Recode Decode: Glassdoor CEO Robert Hohman

Decoder with Nilay Patel

Vox Media Podcast Network

Business, Technology

4.2 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2018

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Robert Hohman, the co-founder and CEO of company-reviewing site Glassdoor, talks about how the company has evolved since its early days, when Hohman wanted to merge employer transparency with the gaming sensibilities of World of Warcraft. He explains why letting employees and ex-employees rate a company's CEO was so successful, and why Glassdoor nixed a planned feature to let them rate their direct managers. Hohman also talks about the rules the company put in place to moderate publicly-shared reviews, including what happens when an employee alleges that a manager has sexually harassed them. Plus: Why there's a strong correlation between employees who have a bad work/life balance and CEOs with high approval ratings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:49.7	Hi, I'm Cara Swisher, Editor at Large of RECode.
0:53.7	You may be wondering why I'm not here to talk about the electric car.
0:56.7	Hi, I'm Cara Swisher, Editor at Large of RECode.
0:59.7	You may know me as someone who thinks people who live in glass houses should move because living in a glass house is a really stupid idea.
1:04.7	But in my spare time, I talk tech and you're listening to RECode decode from the Vox Media Podcast Network.
1:10.7	Today in the red chair is Robert Holman, the co-founder and CEO of Glassdoor.
1:14.7	It's a website that lets employees and their former employees leave anonymous reviews of their managers and companies.
1:20.7	He previously worked at Expedia in the early days of that company and currently sits on the board of the nonprofit tech for America.
1:26.7	Robert, welcome to RECode decode.
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