Ask HN: Why are job adverts misleading about WFH?

Posted by accengaged on Thursday July 25, 2024 @04:44PM
from the ask-hn dept.

I'm trying to find a proper list of WFH (Work from Home) jobs, specifically in Australia.

I think it's misleading to have an option for "Location" as "Work from Home" then allow ads that don't fit this description.

I've used https://seek.com.au however I'm finding that it's increasingly normal for employers to advertise their jobs as "Hybrid WFH" with some being as bad as 1-day per week out of the office.

If I wanted a "Hybrid WFH" selection, I would happily choose that.

It's like these companies think gaming the system will magically stop employees from reading job adverts.

Personally I'm just doing it out of curiosity - I've been in a WFH role for a while now and think a hybrid option might be better overall for mental / physical health but I'm still annoyed at this weird culture of false-advertising roles to find candidates.

Discuss?

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Re:Ask HN: Why are job adverts misleading about WFH? by dakiol on Thursday July 25, 2024 @05:48PM (#41073745)

In my experience these kind of companies attract either juniors or people who cannot afford to work for a 100% remote company (because they cannot pass the interview). It’s like the Nigerian prince scam: the emails are written badly on purpose because they are targeted to those people who won’t realise about the nature of the scam.

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Re:Ask HN: Why are job adverts misleading about WFH? by muzani on Thursday July 25, 2024 @06:38PM (#41074187)

In a scam, you actually want to attract the dumb, rich people. If hiring, probably you want someone with higher IQ?

Seems more likely that they think they're offering a legitimate concession or benefit in allowing 1 day WFH.

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Re:Ask HN: Why are job adverts misleading about WFH? by meiraleal on Friday July 26, 2024 @08:03AM (#41077892)

It doesnt need much IQ to create CRUDs using react

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Re:Ask HN: Why are job adverts misleading about WFH? by dbg31415 on Friday July 26, 2024 @10:41AM (#41079001)

Just keep in mind that most recruiters get paid when they place someone.

So -- at least a few years ago -- they were trying to cast a wide net and get as many interested leads for the job as possible. It's just a numbers game for them.

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Re:Ask HN: Why are job adverts misleading about WFH? by sjhaba on Thursday July 25, 2024 @10:17PM (#41075318)

It's really a matter of "sales funnel". If they put "remote", more people will click on the job listing and they will get more applicants

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Re:Ask HN: Why are job adverts misleading about WFH? by langcss on Thursday July 25, 2024 @10:28PM (#41075369)

I suspect the blame lies with Seek not wanting to have an embarrassing short list of full WFH jobs show up so they include hybrid.

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Re:Ask HN: Why are job adverts misleading about WFH? by accengaged on Friday July 26, 2024 @04:39PM (#41082070)

I think the truth is somewhere in this realm. Short list of jobs and failure of corporate to attract anyone unless they offer WFH as a perk.

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Re:Ask HN: Why are job adverts misleading about WFH? by fuzzfactor on Friday July 26, 2024 @07:32PM (#41083253)

>It's like these companies think gaming the system will magically stop employees from reading job adverts.

OTOH, they might want you to read loads of them until you are blue in the face and see how unlikely it is :(

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Re:Ask HN: Why are job adverts misleading about WFH? by illwrks on Saturday July 27, 2024 @02:23PM (#41088383)

Depending on the company, if they are relatively large employer their recruitment system may be a limiting factor.

The other issue might be budget, again if the company is large budgets may be aligned to a spec or team location or hub. At this point in time a role might be 100% WFH but also for team f2f meetings/gatherings etc it might be more difficult to organise if WFH is across a large country instead of a city and its satellite towns.

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