I’m wondering if it’s ok to review a company that you currently work for or have worked for in the past?
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Hi @autox as a local guide you can review any location on Google map, as long as you have been there before, beside anything else you have to be loyal with the review, do not sell your company by writing false information such as being personal since you work there, like trying to gain points from your boss or employer. Another thing it might happen that you left that job due to fights like when you are fired due to bad behavior and trying to pay revenge by writing hateful reviews destroying the business.
There must be transparency, loyalty and the review must be genuine. This is why local guides are not advised to take payments form their services, as once you get paid you can not be loyal any more as local guide, its like you have been bribed…
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Every company I have worked for I give them reviews. I want the company and people to know what kind of company this is. And if this is a good company to work for. It’s always a good idea to give reviews.
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I was wondering if an invitation could be extended for current employees of a business to write a review of their current employer. Of course I would communicate the fact that it is completely optional and that no favoritism would be shown to people that did write reviews. I guess I was just wondering if Google considers that a conflict of interest.
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@autox A good read will be the Google Maps contribution policy here
https://support.google.com/contributionpolicy/answer/7400114
Although it doesn’t state specifically an employee cannot review a business, there’s always the risk and issue of bias and conflict of interest. (Example, can he or she actually write a bad review about their experience interacting as a customer with the business without “retaliation” from the employer?)
So in my opinion only, a current employee should not review the business he or she is currently working for. And in my opinion, after he or she has left the employment, a review is ok, but should be based off an actual personal experience of interacting with the business after leaving the company, and should not have any relations to any prior experiences.
Hope this helps.
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Good point. Thank you, Stephen.