How Legit verifies reviewer identity and relationship — the four tiers, accepted documentation, and what each tier means for scoring.
Legit reviews are always anonymous — the company being reviewed never learns who submitted a review. But anonymous doesn't mean unaccountable. Verification confirms that the reviewer has a real professional identity and a genuine business relationship with the company they're rating, without revealing who they are.
Verified reviews carry more weight in the Legit Score calculation. Unverified reviews appear on company profiles as contextual signals only — they do not count toward the public score.
Reviews submitted without any identity verification appear on company profiles as contextual signals — clearly labeled as unverified — but do not count toward the public Legit Score. Reviewers can always choose to remain fully unverified, and their review will still be published. The distinction is transparent to anyone reading the profile.
The company being reviewed never receives any information about who submitted a review — not their name, their employer, their LinkedIn profile, or any document they uploaded. Verification data is held by Legit exclusively and used only to assign the appropriate trust tier to the review.
Reviewer identity is never disclosed to the reviewed company under any circumstances — including company subscription, profile claim, or dispute requests. Anonymity is structural, not a policy that can be overridden by commercial arrangements.