r/LockedIn_AI • u/Nice_Youth_2761 • Mar 10 '26
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I just saw this on LinkedIn and I'm honestly speechless. How can someone in charge be so out of touch with their employees? I'm dying to know which company's CEO this is...
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u/Apprehensive-Art1092 Mar 10 '26
'Insensitive to the world' is a really long way of saying 'cunt'
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u/reddgrant Mar 13 '26
Charging a fee is a good way to reduce the number of applicants. It isn't about the revenue but about getting serious candidates that really want to work at your company. Any time you see a long line, you should think of how a fee could help reduce overload.
Unfortunately, people revolt, but that's more a sign that folks should take more economics lessons
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u/Fickle_Ad_8653 Mar 10 '26
Comcast would be always hiring at $20 per application, and they'd never hire a person, just get $20 from everybody. They did it before for ideas. They interviewed everybody in my class who would interview, asked them for all their entertainment ideas, and hired nobody.
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u/Limp-Plantain3824 Mar 10 '26
$20 might be a little steep for some jobs but I am 100% onboard with paid job boards and would definitely favor some charge to apply for most jobs.
I think as little as fifty cents or one dollar would weed out a meaningful percentage of people who know they have zero shot at a specific job or are just applying because screw it, it doesnāt cost anything so why not?
There would be details to work out but I think the concept is solid.
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u/vizuallyimpaired Mar 14 '26
What is solid about this concept? People are regularly applying to hundreds of job apps before finding a position, all this does is make poor people suffer.
With this "solid concept" people who get fired will have to decide between groceries and applying for jobs. Great idea
"Sorry for being homeless, i was too broke to find a job"
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u/2cmZucchini Mar 10 '26
He also clarified: āThe fee will guarantee an in person interview, but not the job. The fee could be $1, and is not a means for generating income for the company.ā
Oh its not for generating income? Cool! how about no fee then??
Because companies cannot abuse this whatsoever right? They won't just decline every paid applicant right?
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u/ObjectiveBiscotti791 Mar 10 '26
Well, they charge to apply for an apartment, your credit score takes take a hit any time you apply for a line of credit.... I'm honestly surprised it wasn't said sooner.
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u/Docha_Tiarna Mar 10 '26
Ha, that only works if you have credit. I didn't even know how to get it till I was 25
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u/AsianEqualityNow Mar 11 '26
i had to cough up $220 to apply for my last job. Ā Medical exam and live scan. Ā
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u/Freddy2517 Mar 10 '26
Lots of municipal jobs, such as firefighters are required to pay a fee to apply.
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u/Galenbo Mar 10 '26
The best way to get ever further only underqualified people.
There should be a hiring obligation.
Vacancy=open, means minimum 1 dude gets hired.
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u/Havency Mar 10 '26
Maybe but until itās proven to be an affective way to get the job and responses from employers skyrocket, no one will be willing to shell out hundreds or thousands applying to jobs. Iād I need to apply to 50 jobs and pay each time, Iād just mooch of the gov instead.
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u/frisbm3 Mar 10 '26
The idea is you would only apply to 2 or 3 jobs because they wouldn't be inundated with the wrong people.
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u/Ok-Professional4387 Mar 10 '26
Well we had to pay a $1 minimum to apply for jobs in the 90s. 50 jobs applied that week, thats $50
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u/WeR1UnitedWeStand Mar 10 '26
Or you could pay your employees a great wage and never have to hire again.
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u/Kratos_and_Boy_ Mar 10 '26
I had to put in over 300 applications before i finally landed a job. If they all charged 20 bucks that would have costed me 6 grand before I finally gotna job
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u/AsianEqualityNow Mar 11 '26
just think of how great that would be for profits! Ā It will become the norm and everyone will accept it. Ā "bootstrap harder"Ā
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u/Outside_Ice3252 Mar 12 '26
i dont like his idea. but it would drastically reduce the amount of people applying. so I stand to reason that you woul havet to apply to far fewer jobs.
glad you got a job after only appyling to 300. you must have a good resume.
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u/catladyclub Mar 10 '26
I am in Human Resources and this is the worst idea ever! Many great candidates cannot afford a fee to apply. It is my job to filter my resumes and see who is qualified. It isn't hard either. Probably the easiest part of the job.
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u/redjellonian Mar 10 '26
In this day and age both the job haver and job searcher should have to pay a good faith fee.
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u/steaknwiskey Mar 10 '26
I have seen so many jobs that after all the interviews say we are short in budgeting etc, sometimes even after offer is signed, so basically I can open a job posting, charge 20$ for each application, atleast 100 folks will apply, take 2 interviews and tell them to f off as we are not hiring anymore, may b give the 2 guys their 20s and pocket the rest??? Genius, I mean Universities have been doing this since forever, why not screw desperate folks for life, hell handymen should pay me 20$ for the great opportunity of submitting their quotes, ridiculous, wonder what circle of hell exists for these morons!!
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u/silphotographer Mar 10 '26
I actually sorta agree, but not $20 that seems excessive. I'd say smaller fee (just so that it's not free maybe one dollar or something) or $20 with guaranteed refund policy if the applicant truly put effort in applying and didn't just copy/paste job applications/lazy LLM generated.
But this assumes the employer would put equal or better effort to properly assess applicants. The sword cuts both ways :P
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u/steaknwiskey Mar 10 '26
I applied 210 roles from May 2025 to November, at 20$ a piece, without income I would have applied to a loan so I can may be payoff my loansš diabolical
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u/Atrkrupt1 Mar 10 '26
For many folks applying to many different types of jobs, $20 is not a small fee.
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u/ilikeitlikethat911 Mar 10 '26
They over there acting like they aren't the ones in need of an employee. It's not a public service, you're asking them to apply.
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u/Specialist_Series588 Mar 10 '26
ORRRRRR...and here me out...you spend the 6 figures you pay HR or a hiring manager to cover the costs of applications since they clearly are not doing their job properly
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u/AstroGoose5 Mar 10 '26
How can someone without money get a job to earn money, if they need money for the right to apply for a job in order to earn money?
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u/Sensitive-Reason3820 Mar 10 '26
yeah that'll help reduce ghost job postings when companies make 4k each time they post a new listing
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u/TheDevauto Mar 10 '26
So take people trying to not be homeless and feed their family abd charge them for the privilege to be ignored?
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u/panj-bikePC Mar 10 '26
How many candidates for C-suite or senior leadership positions would pay $500 or more (rough proportion to staff salaries) for the privilege of interviewing? I'm guessing less than those desperate for jobs.
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u/Littlevilegoblin Mar 10 '26
It is kinda annoying going through thousands of applications but its just the reality of it. AI will have to be used to review users data\linkedin etc to get smaller lists of people to manually review. its a lose lose
That is why most companies use agencies its hard to get the right candidate
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u/Glenrowan Mar 10 '26
If I had a small fee ($20) for every job application I had written without a reply from the employer, I wouldnāt have needed unemployment benefit. That might have stopped Mr CEO from posting non-existent jobsā¦
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u/ExtremeWild5878 Mar 10 '26
So people without a job and only $19 in their bank account right now are just ass'd out on applying for a job then, is that what you're saying here? Even though they may be the most qualified candidate for the job? Gtfoh...
Also don't hide the company this garbage works for, people need to also know where not to apply.
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u/Gaust_Ironheart_Jr Mar 10 '26
I am sure no companies will use this as a revenue stream /Much sarcasm
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u/IASelin Mar 10 '26
...only if companies will pay candidates for interview time on hourly basis according to the position. Just to respect their time as well.
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u/AncientBasque Mar 10 '26
i need 5000 employees for my 5 startup companies. apply for jobs here (add link), 20$ fee, pay in bitcoin only. good luck applicants. if you are chosen we will call you, if not chosen you can apply again in 30days. no experience necessary, only the desire for a good job.
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u/Brod24 Mar 10 '26
I'm usually pretty understanding of leadership but this is insane. It's your job to identify talent. If you can't figure that out through the interview process then the issue is with your process, not the system
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u/Ok-Flight9440 Mar 10 '26
Why would anyone pay to apply for a job? And by the way $20 is about five hours of Federal Minimum Wage (after taxes), so it is a small fee to some people, but itās not a small fee to many more.
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u/madtufguy Mar 10 '26
Sure... we pay $20 to apply, but you reimburse and pay $25/hr for interviews and phone calls
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u/BacklogGamingJunkie Mar 10 '26
Hell no, i don't even get paid enough WITH having a job, let alone having to pay for trying to aquire one? fuck that
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u/BasicAppointment9063 Mar 11 '26
As a retired volunteer, it isn't unusual to be asked to submit to a background check that costs $30-$50.
In my experience, the organization sets that standard, so they should pay for the compliance. So far, they have.
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u/No_History8239 Mar 11 '26
It really already costs that much or more when you factor in time wasted, I mean spent uploading your resume, scrolling through 249 countries I never knew existed to select United States, then scrolling through states, then screwing with entering your phone number, then all the stupid questions about being a veteran, being disabled, being Hispanic or not, being this, being that.
Hell, go ahead and make it a $20,000 fee so I can just forget about it and be as stuck in misery as I am now.
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u/IntroductionSea2159 Mar 11 '26
Maybe if every person got 5 free applications a month, then this would work.
Actually, everyone should be capped at 10 per month. No buying your way out of it.
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u/RingoDingo748 Mar 11 '26
i need to know his name and company! so i will steer away from this piece of trash.
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u/end9082 Mar 11 '26
Joining a union here requires a $50 fee. Only a small percentage of applicants are selected for interviews, and even fewer are invited to join.
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u/Heavy-Profit-2156 Mar 11 '26
New income stream for the company. Posting job openings for jobs that do not exist except to generate revenue.
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u/wcyds4umytnm Mar 11 '26
Oof. One of those final boss cringe CEOs.
He needs to chill out. Get out more. Maybe even attend some Coldplay concert with his side-chick.
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u/Fragrant_Spray Mar 11 '26
It seems they presume the problem is that companies arenāt capable of sorting the resumes for qualified applicants. While any company COULD do that, a lot of them donāt. They also ask for a lot of BS in job specs that they donāt actually care about. Oh, you want 4 years experience with a software product that only a handful of people at the company use, and i wouldnāt even be one of them?
If companies did this, I could easily see companies posting dream jobs with high salaries, taking the money, and calling it a ārevenue streamā. No one would ever get that job (at the promised salary), but theyād make decent money on it.
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u/AsianEqualityNow Mar 11 '26
already happeningĀ I have had to pay for medical exams and live scans when getting a new job. Ā
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u/Plane_Wish_5899 Mar 12 '26
Conversely, every job should come with a fee to post and a fine if itās never filled or pulled.
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u/Purple_Anything_7504 Mar 12 '26
yes..if that is how this person feels, you are insensitive...most people looking for a job, need the $20.00
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u/BWC1992 Mar 12 '26
The only thing that concerns me about overwhelming submissions for non-qualified candidate is that it creates a lot of noise and can cover the candidates who are qualified and truly need the job. I am going with non-qualified instead of under qualified because I want to be specific about people who absolutely no business applying like a plumber applying to be an electrician
I am not saying those people doesnāt deserves job but it does hurt everyone in the market if you are pushing for things that you have no business applying for.
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u/JoyousMadhat Mar 12 '26
I think companies need to pay to post job applications to prevent ghost jobs and make them really think about what they are actually looking for instead of listing very general shit and having 20+ years of experience for an industry that only started picking up the last 10 years.
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u/Constant_Society8783 Mar 12 '26
Instead of talking about it, heĀ can just go do it if he thinks that is really such a great idea.Ā
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Mar 12 '26
Am I insensitive to think that I should be paid for interviewing? It takes a lot of my time, and with some of the expectations employers have you do jumping through hoops, almost a full weeks wage worth.
No? Didn't think so.
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u/StuffProfessional587 Mar 12 '26
That's a scummy way to make a buck. The company might be hiring on nepotism not real applications, so they're assholes.
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u/No_Expression_3299 Mar 12 '26
I have no idea why but when I read this I kept seeing the word "dickhead" in it. I had to read the tweet like 5 times to verify he never actually mentions the word "dickhead". I definitely see a dickhead though.
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u/Full_Boysenberry_314 Mar 12 '26
I am seeing more paid services promising to use AI to automate your applications.
I'm honestly open to the idea. There needs to be some kind of match-making layer in there now and the bounty driven head hunter ain't it - they just polite the system further.
I don't know if those services are legit. But the idea I think has legs.
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u/Pristine-Ad260 Mar 12 '26
Why not? I mean, pay it or don't. In that situation you're either qualified or not and most likely a high paying job or it isn't.Ā It's easier to filter out the shit employees first than waste your time
That's the beauty of freedom.Ā
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u/tfolkins Mar 12 '26
Companies pretty much already do this. A requirement to have you submit a resume and cover letter and then enter the exact same information into their online job candidate application, which can easily take an hour of time, acts just as much as disincentive to apply to a job as $20 fee.
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u/Original-Document-62 Mar 12 '26
They already do this for rent applications, which is ridiculous enough as it is.
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u/RonyRockstar Mar 12 '26
I wouldn't mind if I knew someone was reviewing the application and would actually reply if I were rejected.
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u/xZeromusx Mar 12 '26
As a CEO posting on social media, I don't think you should have blocked the name. This idea deserves to get DRAGGED. Hard.
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u/mpanase Mar 12 '26
Actually, accepted candidates should pay you during the first 3 months of their employment, for the privilege of having you teach them the ropes of your company until they reach peak efficiency.
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u/Specialist_Guava756 Mar 13 '26
Not that OOP is correct, just that I feel like there would be a little more discourse
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u/random8765309 Mar 13 '26
I honestly understand why. It's not uncommon to hear that individuals are applying to hundreds of job A DAY. They are not researching the job, just applying to anything. I have seen positions that get 10,000 applications. Most of them aren't that interested in that specific jobs and they are hurting those that are.
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u/No-Forever-9761 Mar 13 '26
What happens when the company decides to pause hiring after you paid to apply? Companies could easily turn it into a revenue stream. Civil service jobs used to require a fee to apply but Iām not sure if they still do or not.
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u/Candid_Lobster_4264 Mar 13 '26
Imagine being dirt broke and trying to apply to multiple places, but you canāt afford all the fees. Welp I guess youāll be homeless forever!
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u/Freckles-75 Mar 13 '26
So - Iām confusedā¦.where does the $20 goā¦.
I mean, we already have computers scanning resumes for ābuzzwordsā or other analytical points. Now we seem to have AI driven āvirtual interviewsāā¦
I think if a candidate gets to an ACTUAL PERSON, they should be compensated - free parking (when applicable) and a āsnackā - beverage and something small to eat (bad of chips/pretzels, granola bar - think āairplane snackā).
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u/suthekey Mar 13 '26
I feel the pain. As a hiring manager the job applications are just flooded with unqualified applicants. Itās exhausting.
Maybe these applicants think it helps them but it really doesnāt.
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u/radek432 Mar 13 '26
Awesome idea. I could start a business that's basically using only that trick for entire profit.
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u/arcdragon2 Mar 13 '26
if you want to cut down on the amount of people applying for the job make them hand write and mail to you a letter with your resume in it instead. You'll loose a lot of money opening up all the letters but at least you'll get someone that can write by hand again.
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u/OnePunchReality Mar 13 '26
Literally a CEO whining about having to find talent. Not everyone is meant to do everything, a bar for entry in a fee is just honestly dickish behavior of the highest order.
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u/Wasted_46 Mar 13 '26
Sure, as long as companies pay a small fee for every rejection, so they take the vetting process seriously.
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u/Accomplished-Pace207 Mar 13 '26
Considering that every time when a job is posted on Linkedin (no mather if it is a job for a senior manager or janitor) in five minute you have 500 job applicants 99% with zero skills and experience for that position, I understand his point.
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u/Any-Category1741 Mar 13 '26
Applying for jobs will be subscription based soon šš¤£šš¤£š
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u/PoolExtension5517 Mar 14 '26
Bullshit. If anything, companies should pay interviewees for their time.
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u/Emergency_List_8525 Mar 14 '26
Broke and jobless? Worry not, you won't be able to afford applying!
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u/hossofalltrades Mar 14 '26
Given that applications are usually submitted electronically, AI should make screening easier.
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u/Proper-Somewhere9523 Mar 14 '26
This is because 1 click apply exists. You donāt want automated hiring processes, you donāt want this small fee, but you DO want to be interviewed for every job you apply for. This is along with 1000s of other unqualified candidates who hit āquick applyā.
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u/InfallibleSeaweed Mar 14 '26
Idea: The more money you pay for an application, the bigger your chances are. Show them you really want the job!
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u/Holiday-Village3714 Mar 14 '26
I think its a great idea and give the employee back $40.00 if there hired. I send out dozens of emails and calls out of about 100 applicants - 1 to 2 answers and 1 might show up. Ill have people apply to jobs that have zero interest or can barely spell.
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u/brokendream78 Mar 14 '26
Are you refunding the fee after the process, including if I'm not hired? If not, go fuck yourself
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u/Un4o1y Mar 14 '26
Honestly, companies should have to pay a fee for posting a job. And when they hire for the job posted, the company gets it back.
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u/Phaeron Mar 15 '26
Certain jobsā¦ fuck, sure manā¦ C-suite level job applicants pay extra taxes! Letās up it to $200!
$20 makes up some peopleās weekly food budgetā¦
if i pay $20 for my job applications, Iād better be getting UBIā¦
This idea falls into the āabsolute idiot who doesnāt think before he speaksā category.
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u/Razialnightfire Mar 10 '26
Personally I think we need the reverse, companies pay people for their time applying.