Those jobs you're applying to? They might not be real

Re:Those jobs you're applying to? They might not be real by hlfshell on Thursday January 04, 2024 @12:28PM (#38869756)

I can confirm that some companies leave job postings up to seem like they're thriving for optics, and/or to pacify overworked undermanned teams for a bit longer.

I have had HR tell me that a candidate everyone loved interviewing for us took another offer; except that candidate messaged me on linked in thanking me for the time spent interviewing them, and thst they were disappointed we passed and what could they have done better?

While I'm not a fan of reaching out to the interviewer like that, it definitely confirmed what I thought about that company; we were never going to replace the people we lost, and all those promises to hire more was never going to materialize.

Unsurprisingly layoffs eventually wiped out most teams, and no, we never did hire the three missing positions. But we definitely had ads out for it.

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Re:Those jobs you're applying to? They might not be real by naijaboiler on Friday January 05, 2024 @06:48AM (#38878150)

The company knows they had no money to hire. Butthe managers keep saying they are short-staffed. so they let the managers do the song and dance, only to pull the rug from underneath them when it came time to actuallly commit

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Re:Those jobs you're applying to? They might not be real by fraaancis on Friday January 05, 2024 @08:45AM (#38878954)

I've known some corporate recruiters personally and I thought I'd heard most of the hiring horror stories. I have _never_ heard of this, and now I'm wondering how prevalent it is.

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