🌐 How to Remove a Negative Glassdoor Review from a Former Employee
Glassdoor is a powerful platform where employees review their past and current employers. While honest feedback is valuable, false, exaggerated, or malicious reviews can severely harm your company’s reputation, making it harder to attract top talent and affecting business partnerships.
If you’ve been targeted by a disgruntled former employee, there are steps you can take to challenge and remove the negative Glassdoor review. At Reputation Ace, we specialise in Glassdoor review removal and employer reputation management. Here’s how you can regain control of your business’s online image.
🚫 When Can You Remove a Glassdoor Review?
Glassdoor has strict content policies, and reviews that violate these can be removed. Your chances of getting a negative review deleted increase if it includes:
🔒 False Information – If the review contains inaccurate statements about your company.
💥 Defamation or Libel – If the review makes damaging claims without evidence.
🎮 Personal Attacks – If an ex-employee names specific individuals in a hostile manner.
🧣 Hate Speech or Offensive Content – If the review includes discriminatory or abusive language.
🌐 Conflicts of Interest – If a competitor, ex-employee, or non-employee posts a review pretending to be a staff member.
If the negative review meets these criteria, it can be flagged for removal.
🔧 How to Remove a Bad Glassdoor Review Step-by-Step
✅ Step 1: Flag the Review for Violating Glassdoor’s Policies
Glassdoor allows employers to report reviews that break their guidelines. To do this:
1️⃣ Log into your Glassdoor Employer Account
2️⃣ Find the review in question
3️⃣ Click the ‘Report’ button
4️⃣ Select the reason for the report (e.g., false information, defamatory content)
5️⃣ Submit supporting evidence to strengthen your case
📅 Glassdoor usually reviews flagged content within a few days.
🌍 Step 2: Respond Professionally to the Review
While waiting for Glassdoor’s decision, responding professionally can help minimise damage. A well-worded response reassures future employees and stakeholders.
Example response:
📢 “We take employee feedback seriously and strive for a positive workplace. However, we have no record of the claims in this review. We encourage open dialogue and invite past and present employees to address concerns directly.”
This positions your company positively and prevents further damage.
⚡ Step 3: Submit a Legal Complaint if Necessary
If Glassdoor refuses to remove the review, but you can prove it’s false, defamatory, or malicious, you may be able to escalate the case using legal channels.
🛡 Steps for legal escalation:
✔️ Document evidence disproving the claims.
✔️ Send a formal legal request to Glassdoor citing defamation laws.
✔️ Contact legal professionals experienced in online reputation cases.
At Reputation Ace, we handle the entire legal process to improve your chances of success.
💎 Step 4: Bury Negative Reviews with SEO & Employer Branding
If a negative Glassdoor review cannot be removed, SEO suppression techniques can push it down in search results. Our strategy ensures positive employer branding outweighs negative feedback.
📈 Encouraging Genuine Employee Reviews
🌟 Boosting Positive Employer Reputation
📝 Publishing Content to Rank Higher than Negative Reviews
This helps attract quality candidates and protects your brand image.
🎉 How Reputation Ace Can Help
At Reputation Ace, we provide expert Glassdoor review removal services to protect businesses from false, misleading, and damaging employee reviews.
🛠 Our Services Include:
📢 Glassdoor Review Disputes & Removals
🛡 Legal-Based Review Removal Assistance
🔄 SEO Suppression for Negative Employer Reviews
🔎 Employer Reputation Monitoring & Protection
If you need help removing a false Glassdoor review, contact us today.
📞 Call us now: 0800 088 5506
📧 Email us: info@reputationace.co.uk
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