Internet is fully behind Redditor calling out companies that pay fake

It’s hard to sell on the job market these days. One Redditor draws attention to false advertising of wage rates experienced during the hiring process.

According to a post on Reddit’s “Antiwork” forum via LavaCakez918, some companies said their wages were much higher than what they were actually offering.

“Four jobs in a row were like this. It was especially appalling, especially for a management position,” he wrote. “Is this illegal? Otherwise it should be. Right now in all my interviews I try to find out if they lied on the list (they all do).

He continued: “I’m going to take one of these crap jobs, tell them I’m available, and then don’t show up on Saturday when I was scheduled. ‘Oh, you didn’t think I was actually free. There was availability, Right? Now you’re just greedy.'”

The user also added company names including “Food Lion, Applebees, Petland and GameStop.”

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), “the median wage for workers in the United States in the fourth quarter of 2020 was $984 per week or $51,168 per year (assuming 52 weeks of work per year).” Some states, such as Massachusetts, offer the highest median salary through Zip Recruiter in the US at $74,189. Nevertheless, many of the available jobs are in the $11-18 range.

Similarly, Zip Recruiter also noted that salaries for employers like Applebees can be “as high as $64,393 and as low as $21,137. Most salaries within the Applebee’s job category are currently $37,357 (25th percentile) to $53,579 (75th percentile).” percent), with the top earners (90th percentile) earning $59,969 per year in California.

Commentators rushed to offer support. Many said that false advertisements should be illegal.

“If it’s illegal, it won’t be enforced. I’m looking forward to crowdsourcing some lawyers to go aggressively after fake job postings. I want lawyers on nothing but these cases as a whole.” Build a career unless employers are afraid to lie. If not, this is a slam dunk policy and we should pressure lawmakers to pass it,” wrote top commenter Wrecksomething.

He continued: “It’s bullshit on all terms, even their money-first economic terms. You take productivity out of the economy by wasting everyone’s time on fake job vacancies. A lot of time. And it’s inhumane , so. Please give me a blueprint with the flammable bits marked so we can burn it to the ground.”

Lord_ho-ryu continued: “Most people would pass up a job with a range like this because we all know what you get is the low end; the high end is out there to try and make us take the job with illusions.” For that we get $18/hour.”

Another suggested a rebellion to stop the act.

“Even in the US, there are places where a job listing has a salary range. So in this example, maybe they should have listed 11 to 18 hours per hour and then held it for that range. If people knew it paid as little as 11, they probably wouldn’t have implemented it in the first place. Many places do not have such required disclosures. I think Colorado might be one of them?” the admiral wrote.

He continued, “Frankly, a federal law requiring wage release at job openings would cover this and make a huge difference. Edit: Done, my state legislators wrote demanding wage transparency. You all should do the same.”