Suspicious Company Gets Exposed for Hiring Fake Recruiter to Catch Out Current Employees

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    Rona Wang @ronawang kinda scary if this is real Follow
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    r/cscareerquestions thelonelyward2 2h @ Are companies allowed to hire fake recruiters to test your loyalty? Experienced X ... This was a bizarre interaction, I had a recruiter reach out to me for a job, currently I am happily employed making a good salary in a good environment. I told the recruiter to keep my information for the future incase anything changes, but I am fine where I am and not interested. I get an email back saying I "passed the test' and it was a fake recruiter hired by the comp
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    Egg Czar W @UltraMagaE....4d Replying to @ronawang What are they gonna do... Fire you if you talk to the recruiter? 92 271 Rona Wang sounds like it lol 1,990 99.1K @ronawang 4d .
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    Alex @OutoftheboxP. 4d Replying to @ronawang Well, if they have the budget to hire fake recruiters, I am sure they will approve my raise.
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    conway @ConwayAnderson •4d Replying to @ronawang would immediately start looking for a job after this
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    Micha PYK D Tom Bielecki @tombielecki. 4d Replying to @ronawang Labor law and privacy implications. Deceptive collection of personal information. Not acting in good faith or fair conduct with employees. Lawyer up.
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    Vic @VicVijayakumar 4d Replying to @ronawang and @SabraMBoyd If a company is that insecure about people leaving they should...idk...hear employee concerns and be better.
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    The Value Formula @finance_toolbox Follow Replying to @ronawang I wouldn't put it past some companies. But if I found out they were doing that, | 100% would not want to continue working there for any meaningful amount of time. No 'fake employee' needed.
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    hesam @itsHesamSheikh . 4d Replying to @ronawang Loyalty?! It's not a romantic relationship. If the company is so toxic then resigning is better.
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    Ramona @xcvi_ramona 3d Employers will do everything except be a good one.
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    hot dog possum. @Sith Lord Jimin69 (A y do they waste money on this just pay the employees better lol Follow
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    kit kat Follow @Ophanim2013043 I really think higher ups need to force themselves and their other higher ups to get some hobbies instead of analyzing every single minuscule detail of their business like a damn panopticon
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    pilnokula (Secrets a... @Pilnok Follow oh so you have "fake recruiter sting operation" money but not "give me a cost of living increase" money????
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    Steffen Schuldenzu... Follow @sschuldenzucker The quantum job paradox: you cannot observe loyalty without affecting it.
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    Ghosty @Ghosty02772504 3d This is a great way for the company to turn a happy employee into a deeply unhappy one who wants to leave .
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    Miguel Mendes @mcm_2705.3d I could see this being a useful tool to find out if employees are seeking exit strategies, to assess overall happiness. But the "passed the test" bit sounds god awful. Like what would happen if she failed? People should be allowed to seek alternatives even if they are happy...
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    sorrel @Sorrelish • 3d It's not illegal but if your job does this maybe keep in touch a real recruiter
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    Bass Bro Shops sagu @sagunonsequitur - 3d Companies that do this are not loyal to their employees
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    fleur & feu @winninglilacs 3d I've actually heard of this happening!!
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    chanimal @TheChanimal93. 3d The industry that actively encourages job hopping is suddenly realizing it's not good for its profits?
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    Rick Crawford @RickCrawf . 4d Answer is simple. To all future recruiters, say "I love my current work, but I want to leave because they did this weird fake recruiter thing". (Apologies for the QT, replies are disabled)

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