Submitted 2 weeks ago by kalkulat@lemmy.world to workreform@lemmy.world
https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/ghost-jobs-california-tech-industry-19871249.php
QUOTE “Ghost jobs,” or ads for positions that aren’t actually open, are a common phenomenon in the tech industry … these fake jobs posted by real companies serve multiple, sometimes insidious purposes.
I have totally seen job postings at places I work and asked HR or management if I can refer someone I know…and they tell me they aren’t actually hiring for it.
Kinda fucked up.
Really messed up when some of us are looking for work. 😔
It’s gross, fraudulent as three-card monte, and … as with many corporate tricksters … there needs to be a law with prison terms.
100%, this shit should be illegal. But like wage theft, enforcement is the issue.
Yeah there’s a lot now. Job boards are pulling people’s data for $$
I know corporations like to be treated like people for tax purposes or some shit; but now they’re haunting us with fake jobs? This is bullshit.
They’ve forgotten what the alternatives were when employees were squeezed beyond hope. The last 40 years have been very comfortable for the petite bourgeoisie.
As someone on the other side of this in just one private company of thousands:
I put out 2-3 job ads a month. Of those 1 will get past interviews to a negotiation phase, one will get stuck with a hiring manager who only wants to interview the perfect candidate, and one will be pulled for budget reasons and held to try again next month because the candidate for the first job asked for a little bit more money. We hire about half of the people who make it to negotiations.
My feeling is it’s that no one has any money to spend. Every company I can think of is desperately waiting to get paid so they can pay their own bills. Most contracts with the government were horribly delayed by the shutdowns last year and it’s been knock-on effects ever since.
Make a list of companies that do this, so you don’t waste your time. Also, the quality/functionality of their website can tell you a lot about how seriously they take their business.
All of them, Katie
What fresh hell is this that capitalism has brought us.
Any good ghost application software out there?
mesamunefire@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Nasty
Yawweee877h444@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
No, capitalism. Working exactly as desired.
Thunderbird4@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
And if they force the applicants to fill out the salary requirements portion of the application, they get data they can use to argue against raises as well.