| The ghosting problem is fixable in 2 seconds with any LLM + AI recruiting pipelining tool. That is the solution to this. Someone will figure it out in the next three months or less. On the other hand, here is the reality: In a "hiring company friendly" environment, where they cut all their expensive recruiters / or all recruiters / or simply don't care / or treat recruiters as disposable this is what you get. We are seeing a rising trend, which may reverse in a "Good Market" but part of me wonders if it ever will. White Collar workers are becoming / have become more and more "disposable." As disposable as recruiters. White Collar workers are not used to being disposable, we think we are unique and special butterfly hires. And much of silicon valley used to be structured around the messaging: "Your talent is so useful and valuable that we can't live without you." That pretense was never really true but they sort of put on an act to keep things friendly. Lately, that pretense is completely gone. And dropping. At some point employers, in my opinion, are going to find hires speaking out publicly. And naming names directly. Why? No consequences and the employers have nothing, as a class, to offer. I got to this point in my own professional career. I was treated so badly at one company, I saw no point in not directly naming and shaming them. I didn't even care if "their friends" didn't want to hire me. I didnt want to work with anyone who would be friends with people that evil. Here is the deal silicon valley wants: "We treat you like shit and you are expected to take it as a normal part of "professionalism," or we will black ball you and you will be deemed unhireable because you are unwilling to take being treated like shit gracefully, and we (employers) need employees who we can shit on and dispose of. If you complain after this treatment, you are a liability since you think you are worth literally anything as a human being ... when we require disposable parts." Even THAT contract, which is a VERY BAD AND ONE SIDED DEAL is fraying. I expect that you are going to see more and more people speaking publicly and directly naming these companies. Once THAT happens then you KNOW ITS ON. I suspect venture capital portfolios are going to need to directly tell CEOs not to do this because they are "angering the sheep." Shitting on applicants, if it continues to escalate, will become a net liability. Venture Capital companies and Venture Capital firms want to cut corners, access cheap talent and avoid treating employees like they are human beings. They will push this as far as possible until it becomes a net liability. I think we are going to see people getting so fed up they begin naming names, and THEN it will change. |
Maybe if we would just avoid this SV hellish circle and find places or modes of work that are in direct opposition to that, we can at least reclaim our sanity back.
I assume people accept these shitty conditions because this is where the money is at? So maybe we won't get rich avoiding these working environments, but live comfortable enough? We might even have enough energy and time to devote to side projects, our community and such.
Maybe the obscenely fat paycheck isn't the only way to go.