Judging by the comments on these posts and my anecdotal evidence from working at ARMtech for nearly a decade, we can say without a doubt that corporate bloat is real.

Bigger the company, the worse it is.

I mean, why did I stay around for so long in a job that I didn’t love?

I enjoyed the people I worked with (by-in-large).

And the job was easy.

I by no means made any kind of crazy money like this…

But it was 90% of the time it was the most relaxing and chill environment you can imagine.

At least it was until Sompo took over. 🙄

But maybe that’s a story for another day…

Never deleting this app pic.twitter.com/5Q3mrVMHtb

— Alex Cohen (@anothercohen) November 20, 2024

Here is that original post too:

Everyone thinks this is an exaggeration but there are so many software engineers, not just at FAANG, who I know personally who literally make ~2 code changes a month, few emails, few meetings, remote work, < 5 hours/ week, for ~$200-300k.

Here are some of those companies:

— Deedy (@deedydas) November 19, 2024

So I couldn’t find a job for so long at the beginning of my career because 43% of job postings are fake?!

Has the world lost its mind?

Working at a recruitment and consulting agency, Mr. Lamarche has witnessed the rise of fake job posts. A former recruiter friend of his confessed to posting “ghost jobs” to impress clients and boost his performance metrics. Mr. Lamarche noted the recruiter didn’t seem concerned about the candidates’ quality or level of interest, he was just looking for contact information.

He’s also seen incidents where professional candidates with perfectly matched skills suddenly face radio silence from hiring managers, only to find the exact job with the same ad posted on repeat every few weeks.

Spoiler alert.

I couldn’t find a job because the jobs were fake.

I couldn’t find a job because I knew no one of significant means.

Understand: If you’re looking at public job postings hoping to be given something – you are already behind.