Proof of work, vetted by real people

Getting your first review on Badge takes about a minute — you don't have to chase anyone or write awkward "please review me" messages. Here's how it works: 1. Install the Badge app and create your profile. 2. Give the app access to your phonebook — this lets our AI agent identify the colleagues you've actually worked with. 3. Our agent finds those colleagues on WhatsApp and reaches out on your behalf with short, targeted, anonymous review questions. 4. Their answers land directly on your profile and start building your Trust Score. The agent handles the outreach, the follow-ups, and the review collection in the background. You just install, share your contacts, and your first reviews start showing up — usually within a few hours.

Every time you change jobs, you start from zero. Your new team doesn't know you delivered that impossible deadline, that you mentored three juniors, or that your last manager called you the most reliable engineer they'd worked with. Years of hard work — invisible. And when layoffs hit, you're just another resume in a pile of AI-generated applications with fake endorsements. Badge fixes this. It collects anonymous peer reviews from colleagues you've actually worked with — your managers, teammates, and clients. Those reviews build your Trust Score. It's like a credit score, but for how you work. Badge is your proof of work — evidence that you actually did what your resume claims. The score travels with you. Change jobs, switch industries, get laid off, become a freelancer — your reputation follows. Because Badge reviews are verified and from real colleagues, your profile stands out against candidates padding their resumes with fake AI-generated reviews. Recruiters on Badge discover candidates by Trust Score, so a higher score means you show up first when opportunities open. You stop competing on resume keywords and start competing on what actually matters: what people who worked with you say about you.

LinkedIn endorsements are public and named — so people only write positive things. Recruiters and hiring managers already know this. Most endorsements come from friends or people returning the favour, not from colleagues giving an honest assessment of your work. Badge reviews are anonymous and specific. Our AI agents ask reviewers targeted questions about how you actually work — your reliability, collaboration, communication, how you handle pressure. Because it's anonymous, people share the real picture, not just polite compliments. It's your proof of work — verified by the people who were actually there. That specificity is what makes Badge valuable. Instead of generic "highly recommended!" endorsements, your profile shows detailed reviews from people who've worked with you, answering questions that actually matter to recruiters. Ten specific anonymous peer reviews carry more weight than fifty one-click LinkedIn endorsements from connections who barely remember working with you.

Right now, you're invisible. You apply to jobs, your resume goes into an ATS, and a keyword filter decides your fate. Doesn't matter how good you are — if your resume doesn't match the right keywords, nobody sees you. Badge flips this. Recruiters on Badge browse and search candidates by Trust Score. Instead of you chasing jobs, recruiters find you. A higher score means you appear higher in recruiter searches — your verified peer reviews do the selling before you even know the opportunity exists. Here's how it works: recruiters search for candidates by role, industry, or company. Results are ranked by Trust Score. A candidate with 15 anonymous peer reviews and a strong score shows up before someone with a polished resume and zero verified reviews. Your proof of work puts you ahead of the crowd. The more reviews you collect over time, the stronger your score, the more visible you become. Your reputation compounds instead of resetting every time you switch jobs.

This is the first thing everyone worries about — what if someone who didn't like me leaves a bad review? It's a fair concern. The short answer: one bad review won't hurt you. Your Trust Score is built from all your reviews over time. If 14 colleagues say you're reliable, collaborative, and deliver on time, and 1 person says you're difficult — that one person looks like the outlier, not you. Volume protects you. Badge also has safeguards. Abusive or toxic reviews are automatically detected and made private. You can make any review private if you don't want it visible. You can report spam or fake reviews. The system isn't designed to let one person with a grudge define your career. And here's the thing most people don't consider — a few constructive critical reviews actually make your profile more credible. A profile with nothing but glowing praise looks suspicious. A profile that shows you're great at collaboration but still growing as a public speaker? That's a real person. Recruiters trust that more.

Fake reviews are impossible — every reviewer must prove a verified work overlap with you (same company, same time period) before the review is accepted. Reviews from verified colleagues carry more weight in your Trust Score than reviews from loose connections. The review process itself filters out low-quality responses. Our AI agents guide reviewers through targeted questions about your actual work — not generic "rate this person 1-5" prompts. If someone tries to leave a vague "great person!" review, it gets rejected. The system demands specifics. And if someone you've never worked with tries to leave a review? It carries minimal weight because there's no verified work overlap. You can also report reviews that are fake, spammy, or from people you've never interacted with. The system is built to reward genuine reviews, not let strangers or bad actors influence your score.

Yes — you can see every review on your profile. All reviews on Badge are anonymous. The review content is visible to you and recruiters, but the reviewer's identity is always hidden. That's by design. When people know their name won't be attached, they write what's actually true instead of what's socially safe. That honesty is what makes your Badge profile worth more than a LinkedIn page full of polite endorsements from people who didn't want to say no.