Employer branding
Small Business Recruiting on Glassdoor with Talend
Glassdoor Team
Glassdoor Team | Author & Career Expert at Glassdoor | Sep 14, 2016
About 400 balloons filled the office of Brent Holloway, Talend’s vice president of Corporate Sales. It was Holloway’s birthday, so his colleagues made sure he celebrated accordingly. “He actually worked like that for a few days,” the caption reads beneath a photo on Talend’s Glassdoor profile, of Holloway holding a phone above the sea of balloons in his office.
About Talend
Talend (Nasdaq: TLND) is a next generation leader in cloud and big data integration solutions that helps companies become data driven by making data more accessible, improving its quality and quickly moving data where it’s needed for real-time decision making. By simplifying big data through these steps, Talend enables companies to act with insight about their business, customers, and the competitive marketplace.
Founded 10 years ago in France, Talend is now headquartered in Redwood Shores, California and has a truly unique culture. We pride ourselves on being an incredibly motivated, engaged and supportive group of employees, connected by the common commitment to keeping our workplace fast-paced, fun and collaborative. According to Talend Recruiting Coordinator, Meghan McGuire, the company is currently made up of around 600 employees worldwide. Although Talend is growing rapidly, maintaining this culture across all global regions is still very much a priority in recruiting.
Building Talend’s employer brand
With 15 offices worldwide, Talend uses Glassdoor to unify its global culture. Talend actively manages its employer brand through Glassdoor by posting company updates and photos that embody its office culture, like Brent’s eccentric and fun-loving office balloon birthday surprise!
Who owns Glassdoor at Talend?
"Glassdoor is a tool through which all our employees can own, manage and actively provide feedback on ‘life at Talend’,” McGuire said. “I don’t own Glassdoor and the marketing team doesn’t own Glassdoor, which is where we differ from what you might see at larger corporations. At Talend, we don’t attempt to ‘taint’ Glassdoor through control. We want it to be truly reflective of our employees’ feelings and experiences."
Members of the company, from all tiers, examine reviews, and absorb the feedback to change company culture. In fact, Talend’s senior leadership team frequently reads through and sometimes even responds directly to Glassdoor reviews, including our CEO, Mike Tuchen.
“Being a smaller company, Talend’s use of Glassdoor really embodies one of the tool’s core missions, which is to enable each Talend employee to have a voice,” Mcguire said.
What employers can learn from Talend
So, how can your company learn from and apply Talend’s Glassdoor practices for its own use? Here are some key tips you can take away from Talend’s experience:
1. Schedule a (monthly/quarter/regular?) meeting with internal stakeholders about who at your organization should own or manage Glassdoor. As noted earlier, every employee has a stake in and is a partial ‘owner’ of its Glassdoor account, but the resource does need a designated ‘ambassador’ to manage its use on an ongoing basis. Monitoring a company’s profile is a mighty responsibility. Therefore all internal company stakeholders should identify and agree on which team within the organization is best equipped to monitor and manage Glassdoor postings and engagement.
2. Set up review alerts on Glassdoor.
It’s important to be aware of what employees and candidates are saying about your company. Set up alerts using your employer profile settings so that each new review on the site if flagged. Get a Free Employer Account to start managing reviews now.
3. Strategize a plan for responding to reviews and encouraging employee feedback.
Reviews, both positive and negative, can be used to your company’s advantage. Develop a strategic plan for how your company will respond to reviews and also how it will encourage employees to leave feedback.
For further insight into Talend’s corporate culture check out this video, and for more information on Talend’s portfolio of cloud and big data integration solutions, visit www.talend.com.
About Talend
Talend (Nasdaq: TLND) is a next generation leader in cloud and big data integration solutions that helps companies become data driven by making data more accessible, improving its quality and quickly moving data where it’s needed for real-time decision making. By simplifying big data through these steps, Talend enables companies to act with insight about their business, customers, and the competitive marketplace.
Founded 10 years ago in France, Talend is now headquartered in Redwood Shores, California and has a truly unique culture. We pride ourselves on being an incredibly motivated, engaged and supportive group of employees, connected by the common commitment to keeping our workplace fast-paced, fun and collaborative. According to Talend Recruiting Coordinator, Meghan McGuire, the company is currently made up of around 600 employees worldwide. Although Talend is growing rapidly, maintaining this culture across all global regions is still very much a priority in recruiting.
Building Talend’s employer brand
With 15 offices worldwide, Talend uses Glassdoor to unify its global culture. Talend actively manages its employer brand through Glassdoor by posting company updates and photos that embody its office culture, like Brent’s eccentric and fun-loving office balloon birthday surprise!
Who owns Glassdoor at Talend?
"Glassdoor is a tool through which all our employees can own, manage and actively provide feedback on ‘life at Talend’,” McGuire said. “I don’t own Glassdoor and the marketing team doesn’t own Glassdoor, which is where we differ from what you might see at larger corporations. At Talend, we don’t attempt to ‘taint’ Glassdoor through control. We want it to be truly reflective of our employees’ feelings and experiences."
Members of the company, from all tiers, examine reviews, and absorb the feedback to change company culture. In fact, Talend’s senior leadership team frequently reads through and sometimes even responds directly to Glassdoor reviews, including our CEO, Mike Tuchen.
“Being a smaller company, Talend’s use of Glassdoor really embodies one of the tool’s core missions, which is to enable each Talend employee to have a voice,” Mcguire said.
What employers can learn from Talend
So, how can your company learn from and apply Talend’s Glassdoor practices for its own use? Here are some key tips you can take away from Talend’s experience:
1. Schedule a (monthly/quarter/regular?) meeting with internal stakeholders about who at your organization should own or manage Glassdoor. As noted earlier, every employee has a stake in and is a partial ‘owner’ of its Glassdoor account, but the resource does need a designated ‘ambassador’ to manage its use on an ongoing basis. Monitoring a company’s profile is a mighty responsibility. Therefore all internal company stakeholders should identify and agree on which team within the organization is best equipped to monitor and manage Glassdoor postings and engagement.
2. Set up review alerts on Glassdoor.
It’s important to be aware of what employees and candidates are saying about your company. Set up alerts using your employer profile settings so that each new review on the site if flagged. Get a Free Employer Account to start managing reviews now.
3. Strategize a plan for responding to reviews and encouraging employee feedback.
Reviews, both positive and negative, can be used to your company’s advantage. Develop a strategic plan for how your company will respond to reviews and also how it will encourage employees to leave feedback.
For further insight into Talend’s corporate culture check out this video, and for more information on Talend’s portfolio of cloud and big data integration solutions, visit www.talend.com. Glassdoor Team
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