Boozilla@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Some companies post fake job openings (that they have no intention of filling) so this doesn’t surprise me. They post the fake openings to learn what kinds of people are job hunting, to fluff up their optics (“we’re hiring!”) and in some rare instances, to get some free labor with mini-projects disguised as interview tests.
I’m glad the article points out the downsides of quiet layoffs. If you make work conditions miserable, your most talented folks will probably cut and run first, as they can find a new job easier than the scrubs.
Amazon is famous for that free labor (check interview review at glassdoor)
I had several interviews with them a few years ago and I was basically troubleshooting an issue, they were asking for my expertise on how to solve if I enjoyed X and which kind of tests I would run for validation and how to design to prevent reoccurrence and then they basically ghosted me
File a complaint with the labor board. They can investigate and if they find out they used your solution you can get paid and they can get a fine on top of that.
That was about 7 years ago. The Echo Auto had just launched and I’m guessing I was debugging that. Also I lived in Mexico at the time, I’m not sure if those laws would protect me as well
sznowicki@lemmy.world 5 months ago
It’s called Dead Sea effect and can be a killing factor to an IT company.
Sometimes though it can be good overall if company has too many seniors I guess.
brucefwebster.com/…/the-wetware-crisis-the-dead-s…
JungleJim@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
That was an interesting read. Thank you. You might make it a post of its own.
sznowicki@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Feel free to post it on your own ;)
chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz 5 months ago
Holy shit that’s good, as is the earlier article about hiring like a sports team.
dyathinkhesaurus@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I used to call this The Incompetence Filter. I like this analogy better.