No one should respect the "Best Places To Work" lists, even remotely

Pay-to-play and PR tactics vs. an actual examination of culture, respect, and management.

Yesterday I wrote something on how Glassdoor data isn't that valuable (it's not), and a few people hit me up. Somewhat oddly, 2-3 of them said "Write something about 'Best Places To Work' lists." So, here goes nothing.

I actually used to be somewhat fascinated by the methodology of these lists, even writing this post in 2014 breaking it down. Over time, …