[bolobo]

It's not about displaying the names next to the reviews on GLassdoor.

It's about building an internal database of user profiles with their names. And they are apparently pretty aggressive, getting the names from support cases and third parties:

https://www.glassdoor.co.uk/about/terms/ > "We may update your Profile with information we obtain from third parties. We may also use personal data you provide to us via your resume(s) or our other services."

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/03/glassdoor-adding...

The worry is that when they get hacked, it will be possible to map real humans to reviews. Which is potentially going to be catastrophic for anyone who posted negative reviews. Not a good move from a website which is some sort

[gorbachev]

Hacking is not the most likely negative scenario. Your data is already in multiple hacked databases, anyway. You've already lost that fight. Even if Glassdoor gets hacked, the information they already have on you (email, place of employment) is enough to deanonymize you when combined with other hacked databases.

The most likely negative scenario is that it'll now be much easier for companies to uncover identities of people posting reviews about them on Glassdoor. HR inviting you for a "chat" due to a negative interview is what I'd be concerned about. As another commenter said already, this is phenomenally stupid from Glassdoor, because they're losing the remaining little trust people had on them for keeping their users anonymous.