On Monday I went to a job interview from an Indeed listing. The listing had a bulleted list of compensations – first thing on the list being “35k salaried” and directly under that, “opportunities for commission and bonus”.
Then when I showed up at the interview, the manager started going over the job expectations and everything. I was privately thinking that it didn't sound as involved as I'd expected, until I heard her let slip that pay started at $15 hourly. I stopped her and asked what happened to the $35k salary in the listing – I could work all 52 weeks in the year, never take a day off, and at $15 an hour I'm barely hitting $30k. The interviewer clarified that the $35k figure is what is “possible with commission and bonus”. Naturally, I laughed at her and walked out.
I reported the ad to Indeed, but it got me thinking as lot about this issue. I've experienced it before on a smaller scale (ie. Your listing says $15 an hour but you actually start at $14.80) but I was truly taken aback by how bold this lie was. Is there a legal body I can report this stuff to? Even just to encourage/scare them into doing the right thing?