I stumbled upon the following job ad (now deleted):
Does anyone read job ads before they are posted?
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1So? Why do you think it is a joke? And you would be surprised at how some people really don't know how to write a job post.– Oded StaffModCommented Apr 8, 2016 at 9:26
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No, I'm not surprised, but this is obviously a joke. I've stumbled upon this add on reddit, not here on SO.– Josip IvicCommented Apr 8, 2016 at 9:27
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1It isn't obviously a joke in my eyes. Just someone who is completely tone deaf. Again - why do you assume it is a joke?– Oded StaffModCommented Apr 8, 2016 at 9:28
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1They are searching for hacker and sell one of the best herbal testosterone supplements in the world.– Josip IvicCommented Apr 8, 2016 at 9:29
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So, isn't that a legal business? @JosipIvic– Patrick HofmanCommented Apr 8, 2016 at 9:30
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1So, company which sells herbal testosterone supplements is searching for hacker, and that's not a joke?– Josip IvicCommented Apr 8, 2016 at 9:31
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4What, they don't need programmers?– Oded StaffModCommented Apr 8, 2016 at 9:31
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Don't confuse 'Hacker' with 'Cracker'.– JonWCommented Apr 8, 2016 at 9:32
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@Oded, sry, but I never saw a job add like this and I think it's a joke.– Josip IvicCommented Apr 8, 2016 at 9:34
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3I have seen a lot of bad job listings - agree that this one is possibly one of the worst. C'est la vie.– Oded StaffModCommented Apr 8, 2016 at 9:35
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I find those Crossover ads looking for super specialized experienced engineers at $15 per hour a much bigger joke.– PekkaCommented Apr 8, 2016 at 10:57
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I find it more of a joke that some corps are looking for people with experience that would easily merit 4-5x the salary that they quote, but alas.– MagischCommented Apr 8, 2016 at 11:56
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2Why oh WHY didn't you take a snapshot of that ad? Now we'll never be able to enjoy its awfulness!– user1228Commented Apr 8, 2016 at 12:49
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2@won't Google has a cached version: webcache.googleusercontent.com/…– JDBCommented Apr 9, 2016 at 0:58
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@JDB "Hacker With Good Logic And Deep PHP Coding Experience" HAH!– user1228Commented Apr 11, 2016 at 12:52
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2 Answers
Unfortunately, this is not a joke.
It is a real listing, an actual client that is looking for programmers.
Agreed - it is a really bad listing, bad enough to look like a joke.
When you see something like this - flag it. It will get reviewed.
I was in contact with someone in the team - they said the post got so many flags that they have now taken it down.
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Can companies post such ads without any review? For some reason I thought that like external ads, they have to send it first to SE, and SE employee in the Careers team actually publish them. Commented Apr 8, 2016 at 10:45
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1@ShadowWizard - ads are posted without review, AFAIK. The sales reps (and customer success team) will look into them (sometimes before being posted, but usually after). Flags go straight to the customer success team who will deal with them. The post in question was live less than 24 hours. Commented Apr 8, 2016 at 10:53
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1Just to add - there are a lot of listings coming up. Gating that by reviews just isn't scalable. That's why we have flagging. External ads, on the other hand - we don't have many, so the process works with people gating them. Commented Apr 8, 2016 at 10:59
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Makes sense, thanks. But still, I think that before a job listing become an ad, it better go through some review. Is it worth a feature request in your opinion? Commented Apr 8, 2016 at 11:00
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1We don't have the man power and making this a requirement can really hurt the business. We have found that flagging works well - even if the odd one slips through on a rare occasion. Commented Apr 9, 2016 at 9:39
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I would also think that the process involved in posting an ad would make it such that abuse would be difficult, expensive and fruitless.– JDBCommented Apr 11, 2016 at 18:52
No. No member of Stack Exchange reads the job ad before the company posts it.
You can flag it though if you think it is inappropriate. Please make clear from your flag why you think it is inappropriate. (And I guess the job ad worked, since you are actually reading it)
Note that you only should flag inappropriate content. In this case, I think the job ad does lack the quality I am used to, but nothing really to flag. Just ignore it.
answered Apr 8, 2016 at 9:26
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No, it didn't worked, au contrair. I laughed because add is gibberish. That's why I'm asking. Commented Apr 8, 2016 at 9:28
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