'Slander is illegal and can cost you lots and lots of money': Aggressive CEO replies to negative Glassdoor review, proves the reviewer right

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Emmy Pratt • Senior Editor
Feb 17, 2024 6:00 PM EST

A particular class of business owners are convinced that aggressively responding to their negative online reviews will make them look good. I'm here to tell them that screaming and hollering at bad reviews makes said reviews look much more valid. I had a nefarious therapist as a teenager, and out of curiosity, I recently checked her Google Reviews. Y'all…it is bad news. She has a 2.5 out of 5-star rating, and all of her positive reviews appear to come from her colleagues. She responds to every bad review, accusing them of lying in a very lawyer-approved paragraph. If she wanted to turn the tide on her reviews, she could just make a fake Google account every month and give herself a positive review, but she's clearly not smart enough to think ahead like that. Another professional, this time a CEO, who couldn't take the heat recently went viral for responding to a negative Glassdoor review with accusations of lying, inadvertently proving the reviewer's point.

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    r/antiwork u/Green_Flamingo_5835 23h ● Saw this review on Glassdoor. Employee is right on the money and the response confirms it
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    X Recommend Business Outlook CEO Approval Pros As my stay at this company was short (6 months) | can't really speak too much to pro's. The one redeeming quality of this company, is they have a handful of smart folks that should utilize their skills at a company with better leadership, culture, and values. Cons From the CEO down, leadership is extremely toxic: luckily this company is still tiny, so with a change of leadership, the toxic culture could be easily amended. I also happened to notice i
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    Response Hi "digital content creator"! 7y Thanks so much for taking the time to leave a fake review. Glad to see that all of our media exposure triggered you so much that you took the time to stop playing video games and create a fake account! It was *almost* believable, as you pointed out that we have great staff. That being said...you showed your lie in a couple of areas. I'll help you so you can go create another fake account and try again. First of all, we have yet to have any employees work
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    So perhaps more job hunting and less fake reviews after being triggered? I'm sure mommy wants you out of her basement by now! Sincerely, President / CEO PS - Slander is illegal and can cost you lots and lots of money. Might want to be a little more cautious when creating lies. glassdoor.com
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    III-Simple1706 - 22h CEO is the one triggered. CEO response is bigger red flag than actual post. Reply 8.9k
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    Green Flamingo_5835 OP. 22h Absolutely. CEO is legit unhinged and proves his employee's comments as true G 4.5k
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    Green_Flamingo_5835 OP. 23h What's also funny is he insinuated he can be sued for slander. What he means is libel which is really very telling here Reply 44.4K ↓
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    Orcus424 22h Millions of people learned that difference because of the Tobey Maguire Spider Man movies. 41.3k
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    Twisted Kestrel • 22h You should be proud of getting a post like that out of a "CEO". I keep hearing Glassdoor is too watered- down and accommodating of employers, but seeing this would be highly informative! Reply 4 1.1k ↓
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    Green Flamingo_5835 OP. 22h There's another post (this time it's someone even more moderate and constructive in criticism) where the CEO does the same thing. Definitely a toxic company 4 475 ...
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    SavinHill 22h Even with the anonymity, I knew right away what company this is. I never worked there but I know the guy is a real piece of work. ... Reply 4212
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    Green Flamingo_5835 OP 22h Definitely someone I'm interested in talking to then. He's a huge piece of work and he's up for a national award next month actually 103
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    antisharper 22h ● I'm why the F* is the CEO responding on Glassdoor.... don't you have ppl to do that while you make up SH*T to claim more pay for less work? Reply 1.7k ↓ ...
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    Green Flamingo_5835 OP. 22h He has nothing better to do ... 629
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    1 anlsrnvs 22h so youre saying, he's a CEO? /s ... 266
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    OrcsSmurai • 20h Legit, you can lose the /s. Of the companies I've been part of the one that had no CEO for a few years and posted massive record profits in that time only to nose dive as soon as they get a CEO sticks with me best. The kindest thing I can say about most CEOs is they keep themselves busy with nothing. When they actually impact real work it tends to be a disaster. ... 120
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    Fixerguy415 22h Truth is an absolute defense against a slander claim. If you're a Turdwookie, then calling you a Turdwookie isn't actionable. Quit being a Turdwookie and the CEO might have a case. Reply 4363
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    Green_Flamingo_5835 OP. 22h And I'm sure that's why no actual suit was filed 4125 ...
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