Peter, a naive question: why would companies advertise “fake” job openings? Is it because they don’t want to chill their ability to recruit if and when the business climate improves?
My son's company just hired someone for his department but they have to wait to onboard until they advertise it?!?!...this person is an internal candidate in another department, but still this breaks fair labor practices. Getting a job really still comes down to who you know > slick Resume, impressive LinkedIn, etc.
Peter, you have such a talent for data analysis! By contrast, I have an image of the bureaucrats at this agency just pretending to work while they’re actually drinking coffee and playing online Solitaire.
The bad news is that the corporate media will finally pay attention to the jobs recession now that they can - inaccurately - blame it on Trump. And they will.
I know! When I had an internship at the U.S. Bureau of Mines 45+ years ago, it was pretty much all make-work. Employees would write reports, and then other employees would read them, and then they’d have meetings and seminars about the reports, and then they’d re-do the reports, etc, etc. The chief goal and result was getting more government funding - that’s it. All those taxpayers’ dollars didn’t result in safer mines, or innovative practices, or anything of value to the industry. When that regional office was finally closed, no one noticed or cared - except the bureaucrats who lost their low-stress, cushy jobs.
Peter, a naive question: why would companies advertise “fake” job openings? Is it because they don’t want to chill their ability to recruit if and when the business climate improves?
My son's company just hired someone for his department but they have to wait to onboard until they advertise it?!?!...this person is an internal candidate in another department, but still this breaks fair labor practices. Getting a job really still comes down to who you know > slick Resume, impressive LinkedIn, etc.
Headcount is one of the most perverse games corporate bureaucracies play.
Posting jobs shows a "need" for a bigger budget.
Not filling those jobs shows efficiency and financial responsibility.
Not filling those jobs also becomes a justification for importing lower cost labor under an H1-B or H2-B visa.
It is the epitome of the perverse incentive.
Ah yes, the bureaucratic imperative: maintaining/expanding your fiefdom while making nice with the cost-cutting CEO.
Exactly.
Figuring out bureaucrat logic is easy. Just apply basic common sense and then invert it.
Peter, you have such a talent for data analysis! By contrast, I have an image of the bureaucrats at this agency just pretending to work while they’re actually drinking coffee and playing online Solitaire.
The bad news is that the corporate media will finally pay attention to the jobs recession now that they can - inaccurately - blame it on Trump. And they will.
"I have an image of the bureaucrats at this agency just pretending to work while they’re actually drinking coffee and playing online Solitaire."
The scary part is, if the DOGE data is any guide, that's pretty much exactly what really happens.
The numbers do tell a story if people are prepared to hear it--and even if they are not.
I know! When I had an internship at the U.S. Bureau of Mines 45+ years ago, it was pretty much all make-work. Employees would write reports, and then other employees would read them, and then they’d have meetings and seminars about the reports, and then they’d re-do the reports, etc, etc. The chief goal and result was getting more government funding - that’s it. All those taxpayers’ dollars didn’t result in safer mines, or innovative practices, or anything of value to the industry. When that regional office was finally closed, no one noticed or cared - except the bureaucrats who lost their low-stress, cushy jobs.