I couldn’t find a link to this recent ad I saw from Indeed, but I wanted to see if anyone had noticed it. I think they’re all ridiculous, but this new one took the cake for “W-T-F???”
I won’t like screenplay the whole thing here, but it basically involves the following:
A black male is being interviewed by another, and when the interviewer stops to ask about his gap in employment, it cuts away to what looks like him in jail, slaving away at a computer with no narration of the flashback whatsoever. It then cuts back to the interview, and we’re left with her saying something to the extent of, “I understand… let’s talk about how you’d be a great fit with your skills here at the company.”
I’m left thinking, “what the fuck just happened?” Like many Indeed ads, they come across, in my opinion, not only as extremely short sided, but pretentious. They look like they’re baiting applicants they have no interest in serving given the total disregard to how they’re representing them in their ads.
I‘ve had very poor experiences with Indeed, especially when it comes to holding toxic companies accountable (censorship). Is it just me here, or is Indeed just a “blacklisting” middle man helping “the man,” masquerading as a temp agency that [pretends] to give a shit???