Parity

Think Glassdoor but decentralised and truly privacy preserving.

Introduction As the global workforce continues to grow, jobseekers look for authentic insights to make informed career decisions. Parity is on a mission to empower individuals while safeguarding their privacy through the application of zk technology. With Parity we welcome a new era of transparency, where employees can attest or dispute their fair pay, all while remaining truly anonymous.

Our platform is made up of valuable insights that go beyond salary data. Real employee reviews provide a holistic picture of workplace cultures, offering genuine perspectives on company values and work-life balance.

Why we built this The motivation for this project comes from the fact that the Parity team has personal experience with being underpaid in their web2 and web3 roles in comparison to colleagues. They would have benefitted from a product like Parity however it did not exist.

The use-case is proven. Glassdoor has over 55M+ monthly users, Parity follows a similar model but unlike traditional platforms, Parity does not centralise user information, reducing risks associated with data breaches and unauthorised access. We create a trustless environment the user retains ownership and sovereignty over their data.

Parity is more than just a tool, we empower employees to challenge wage disparities and foster environments where compensation is truly reflective of merit.

Verification

• With UMA, employers make an optimistic statement and place a bond stating that they pay their employees fairly. There is a set time period for Parity users to attest to this or dispute it.
• We use EAS to allow employees to attest and attribute their reviews to the relevant employers.
• We use XMTP to allow us to verify salaries paid in fiat through the file upload of an official offer letter/ payslips.
• Chainlink is also used for off-chain salary verification
• We implemented Sismo to verify that our reviewers work for the companies they say they do. Our closest competitor, Glassdoor does not verify that reviewers actually work for the companies they review, resulting in the high possibility of fake reviews.

Sign in - Improved UX

• We implemented the Biconomy SDK to allow our users to sign in with email - mirroring a web2 UX. We also utilised the paymaster feature so that all transactions on Parity are gasless.
• We implemented Polygon ID to assign credentials to our users so that they can sign in with their Polygon ID and prefill fields in the succeeding onboarding process.
• Walletconnect & Metamask - Current solutions are not inclusive of web3 native projects e.g. DAOs. We implemented Wallet Connect & Metamask to provide a smooth UX to the crypto-native user.