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Re:28% of job postings on company career sites have been ope... by pixl97 on Wednesday September 23, 2026 @01:59PM (#49820029)
100% untrue.

Let's say I have 50 employees working for $100,000 each.

Why would I not want to replace 25 of them that are willing to work for $50,000 each if they are producing anywhere close to the same quality.

In a case like this always open job listings are a warning to others.

Also there is something called market sampling. Where you put up these job openings and look at the quality of applicants in relation to the employees you already have to ensure you're on the right track internally.

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Re:28% of job postings on company career sites have been ope... by jameshart on Wednesday September 23, 2026 @02:40PM (#49820550)
> In a case like this always open job listings are a warning to others

‘Warning this company has management practices oriented around remaining solvent for the long term, rather than providing a sinecure for workers’?

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Re:28% of job postings on company career sites have been ope... by pixl97 on Wednesday September 23, 2026 @03:00PM (#49820849)
Warning: This company will replace your ass so far without regard to your actual abilities or their current profitability.

Companies do not have human rights. They are a pleasant fiction the population allows because it's more effective than not having said rules. We the people can revoke those rules the moment the meta-idea of corporations no longer serve the public good.

In the US at least we seemingly have come to believe the corporation is the ultimate organism and all rights should be sacrificed for its eternal cancerous growth.

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Re:28% of job postings on company career sites have been ope... by johnnyanmac on Wednesday September 23, 2026 @03:08PM (#49820990)
Not every company is a hungry startup trying to hustle their way to a billion dollars. Businesses also value stability, and stable labor is a big factor in pretty much every other field.

You don't get stability by laying off workers every 2 years .

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Re:28% of job postings on company career sites have been ope... by smcg on Wednesday September 23, 2026 @03:08PM (#49820992)
What if your $100,000 worker is actually more than twice as productive as your $50,000 worker?
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Re:28% of job postings on company career sites have been ope... by vanuatu on Thursday September 24, 2026 @01:26PM (#49833956)
because the pie grows, and if you are in a competitive market which most businesses are in, you don't want to lose talent and market prestige to your competitors
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