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Re: Ask HN: What info do you wish every job posting included?

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Post by Tharkun »

Remote (yes, no, how often).

Salary. Over here in .be, it's very difficult to compare salaries. When posted at all, it's usually a single monthly number before tax. It's impossible to compare that with other postings, because one offer might contain a better pension fund, or a company car (what kind?) or meal vouchers (worth?) and dozens of other potential forms of non-cash wages. I'd much rather see an annual number which includes the net worth (or employer cost?) of all that nonsense.

Company size and/or size of whatever the team the ad is for.

Office, pictures or description.

Re: Ask HN: What info do you wish every job posting included?

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Post by cmorgan8506 »

mindcrime wrote: post #14

Salary range, description of office environment (and/or actual pictures), remote work policy, expected hours, dress code, tech stack details, some details on what the project actually is , and a quick "Joel test" like summary of the current development practices. Also, a note indicating whether or not managers refer to people as "resources". Also, the name of the actual development methodology (if any) that is in use…

> Also, a note indicating whether or not managers refer to people as "resources"

This made me chuckle. It's a pretty accurate measure of a companies culture though.

Re: Ask HN: What info do you wish every job posting included?

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Post by Thriptic »

* Company mission statement, department mission statement, role mission statement, and how all 3 of those things fit together. I want to make sure that people actually know how they fit into the grander scheme of the company.

* Salary range

* Actual responsibilities and day to day activities. If the job is going to be to hack on some awful legacy code base then you should say that.

* How large is your company, where are you at with funding, and where are you at with product development.

* Interview process

Re: Ask HN: What info do you wish every job posting included?

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Post by ISL »

Clear description of the project and customers. Accurate description of the team, philosophy, tooling, and culture. Reliable salary range. Links to employment contract and any NDA that might be required.

If the company is private, a link to a fiscal summary equivalent to the SEC's 10-K.

If any of the statements above are intentionally misleading, the job candidate is due compensatory damages.

Re: Ask HN: What info do you wish every job posting included?

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Post by onion2k »

Entirely selfishly - absolutely nothing.

I'm quite happy to find a phone number and call the company directly if I want to know something. In my experience that gives me a huge advantage over 99% of candidates who are only willing to read adverts passively.

Re: Ask HN: What info do you wish every job posting included?

#28

Post by randcraw »

Was the person I'm replacing promoted, fired, or did they leave voluntarily, and how long did they work there? What are the criteria for promotion? Describe three people in the group (in the last decade) who were promoted. What made them special?

How many hours of meetings each week? What fraction of my time is spent outside creative software development (req specing, designing, and coding)?

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