Tell HN: Recruiters are lying about remote positions

I've spent the last several months going though a FAANG interview. A recruiter from the company reached out to me and said they were hiring for remote. I got a hiring manager on board, spent evenings and weekends preparing for the coding and design interviews, and made it to the last step - my application had to go through a hiring committee.

The hiring committee said no, they didn't want remote hires.

I have friends in arguably worse situations. They were recruited for remote positions, accepted the jobs, and are now being told they have to show up onsite. When they pointed out they had been hired as remotes they were met with a collective shrug - the job opening didn't say remote, the agreement they signed didn't say remote. The recruiter was wrong but that's not the company's problem.

I'm not sure what the compensation model for recruiters is, but it seems to encourage bringing in as many candidates as possible over treating them with honesty and respect.

And, which recruiter?

I once got hired for a remote position at a company in TX (I'm in WA). I was to fly into TX on Sunday to start 2 weeks of training on Monday, and on Friday evening I got an email saying "Sorry, we changed our mind about hiring remotely." That really sucked. I'm guess I am just glad they didn't do it a week into training.

Hardly. I work at a startup that doesn't even have an office. We are distributed around the world, and everyone, CEO included, is WFH. Perhaps your comment was sarcastic, but that doesn't make it any less incorrect.

Thanks for the heads up. I'll be sure to get it in writing if I find myself in the job market.