The data both giants will never publish.
The Giant has this data. Glassdoor has this data. Both have had it for years. Neither will ever publish it — because the companies being named are the companies paying their bills.
Candor has no such conflict. Our revenue comes from companies earning access to professionals, not from companies buying the right to hide their behaviour. This report is possible because the business model demands it.
Published quarterly. Freely accessible. Cannot be suppressed. Cannot be purchased away.
Six sections. All verified. All named.
Every Transparency Report follows the same structure. The data is drawn directly from the platform — not surveys, not estimates, not anecdotes. Every number has a source you can check.
Platform Overview
Total pitches sent. Confirmed hires. Candidate earnings paid out. Sponsored problems completed. Platform growth. Breakdown by sector and company size.
The Best Companies
The 20 companies with the highest candidate satisfaction scores this quarter. Ranked by verified review scores across salary accuracy, communication, fairness, and culture. Named. Celebrated.
The Ghosting Register
Every company that failed to respond to a candidate within the platform response window this quarter. Number of incidents. Whether they were warned or removed. By name. Published permanently.
Salary Transparency Index
Average salary accuracy score — the gap between what the pitch promised and what the offer delivered. Companies ranked from most transparent to least. Discrepancies above 10% flagged publicly.
The Decline Data
Aggregated data from candidate decline feedback. The most common reasons candidates said no this quarter. Salary too low. Role unclear. Culture concerns. Shared with companies to help them pitch better.
Removals and Warnings
A full list of companies removed from the platform this quarter and the reason. A list of companies issued formal warnings. This section cannot be purchased away. It exists because accountability without consequences is decoration.
What Q1 2027 might look like.
The following is an illustrative preview showing what the Transparency Report will look like at scale. All company names and numbers below are fictional — included to show the format.
PREVIEW — Illustrative data only. First real Transparency Report publishes 2027.
Platform Overview
| Metric | This Quarter | vs Last Quarter |
|---|---|---|
| Total pitches sent | 24,750 | +18% |
| Confirmed hires | 1,980 | +22% |
| Candidate earnings paid | £89,400 | +31% |
| Sponsored problems completed | 186 | +44% |
| Prize money paid to candidates | £74,400 | +44% |
| Companies removed from platform | 3 | Ghosting ×2, salary misrepresentation ×1 |
| Net new companies this quarter | 412 active | +67 |
Top 5 Companies
| Company | Sector | Score | Hire Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Company A | Fintech | 4.9 / 5 | 31% |
| Company B | Tech | 4.8 / 5 | 28% |
| Company C | Fintech | 4.7 / 5 | 24% |
| Company D | AI / Auto | 4.7 / 5 | 38% |
| Company E | Fintech | 4.6 / 5 | 26% |
Ghosting Register
Every company that ghosts a candidate on Candor will be named here. Permanently. By the time this publishes, it will contain real company names and real incident counts drawn directly from platform data. This section cannot be purchased away.
The stone that both giants cannot stop.
The moment Candor publishes its first Transparency Report, four things happen simultaneously.
Press picks it up immediately.
Employment journalists have been waiting for verified ghosting data for years. Every recruiter story they write relies on anecdotes. Candor gives them hard numbers with names attached. That is a front page story.
Companies compete to make the best list.
Being on the Top 20 becomes a hiring signal worth more than any job board badge. Companies actively improve their candidate experience to appear on it. The platform gets better because the recognition is worth earning.
Companies fear the ghosting register.
The reputational cost of appearing — publicly, permanently, by name — is greater than the cost of any subscription. It creates an incentive to behave well that no other platform has ever built.
Both giants get exposed.
The Giant and Glassdoor have this data. The existence of the Candor Report makes their silence about it a story in itself. Journalists will ask why they do not publish equivalent data. The answer is the story.
Why this cannot be bought away.
On other platforms, a company with a bad rating can pay for a sponsored listing that pushes it down. A company with embarrassing reviews can threaten legal action and get them removed. A bad actor with deep pockets can, functionally, launder their reputation.
On Candor, that is structurally impossible. The data comes from the platform itself — not from surveys that can be gamed. The report is not an editorial product that companies can influence. It is a mechanical output. Companies earn their ratings by behaving well. There is no other path.
"The first Transparency Report is not a document. It is a declaration."