Japan's Recruit Buys Jobs Website Glassdoor for $1.2 Billion
Japanese human-resources and consumer-information provider Recruit Holdings Co. has agreed to buy Glassdoor for $1.2 billion in cash. Through the tie-up, Recruit will gain access to the U.S. website's extensive cache of content such as employee reviews, while Glassdoor will seek to accelerate its push into non-U.S. markets. Recruit shares rose as much as 3 percent in Tokyo.
[...] Glassdoor runs the second-largest job website in the U.S. and is known for hosting anonymous employee reviews about the culture and management of their companies. Glassdoor was taking steps earlier this year toward an initial public offering and was said to be interviewing banks for a market debut in 2018.
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(Score: 2) by aiwarrior on Thursday May 10 2018, @08:10PM
This is besides the point. The point is, can they monetize and turn a profit? I think these companies hang around as long and then just collapse. Am i wrong?