The reasons are the worst:

• Companies said they are posting fake jobs for a laundry list of reasons, including to deceive their own employees.

• More than 60% of those surveyed said they posted fake jobs “to make employees believe their workload would be alleviated by new workers.”

• Sixty-two percent of companies said another reason for the shady practice is to “have employees feel replaceable.”

• Two-thirds of companies cited a desire to “appear the company is open to external talent” and 59% said it was an effort to “collect resumes and keep them on file for a later date.”

• What’s even more concerning about the results: 85% of companies engaging in the practice said they interviewed candidates for the fake jobs."

So close to fraud.

Felt like when I was job hunting around 2019, 80% of job applications I filled out didn't even feel real. No reply back. Weird hoops to jump. Submit a resume then fill it out again.

I suspect this of a famous video game communications app that rhymes with Piss-Poured.

They've been advertising a job that I would love and be very good at for months now, I've applied three times every time they take down the ad and put it back up.

I even built them an interactive portfolio of my work that looks exactly like one of their servers, with brand colors and everything 🥲

I've been getting a shitton of recruiter spam out of nowhere in recent months. I wonder if it's related.