this post was submitted on 02 Nov 2026
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Getting applicants isn't the purpose of the hiring process, getting the actual people working for you is the purpose of the hiring process.
Even if you don't publish the offered rate and thus get some of the high flying talent to apply and all the way through the interviewing process, they're still going to tell you to fuck off when you offer them less (in this guy's example, 20% less) than what they're already making.
Sure, you get more applicants, what you don't get is the persons you need hiring any or any better. In fact, it's probably slower (because you're wading through inapropriate applications), wasting your time and that of those applicants who are never going to accept that job, so you're both worse off.
Anybody hiring who falls for this guy's (who is seemingly from some placement agency) bullshit doesn't know what the fuck they're doing and should not have such responsabilities.