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If anyone needs an example of this happening, here is one from yesterday. Netflix is advertising a fully remote $750K software engineering job in the Seattle Times classifieds but the same job isn't listed on their career website: https://x.com/JobsNowPR/status/2107816460634784094

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Is there no better source (perhaps a link to the Seattle Times Classified) than an image on Twitter from a political account?

Does that change anything in the message being conveyed?

Yes, it's the difference between a partisan claim and a fact.

Yeah but links to their job site and the ads arent evidence because the underlying data changes over time.

"Aliens are eating our pets"

"Is there a credible source for that"

"Does that change the message I'm conveying?"

Classified ads change.

Exposing the corporate fraud is political? Or is it just political because it uses US symbolism to expose US jobs at US companies being kept from US citizens?

The way you expose fraud is important. If you go vindictive against particular companies rather than administer policy it’s bad, as simple as that.

That might be true if you are the one exposing fraud and you are trying to reach the largest audience. That might also not work at all because when something is trying to appeal to everyone, it appeals to no one.

On the other hand, there is an equal amount of close-mindedness, and sometimes malice, from the side that demands "a better source" because they don't like where the information comes from, regardless of its veracity.

Quick search:

The same ad appears here: https://www.jobs.now/jobs/746612360-software-engineer-ref-10... and here: https://jobs.ieee.org/job/software-engineers/86091567/

Applicants are asked to send their resume to usresumes@netflix.com

FWIW, there are multiple job offerings for software engineers both in Seattle and remote on the Netflix page. Just not this one.

https://explore.jobs.netflix.net/careers?location=Seattle%2C...

The ads on Netflix' own website look quite different. No salary range but much more information about the job. And there is an application form to be filled out. The job ID has a different format.

(There is also another short ad for a Broadcast Operations Engineer: https://www.jobs.now/jobs/518941865-broadcast-operations-eng... )

AFAICT, the email address usresumes@netflix.com only appears online in conjunction with these very brief job ads on small job sites. It seems quite obvious that these ads are not really meant for serious candidates.

If one sends an email to usresumes@netflix.com, one receives the following automated reply. That does not necessarily mean that Netflix posted the above ads.

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Thank you for your interest in Netflix!

So what happens now? Our hiring team is currently reviewing your application and should we find your background to be a fit for this role, we will be in touch.

We are always looking for stunning colleagues to join our team and do amazing work. So remember to check out our job site regularly as we are growing and adding openings often!

Thanks, Netflix Talent Acquisition

https://jobs.netflix.com/candidateprivacy

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Not sure what to make of this. Either Netflix is very brazen here - posting minimalistic job adverts where they don't want anyone to apply - or someone else is posting these to further their own agenda.

If these jobs are fully remote, why are tech companies going through the process of getting visas to import workers? Am I missing something?

Because Indians want to escape India and live in a Western country. They're not interested in remote work.

Given the number of remote US tech workers who actively choose to reside in less developed countries your claim seems highly suspect at best.

US citizens playing geoarbitrage is an entirely different scenario than folks competing for a US work visa.

I don't follow. If US citizens are routinely willing to live there then it must be an okay place provided you have the money. Thus locals would presumably be happy with an international remote position if it payed enough. So the question remains, why would a fully remote netflix position have need of the H1B program? There must be some compelling financial reason for what they're doing.

Let’s put our pitchforks down and think for a moment.

Do you really think that Netflix has a preference for non-Americans?

On one hand we say they chose Americans to pay less money on the other hand we see this absurd amount of money for a remote job

Why? Because this is not them looking to fill a position but rather trying to get a PERM for an employee that they are already happy with. We don’t even know if it’s H1B or L1

Not saying that the H1B program doesn’t have its problems, but this is not the case of let’s fill this job with non-Americans for less pay

Why can't it just be Netflix wanting to choose from a larger pool?

The US market isn't a pool large enough? Why don't they publish the ad on their website then?

netflix advertising for a $3000+ dollars a DAY is like advertising for an Olympic athlete.. this is a distorted example in several dimensions.

"Oh sorry...That's a typo the newspaper made. The position is actually 75K/year" </sarc>

>Do you really think that Netflix has a preference for non-Americans?

Netflix as a whole, no.

Ethnic Indian Netflix people whose departments suddenly become 100% ethnic Indian, yes.

>Not saying that the H1B program doesn’t have its problems, but this is not the case of let’s fill this job with non-Americans for less pay

What do you think happens to wages when the supply of labor decreases?

Cognizant was found liable for engaging in ethnic nepotism and benching non-Indian labor disproportionately, so a preference for non-Americans is indeed plausible and dependent on the hiring team.

Cheap labor

lol, because smart people only born in US

how is a job with a salary of $750k "cheap labor" anywhere on earth?

Should be 1 mill minimum

only place in earth that pays labor to these prices btw. Any other random western country pays max %25 of that maybe if they are really expensive city like Zurich.

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