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Hi all,
Would you like to know if the grass is greener somewhere else? or how does one office compare with another one?
Well, it's not the perfect solution but it's a start: YourWorkplace
There is one year of data already and I encourage everyone to try this out and decide for themselves.
Why rating on this site?
1. It's exclusively for poeple working in the video game industry
2. People can't vote for a company they don't have email access (so EA can't skew results from Ubisoft), and by extension only vote once per semester.
3. It shows an evolution through time as company evolve (hence this call for the new semester)... and we just started a new semester!
If you are willing to spend 5 minutes to let other people know: search your company/office first in the (list of companies) and invite yourself with the email invite box once you are on the office stats page (e.g.: Starbreeze Studios). Yes, you need your business email to be able to rate.
PS: I'm redecorating the website for the new year, so expect a few page to look... odd.
PPS: Of course, any suggestion more than welcomed!
Happy new year to all!
Best,
Jeremy
Would you like to know if the grass is greener somewhere else? or how does one office compare with another one?
Well, it's not the perfect solution but it's a start: YourWorkplace
There is one year of data already and I encourage everyone to try this out and decide for themselves.
Why rating on this site?
1. It's exclusively for poeple working in the video game industry
2. People can't vote for a company they don't have email access (so EA can't skew results from Ubisoft), and by extension only vote once per semester.
3. It shows an evolution through time as company evolve (hence this call for the new semester)... and we just started a new semester!
If you are willing to spend 5 minutes to let other people know: search your company/office first in the (list of companies) and invite yourself with the email invite box once you are on the office stats page (e.g.: Starbreeze Studios). Yes, you need your business email to be able to rate.
PS: I'm redecorating the website for the new year, so expect a few page to look... odd.
PPS: Of course, any suggestion more than welcomed!
Happy new year to all!
Best,
Jeremy
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Looking at his post count, I'm sure he's on top of it.
Might I propose that instead of wiping all old data, you leave it, but mark companies in some way to indicate the 'freshness' of the reviews? Maybe make individual ratings less influential in the overall score the older they are?
outch, that hurts
Makes lots of sense, thanks for your input. As a matter of fact, data aren't wiped out, but damned you are right, navigation is not helping here. I started an effort to improve information retrieval (relative to time) in the review page, but it's an effort that needs to be done accross the whole of the website.
Any other suggestions more than welcome.
And since it's a new semester, everyone is invited to vote again.
Then you can just send e-mail reminders to update their review/rating every few months or accept their current review. If they don't respond after 2 or 3 semesters their rating no longer applies.
I think this keeps it simple for the user, and will keep people coming back and updating their scores. Anyway, take it or leave it.
*cough.. signature*
Are you worried though that a company may attempt to hold you liable if they score too low? I mean not that they would win, but sometimes deeper pockets and a oncall lawyer alone can scare people with less into submission.
I plan to do a matching algo at some point: you weight your preferences and it tells you what company you should work for