdoor-style site where people post employment agreements, especially IP clauses, before applying. Read it: a post: “Ask HN: Database of Employee Agreements?”
8. Jan 2019Wants an honest review site with a business model resistant to rating manipulation, as Glassdoor is untrustworthy. Read it: a comment in “Companies Manipulate Glassdoor by Inflating Rankings and Pressuring Employees”
9. Nov 2018Wants a site comparing tech companies on treatment of women, age discrimination, side projects and access to management. Read it: a comment in “Google staff walk out over women's treatment”
10. Jan 2018Wants a site with average weekly hours per company, filterable by date, role, position and team. Read it: a post: “Ask HN: Is there a website with a survey of average hours per week at a company?”
11. Oct 2017Wants an anti-LinkedIn listing bad founders alongside articles on why they are poor to work with. Read it: a comment in ““Startup” asks internship applicant to build their app before phone screen”
12. Nov 2016Wants a Glassdoor alternative with a nicer experience where people share good and bad employer information. Read it: a comment in “Ask HN: Ever been hired through a “who's hiring” post?”
13. Jan 2016Wants a Rate My Professor style site for managers, or anonymous manager polls that lead to action. Read it: a comment in “San Francisco Bubble”
14. Jul 2015Wants a site showing pay by company, split by gender and race, to reveal how employers treat staff. Read it: a comment in “Ex-Googler says she exposed company-wide pay inequality with spreadsheet”
15. Mar 2015Wants a focused place to name companies with bad candidate experiences so others avoid them. Read it: a comment in “Ask HN: What if a candidate gave a company an “employer challenge”?”
16. Apr 2014Wants a site collecting companies that bully small partners, to serve as a blacklist for job seekers. Read it: a comment in “Avow-CI Is No More”
17. Nov 2013Wants a Glassdoor-like site detailing perks, hours, dress code, leave, 401k match and health plans per company. Read it: a comment in “Competing With Silicon Valley's Cushy Benefits”