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I'm not sure I buy that they're actually on a hiring freeze, but I may be wrong. The day before it was announced I got a text from a google recruiter literally

by cbanek 4y ago

I'm not sure I buy that they're actually on a hiring freeze, but I may be wrong. The day before it was announced I got a text from a google recruiter literally saying feel free to contact me on 8/8 (after the freeze is supposedly finished). I feel like this was definitely a show for the shareholders, and a way to drop your dead weight. Everyone seems worried about employee productivity and profitably all of a sudden, or at least they're pretending to. My advice is only if you know what you're doing, there's always a job for you.

yodsanklai 4y ago
> The day before it was announced These recruiters may have heard the news at the same time it was announced.
meldyr 4y ago
Be careful with young and ambitious recruiters these days. When large companies can do hiring freezes they do not immediately fire a large proportion of their recruiters immediately. Recruiters will spent the same time interviewing for less vacancies to fill. Be careful not to waste your time on this.
- londons_explore 4y ago
  +1 to this. In big companies, I've seen hundreds of applicants interviewed to start work on a project, when the project had already been cancelled months ago, and none of those interviewed were hired. They'd already made it into the interview pipeline, and management hadn't let recruitment know that this position was no longer needed, so all the interviews went ahead as scheduled. Hundreds of person-days wasted! The reputation of the firm damaged, good people missed (would you re-apply soon after being rejected?)... And I don't think this is a rare story.
eatonphil 4y ago
If you're a recruiter and your entire job is to find and interview candidates and there's a hiring freeze but you (the recruiter) haven't been laid off... what are you going to spend your time doing? Finding and interviewing candidates.

by cbanek 4y ago

yodsanklai 4y ago

> The day before it was announced These recruiters may have heard the news at the same time it was announced.

meldyr 4y ago

Be careful with young and ambitious recruiters these days. When large companies can do hiring freezes they do not immediately fire a large proportion of their recruiters immediately. Recruiters will spent the same time interviewing for less vacancies to fill. Be careful not to waste your time on this.

londons_explore 4y ago
+1 to this. In big companies, I've seen hundreds of applicants interviewed to start work on a project, when the project had already been cancelled months ago, and none of those interviewed were hired. They'd already made it into the interview pipeline, and management hadn't let recruitment know that this position was no longer needed, so all the interviews went ahead as scheduled. Hundreds of person-days wasted! The reputation of the firm damaged, good people missed (would you re-apply soon after being rejected?)... And I don't think this is a rare story.

eatonphil 4y ago

If you're a recruiter and your entire job is to find and interview candidates and there's a hiring freeze but you (the recruiter) haven't been laid off... what are you going to spend your time doing? Finding and interviewing candidates.