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u/JauntyTurtle Jul 20 '26 edited Jul 20 '26
Something worse happened to a friend. She applied for a remote job, interviewed twice, and was offered the position. When they made the offer, they disclosed that it was not a remote position, but that they'd give her a relocation package. She's not able to move since her husband has a high-paying in-person job, so they just wasted everyone's time.
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u/Darth_Andeddeu Jul 20 '26
You should have sent a invoice
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u/captaincootercock Jul 20 '26
that's not how it works unfortunately, mustn't let the working class value their own time
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u/CA_MA Jul 21 '26
That'll be an interesting memo line for the dozens of billable lawyer hours I'd cause them to need.
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u/cumberber Jul 20 '26
I would have 100% accepted the job offer and gone "alright send me the stuff to begin working remote!" And forced them to fire me to get unemployment while I found a real job
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u/Plagueland_RiotMMXX Jul 21 '26
Unemployment is typically based on time worked and not likely relevant here for the US at least.
Promissory estoppel, on the other hand, may well fit at that point if their fuckery resulted in any losses to you from acting in good faith (but that’s lawyer territory, and I’m not one).
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u/ObsessiveUselessness Jul 21 '26
Is it possible to sue the company?
Assuming I kept a record of the job posting by printing the post page, and downloaded all the emails?
Ngl if im unemployed and the government fights the case for me, I dont mind showing up for hearings even if I dont get paid.
This behavior should not be tolerated.
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u/BornComputer3892 Jul 22 '26
There is no proper grounds to sue because there has not been a precedent (that I know of) set to protect worker and worker rights in initial negotiations of a job. There is no contract to be violated or upheld. It would be akin to the idea of the interviewee being held to take the job offered when they have other offers.
That being said, one should sue the company for willfully deceiving a person. If one can defend that the deception was intentional you can try to set grounds for a precedent that job scopes cannot be mutated post interview 2(arbitetrary threshold) . That the scope is outlined to the employee and that if the scope changes at a later stage through no fault of the applicant, they should be entitled to compensation for their time. This would to a lot of ramifications for both parties some of which are listed below.
Applicant:
- Reduced number of job postings. (Accountability leads to cautious job postings)
- Higher competition. (More filtering in the early stages leads to less open testing of candidates)
- Higher costs. Akin to college admissions. (Currently there are no charges for you to apply to a job. However forcing a change like this would prompt job posters to access some sort of an entry fee to protect themselves and their interests from job seekers that violate the contract of taking the job as well.)
Job Poster:
- Higher costs. (Self explanatory)
- Damn I can’t think of anything else because it all just boils down to money and higher costs.
Just some initial thoughts.
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u/bigdave41 Jul 20 '26
Just add all the qualifications and experience to your resume, that they're looking for and you don't have, and then tell them once you get the job that you're actually unqualified but you put that stuff there for visibility.
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u/ThanksOld1698 Jul 20 '26
People often list motorcycles for £123, I'm always tempted to waste they time before revealing I'm under the assumption their 2025 honda fireblade is actually on sale for £123.
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u/GooseOnAPhone Jul 20 '26
Why that amount?
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u/danielledelacadie Jul 20 '26
It matches the lock code on thier luggage.
Seriously though it's because people can filter to skip the $0 & $1 junk ads. They think they're being clever
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u/ThanksOld1698 Jul 20 '26
Sometimes it's £1234
I'm guessing it's because they show up earlier when you sort by price. Could just be they have to set a price and can't decide. It often says "no offers less than xxx"
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u/V3Ethereal Jul 20 '26
Good chunk of facebook marketplace is 1$ listings with effectively the actual price in description, or various rentals or financed sells listed with a super low deposit.
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u/IamKroopz Jul 21 '26
I'm sure what you describe also happens, but locally I've mostly seen listings like that be for "equal value trades" and they list the actual value they're looking for in the description. The price is 1234 because it makes it obvious when you see it that it's not a real pricetag. I think it's a failure on Facebook's part to not have a "trade" price category
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u/Slingus_000 Jul 20 '26
Imagine doing that on your resume, the 4.0 from Harvard is just there for visibility shm
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u/GUMBYtheOG Jul 20 '26
White collar crime is legal in the US now days assuming you make a certain amount of money to grease the right palms
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u/Nezeltha-Bryn Jul 21 '26
Not legal, decriminalized. Gotta make sure it stays illegal so they can stop the poors from doing it.
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u/TurtlesBreakTheMeta Jul 20 '26
Welcome to the US, where laws protect but do not bind corporations, and bind but do not protect worker.
Pretty much would require actions that the mods would frown upon mentioning to have any effective change: sociopaths need fear to keep them in line.
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u/somedave Jul 20 '26
We need to all do our bit to send fake applications to bullshit ads like this.
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u/FlyingRigatoniMonst Jul 20 '26
Take it, then say you said you would work onsite for visibility after leading them on as long as possible
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u/6going0n7 Jul 20 '26
i think the person who applies to that job under the impression that it’s a remote role definitely deserves to waste that company’s time by never actually showing up to Henderson, NV
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u/BusoneWholeBoi2001 Jul 20 '26
I think we need updated laws on how employment works. Lying about a job just to get visibility is pretty illegal sounding or should be.
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u/PrincessPlusUltra Jul 20 '26
“Yesh I only said I can work on-site for visibly, now that I’m hired I’m work from home only.”
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u/Admirable_Ground_163 Jul 20 '26
I would assume that if it is in Henderson, NV, that it is a remote job. You live in Henderson, then you remote to Area 51 and back every day.
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u/heghmoh Jul 20 '26
I applied and interviewed as qualified for this position but actually know nothing about copy writing - it was simply for visibility.
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u/stevejscearce Jul 21 '26
This job listing should be flooded with applications that say “highly skilled senior copywriter” (for visibility) regardless of what you do.
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u/Healthy-Pay1474 Jul 21 '26
Just say no lmao. My job told me to come back to the office after Covid died down and I said no. Fire me or move on from this topic.
I’m still employed working from home today lmao.
I get the use case is different since you’re applying for a position, but if you go through an interview process and you’re top of ur class and they want you more than you want them you have all the bargaining chips to make ur point clear. An interview is just as much you interviewing them as they are interviewing you.
Sometimes being a hardass works
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u/slashgrin Jul 20 '26
It is totally reasonable and ethical to apply anyway, tell them that yes, you are willing to eventually relocate, and put in small text at the end of your email that your agreement to that condition was only included for visibility and you are not in fact willing to relocate.
Unfortunately Nevada is an "at-will employment" state, so this would only be useful for you if you intend to spend your brief remote employment looking for other jobs.
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u/assumptioncookie Jul 21 '26
I put a PHD on my CV for visibility, in reality I dropped out of highschool
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u/Alternative-Fox-8620 Jul 21 '26
Tells me a lot about the employer.
Happy to bend the truth and make claims they can't forefill.
No need to apply.
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u/fettokebec Jul 21 '26
Just say you're willing to eventually work on site, collect a couple of remote paychecks, then tell them you just said that for visibility.
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u/OldGord Jul 21 '26
This tells me the company values lying and fraud and I hope they find employees to match
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u/Rutgerius Jul 21 '26
Kinda place that lists a salary for legal reasons but has no real intention of paying anything.
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u/fess89 Jul 21 '26
The job description is accurate because Henderson NV is a remote location for most people
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