That Plum Job Listing May Just Be a Ghost

Re:That Plum Job Listing May Just Be a Ghost by ergonaught on Monday March 20, 2023 @10:57AM (#35232435)

This has been true since at least June of last year, and has obviously accelerated and expanded.

I’m not sure why they think it’s a good idea. I’ve now got a pretty hefty list of companies I won’t work for, will recommend people I know don’t work for, and will recommend against doing business with (as customer or partner) based solely on disrespectful and deceitful practices like this.

I guess that’s irrelevant to most of them, but that’s the world I suppose.

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Re:That Plum Job Listing May Just Be a Ghost by itake on Monday March 20, 2023 @11:34AM (#35233115)

> I’m not sure why they think it’s a good idea.

Historically hiring tech workers is really hard, especially for small companies. Applications trickle in. Good candidates are 10% of the pool at best.

"evergreen" job postings keep a pool of applicants that can quickly be drawn from when headcount is open. If headcount isn't filled quickly, hiring managers may lose the head count, so they are optimizing for fast hiring.

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Re:That Plum Job Listing May Just Be a Ghost by Krisjohn on Tuesday March 21, 2023 @01:18AM (#35242798)

Staff that will burn thousands of combined hours of other people in order to save themselves a day or two are a HUGE RED FLAG! Businesses that think that is perfectly reasonable are toxic AF.

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Re:That Plum Job Listing May Just Be a Ghost by LorenPechtel on Monday March 20, 2023 @11:50AM (#35233366)

Back when my employer went under in the housing collapse I saw it even then. I estimated that at least 80% of everything I saw was either a repeat of something else or in some other fashion not a real job--and that was only the stuff I could actually determine was bogus.

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Re:That Plum Job Listing May Just Be a Ghost by FredPret on Monday March 20, 2023 @12:10PM (#35233733)

You should post the list online. Name them and shame them. Otherwise what's the harm to them in doing it forever, to everyone?

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Re:That Plum Job Listing May Just Be a Ghost by gampleman on Monday March 20, 2023 @12:13PM (#35233782)

Hiring a senior tech job for a niche company in a niche location: employees have 1 month notice, but it takes 12 months find a passable candidate, longer to find a good one.

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Re:That Plum Job Listing May Just Be a Ghost by __jambo on Monday March 20, 2023 @12:22PM (#35233933)

Can I see the list?!

Great that you can do this.

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Re:That Plum Job Listing May Just Be a Ghost by randcraw on Monday March 20, 2023 @12:47PM (#35234434)

It's a shame you can't post that list and invite others to add their experiences to it. IMO, transparency is the best way to fight tyrants.

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Re:That Plum Job Listing May Just Be a Ghost by joncrane on Monday March 20, 2023 @06:26PM (#35239707)

Are you comfortable naming those companies here?

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