Demetra Fisher’s Post

This sounds great in theory, and I wish the world were is black and white as you see it. First, job postings are often restricted based upon the site the job is posted, and not all of them give a "hybrid" option. Even within "hybrid" that could also mean so many different types of schedules. Second, many companies are open to on-site, hybrid, or remote for a given role, so which way should they list it in the job posting? If you put remote, you may fail to capture an applicant that doesn't want a remote role. If you put hybrid or on-site, then you'll lose the applicants desiring remote work. Where you view it as lying and deceitfulness, I see it as flexibility to tailor the role to the need of the candidates.

100% agree. So frustrating to filter on LinkedIn by remote, see remote in the title of the job, only to scroll and see in the description: "Listing says remote but client is onsite in Texas on Day 1" or "Remote but must reside within X miles of the office"- perhaps the second one is for state tax reasons- I could be misunderstanding here... but remote means remote- hybrid means hybrid.. onsite means- guessed it, onsite- and so forth. I rather know there is a chance of going onsite than being mislead about it.

This should be amplified. I went through an entire interview process, 4 interviews plus the screening call, and had signed and accepted an offer. The next day the company reached out to me to let me know that they wanted someone in the area (upper east coast). They were not increasing the salary to match the cost of living and offered a laughable amount for the relocation. I felt like that they did not actually want my services for whatever reason but did not want to rescind the offer.

I got to late-stage interviews with a couple of companies, before they finally said "and are you okay coming into the office"...I was comfortable coming down maybe monthly or quarterly, I've done that previously, only to find out they meant a couple days a week. I told them I live in Washington State and the job is in Texas, how do they expect me to do that? Needless to say, it was a waste of both our time.

People should stop looking for and expecting Remote work when most employers don’t support it. This new movement since COVID of everyone wanting to work from home in their pajamas next to the Keurig and Aroma Therapy is getting old. Work means getting up, getting ready, commuting and dealing with the hassle or frustration of one or all of those things. It maintains a work ethic and fabric this Nation needs to maintain. Many of us as Americans need to wake up and see the value in the “Work Day” again.

Also, only require onsite when it’s actually required. There is no part of my job that requires me to be onsite, and many parts that are better done remotely. Why is requiring onsite for disabled people who can do the job remotely not an ADA violation?

Yea, when I was applying for jobs earlier this year on LinkedIn, many of the jobs would be labeled remote, but in the copy of the job description must be local candidates. I was convinced that organizations don't know how to post jobs here.

Just playing Devil's Advocate, but.....when I DO label my Job Opportunities as On-site or Hybrid and candidates apply, only to ask if they can work 100% remotely - is that not a waste of my time as well? I may be in the minority, but I try to divulge as much honest information as possible in my JD's. I don't like to waste anyone's time. Yours or mine. The market is too tight right now.

And to piggyback on that one, if you hire someone for a REMOTE role and then awhile later the rest of the company starts the RTO at leaderships behest; make sure you're giving the remote folks the opportunity to succeed by setting up the right infrastructure, creating a culture that doesn't equate "physical presence" with the ability to do the job, and reassure them that they're needed. Too many companies FAIL at creating inclusive workspaces for all employee types, and continue to promote people who like to "show face" when the reality is that they're not that great at their job🤐

Alexei “Lex” Ryan you’re a recruiment expert. Recruiters have a bad rep more and more, also because of things like this. It sucks for the awesome recruiters. Can you clarify: is it the recruiter who writes the job description? Is it a collaboration between a hiring manager and recruiter (this is how I’ve experienced it as a hiring manager myself)? Or is this a HR thing where they tell recruitment to write “Remote” when it’s not truly remote? Very curious on your thoughts. Demetra Fisher I couldn’t agree more if I got paid to agree more. 100% deceptive, and people wonder why people don’t trust corporations..