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This has been true since at least June of last year, and has obviously accelerated and expanded.

I’m not sure why they think it’s a good idea. I’ve now got a pretty hefty list of companies I won’t work for, will recommend people I know don’t work for, and will recommend against doing business with (as customer or partner) based solely on disrespectful and deceitful practices like this.

I guess that’s irrelevant to most of them, but that’s the world I suppose.

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> I’m not sure why they think it’s a good idea.

Historically hiring tech workers is really hard, especially for small companies. Applications trickle in. Good candidates are 10% of the pool at best.

"evergreen" job postings keep a pool of applicants that can quickly be drawn from when headcount is open. If headcount isn't filled quickly, hiring managers may lose the head count, so they are optimizing for fast hiring.

Staff that will burn thousands of combined hours of other people in order to save themselves a day or two are a HUGE RED FLAG! Businesses that think that is perfectly reasonable are toxic AF.

It's a shame you can't post that list and invite others to add their experiences to it. IMO, transparency is the best way to fight tyrants.

Back when my employer went under in the housing collapse I saw it even then. I estimated that at least 80% of everything I saw was either a repeat of something else or in some other fashion not a real job--and that was only the stuff I could actually determine was bogus.

You should post the list online. Name them and shame them. Otherwise what's the harm to them in doing it forever, to everyone?

Can I see the list?!

Great that you can do this.

Hiring a senior tech job for a niche company in a niche location: employees have 1 month notice, but it takes 12 months find a passable candidate, longer to find a good one.

Are you comfortable naming those companies here?

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