[DandyDev]

I experienced the same in my previous job. And it makes me wonder: what do those applicants hope to get out of this ruse? It's not like hiring managers will think "oh, we've gotten this far into the process, we might as well arrange a lengthy and expensive visa process for them"

[commandlinefan]

> we've gotten this far into the process

There was a linkedin post floating around a few weeks ago that went in the other direction - a hiring manager who posted "remote" jobs, go the applicant hired, and then did a rug pull letting them know that it wasn't actually remote after all, they were required to come into the office. The hiring manager proudly bragged that most of the applicants just went along with it anyway and the comments were pointing out that it didn't seem like they'd have much choice at that point since they'd have already quit their other jobs.

[anal_reactor]

> It's not like hiring managers will think "oh, we've gotten this far into the process, we might as well arrange a lengthy and expensive visa process for them"

That's exactly the advice that hiring managers themselves gave 10 years ago.

[hiq]

> oh, we've gotten this far into the process, we might as well arrange a lengthy and expensive visa process for them

What about "oh, we've gotten this far, maybe we can work it out by having them work remotely from their country for a cheaper compensation than what we would have had to pay locally"?

From the applicant's point of view it costs very little to try this out.