Blind is an app that provides an anonymous forum and community for verified employees to discuss issues. Users on Blind are grouped by topics, company and their broader industry. The app verifies that the registered users actually work in the company through their work email and claims to keep user identities untraceable.
The app has been in the news in multiple cases, noticeably when its anonymous surveys reveal the frank opinions of employees across industries. However, it is also used for more discussions about everyday topics such as
salaries
A salary is a form of periodic payment from an employer to an employee, which may be specified in an employment contract. It is contrasted with piece wages, where each job, hour or other unit is paid separately, rather than on a periodic basis.
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According to its app pages on the iOS App Store and Google Play, it has registered employees from over 83,000 companies. According to Forbes,
the app is being used worldwide and is influencing corporate decisions by giving executives information about employees' concerns.
Employees from various companies have provided their input on situations at their workplace through the app's
surveys and chats, including the
Korean Air VP rage 7 sacking incident,
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Google memo, and
Amazon employment conditions and problems.
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