Recruiters are lying about positions all the time at first place.
Tell HN: Recruiters are lying about remote positions
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#13That's brutal. We're on the other side of it right now trying to get exec and HR to actually commit to something so we can hire remote. We had multiple good people in the pipeline who we had to pass on, because they won't actually say if they'll demand these people move to Toronto (one of the worst housing markets in the world) as soon as they sign the papers. It's like we're supposed to surprise them with that?
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#14This is just another thing in a long line of scrupulous things that recruiters do. If bad actors will edit your resume before sending it in then lying about the remote nature of a job is just another part of that. Which FAANG? Name and shame.
I'm still holding on to a slight hope that the recruiter will find a hiring manager willing to override the committee and all of my time and effort will not have been wasted. They said they'd keep looking but they were probably just trying to get me off the phone.
I'll put it this way. One FAANG I wouldn't work at under any circumstances. One FAANG has been very clear that they want employees on site. One FAANG has a recruiting proc where you are hired once you pass the interviews, you can figure out your team later. One FAANG doesn't really fit in the FAANG acronym.
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#15Maybe we should get a list going of scummy recruiters.
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#16You definitely need to name the company that did this.
Why? This isn't Twitter, piling on a company doesn't add much to the discussion, it just lets people focus their outrage better
Because it helps people make better decisions about where they apply and how far they get before getting commitments like remote working in writing!
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#17My Amazon team (based out of Toronto) is hiring remotely. I know the hiring manager won't change their mind because I am the manager.
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#18You definitely need to name the company that did this.
Why? This isn't Twitter, piling on a company doesn't add much to the discussion, it just lets people focus their outrage better
Because companies going back on their word during the hiring process is a bad thing. It's a bait and switch.
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#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
Why? This isn't Twitter, piling on a company doesn't add much to the discussion, it just lets people focus their outrage better
Because it helps people make better decisions about where they apply and how far they get before getting commitments like remote working in writing!
The Recruiter could have left, they could have been told it was Remote and the company changed their minds later, could have been a simple mistake. Why burn a company without knowing the facts?
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#20This is just another thing in a long line of scrupulous things that recruiters do. If bad actors will edit your resume before sending it in then lying about the remote nature of a job is just another part of that. Which FAANG? Name and shame.
This happened to me with Amazon.