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[โ€“] fork@feddit.online 49 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The punchline is that the guy hiding is hallucinating the recruiters. Companies aren't actually hiring anyone for these jobs, they're just posting them online to make it seem like they are.

[โ€“] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Also they still do background checks for fake job postings and any data gathered during that is sold without consent.

Background check company NPD leaked 2.9 billion records once because of this.