[ako]

It is shady, but at the same time it sounds like the recruiter succeeded where your company failed. He was able to find a candidate for your position, where your employer was unable by just posting it to indeed.

He did a better job, and maybe that is worth the additional money? Do you think your employer would have found the same candidate by just relying on the job listing on Indeed?

[theamk]

The recruiter copied listing as-is, with only company name removed. If thir listing wasn't there, candidate would find the company directly.

So they provided no positive value; in fact they provided negative value by adding duplicate listing and making them harder to navigate. I don't thin

[ako]

How do you score higher on indeed with the same text with just a name removed? The original listing would still show up?