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Proposal to Ban Ghost Jobs

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446 points Teever | 2 comments | 26 Aug 25 16:27 UTC | HN request time: 0.562s | source
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guywithahat ◴[26 Aug 25 17:17 UTC] No.45029519[source]▶
If the number is only 17%, I'm not sure we need to ban them.

From my experience the big issue is hiring managers who either 1) are very casual about hiring (i.e. they're willing to wait 6 months and waste everyone's time), or 2) people who like the idea of hiring but keep changing what they want to hire for (like this month we're having issues with testing, so we want a test engineer, but next month we're having issues with embedded software, so we need a new embedded engineer.

I really don't think there are bands of hiring managers posting fake job ads to make their company look more impressive, I think it's just bands of hiring managers who want a senior engineer with direct experience for <140k

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Zigurd ◴[26 Aug 25 19:46 UTC] No.45031399[source]▶
This "a senior engineer with direct experience for <140k" is a fake job.
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1. guywithahat ◴[26 Aug 25 21:51 UTC] No.45032790[source]▶
For the last few months when I go on linkedin I'm spammed with a position out of CA who wants someone with 8+ years experience, in a C-tier CA desert city, for 80-110k. They've had it listed as "urgently hiring" for about 3 months now

We pay junior engineers more than 80k, and that's to live in a nicer, lower tax area. I hope they don't find someone and have to urgently hire a contractor with a clearance for $300 an hour

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2. ungreased0675 ◴[27 Aug 25 05:10 UTC] No.45035679[source]▶
I’ve seen similar listings. Urgently hiring [long list of specific skills, experience, and certifications] for in-person work only in [high cost area].

If it was really urgent, there would be some flexibility in the requirements.