Munchausen Syndrome by Recruiter

Re:Munchausen Syndrome by Recruiter by euthymiclabs on Tuesday February 16, 2021 @01:22PM (#26157018)

In psychiatry, we've thankfully replaced the term "Munchausen syndrome by proxy" with the much more accurate "medical child abuse." Parents hurting children by creating medical illness is an important problem to monitor for--not a medical disease.

I'm not sure recruiters are that malignant. But understanding their role, their incentives, and what you can rationally do about this is an important discussion.

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Re:Munchausen Syndrome by Recruiter by benrothke on Tuesday February 16, 2021 @01:49PM (#26157314)

Thank you for the clarification. True, not all recruiters are like that. But people use them with trust. But in the end, can be hurt by that blind trust.

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Re:Munchausen Syndrome by Recruiter by euthymiclabs on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @08:31AM (#26166061)

Agreed. Blind trust is always a serious risk.

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