[1] In 2018, the company was acquired by the Japanese Recruit Holdings (Owner of Indeed) for US$1.2 billion, and it continues to operate as an independent subsidiary.

[20] The reputation a company has on Glassdoor has also been found correlative by Case Western Professor Casey Newmeyer.

[22] In 2017, Glassdoor announced on its website that it would no longer post job advertisements that exclude people with criminal records.

[23] In May 2020, Glassdoor announced it was laying off 300 people, accounting for 30% of the company's workforce and half of the Chicago office.

[26] Following the acquisition of the work discussion app Fishbowl, new and old users are now required to input their full name, workplace, and job title, though those details could be hidden.

[12] Glassdoor produces reports based upon the data collected from its users, on topics including work–life balance,[27] CEO pay-ratios,[28] lists of the best office places and cultures,[29] and the accuracy of corporate job searching maxims.

[31][32] In May 2018, Recruit Holdings announced its intention to acquire Glassdoor for $1.2 billion in cash, with the acquisition completed in June 2018.

[4] By 2015, the site had 30 million users from 190 countries and corporate clients including one-third of all Fortune 500 companies.

[10] That year, Glassdoor also began creating localized websites and mobile apps for different national jurisdictions, such as Germany.

[39] In November 2017, the U.S. Court of Appeals required disclosing Glassdoor's anonymous users' identities to prosecutors investigating possible criminal misconduct by their employers.