Re:Ask HN: Who is pretending to be hiring?
by consteval on Wednesday October 02, 2024 @03:24PM
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> Not everything we don't like should be illegal
From a "fraud" angle I could argue that it should still be illegal. You're signaling to your investors that you're growing but you're really not.
Fake numbers are a real thing. 9 openings and only 1 real opening? So you're inflating your employment growth by a factor of 9? How is this different than Wells Fargo opening 9 phony, automatic accounts per customer to inflate their growth?
From a "fraud" angle I could argue that it should still be illegal. You're signaling to your investors that you're growing but you're really not.
Fake numbers are a real thing. 9 openings and only 1 real opening? So you're inflating your employment growth by a factor of 9? How is this different than Wells Fargo opening 9 phony, automatic accounts per customer to inflate their growth?