Freezes and layoffs
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I know a guy that works for Amazon in the cloud area. Mid 20's, well paid. Computer science background. Looking for a new job (even started before all the layoffs). He told me that at least the ads are indicating that jobs he would be interested are coming close to what he makes at Amazon. Whether these jobs offers will still be there a month from now is a question mark.
@taiwan_girl said in Freezes and layoffs:
He told me that at least the ads are indicating that jobs he would be interested are coming close to what he makes at Amazon. Whether these jobs offers will still be there a month from now is a question mark.
Have to beware of "ghost jobs" -- job openings that are advertised but for which the employers have no intention of actually hiring. "Ghost jobs" is not a new phenomenon, their numbers just go up or down depending on the economy and how the employers want to play mind games with the employees; sometimes it's also just because the hiring manager neglected to take down the advertisement after the company decided to not hire, or the hiring manager himself got fired and no one gets around to taking down the advertisement. "Ghost jobs" also wreak havoc for economists using advertised job openings to analyze the job market.
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@taiwan_girl said in Freezes and layoffs:
He told me that at least the ads are indicating that jobs he would be interested are coming close to what he makes at Amazon. Whether these jobs offers will still be there a month from now is a question mark.
Have to beware of "ghost jobs" -- job openings that are advertised but for which the employers have no intention of actually hiring. "Ghost jobs" is not a new phenomenon, their numbers just go up or down depending on the economy and how the employers want to play mind games with the employees; sometimes it's also just because the hiring manager neglected to take down the advertisement after the company decided to not hire, or the hiring manager himself got fired and no one gets around to taking down the advertisement. "Ghost jobs" also wreak havoc for economists using advertised job openings to analyze the job market.
@Axtremus said in Freezes and layoffs:
@taiwan_girl said in Freezes and layoffs:
He told me that at least the ads are indicating that jobs he would be interested are coming close to what he makes at Amazon. Whether these jobs offers will still be there a month from now is a question mark.
Have to beware of "ghost jobs" -- job openings that are advertised but for which the employers have no intention of actually hiring. "Ghost jobs" is not a new phenomenon, their numbers just go up or down depending on the economy and how the employers want to play mind games with the employees; sometimes it's also just because the hiring manager neglected to take down the advertisement after the company decided to not hire, or the hiring manager himself got fired and no one gets around to taking down the advertisement. "Ghost jobs" also wreak havoc for economists using advertised job openings to analyze the job market.
Interesting. I have never hear of that before. I can understand not taking down a posting because they forgot - that happens. But, dont understand why a company would want to do it just "because".
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McDonald's will be laying off corporate staff. It has temporarily shutdown US offices, told staff not to come into office so they can receive layoff news virtually.
