Fact vs. feeling on compensation
Glassdoor protects subjective compensation dissatisfaction. It does not protect demonstrably false factual claims — "no health insurance" when every employee is on a company plan, "below minimum wage" when payroll proves otherwise.
The line is narrow. "I felt underpaid" survives. "Company pays $15/hour for senior engineers in 2025" dies if your payroll shows $85K+ for that role band.
Documentation that works
We submit anonymized compensation band summaries, benefits enrollment statistics, and third-party salary survey comparisons. Never dump raw payroll — redact names, show ranges and policy.
In the case that prompted this writeup, Glassdoor removed the review after we demonstrated the benefits claim was objectively false for 100% of employees during the reviewer's claimed tenure window.
Salary data integrity
Separate from reviews, Glassdoor's salary submissions can also be gamed. That's a different dispute channel. Reviews that embed false salary claims in narrative text go through community guidelines enforcement.
Compensation falsehoods hurt recruiting specifically. Our Glassdoor Review Removal intake flags salary-related fabrications for expedited handling.