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BmoreBr0 t1_jdo1umm wrote

Reply to comment by addctd2badideas in Shady Restaurant Practices - Seeking Advice by PigtownFoo

I know plenty of white collar employers that make job candidates complete large sample work products as part of the hiring process which they are not paid for, but can often take multiple days to complete.

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addctd2badideas t1_jdo3nnm wrote

It is indeed still something that happens. I had to do one too for my last job. If it's something that only takes an hour or two, I don't think it's that bad. But anything more, one should be paid for.

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dweezil22 t1_jdomuu9 wrote

The question is whether the employer uses the product of an interview to profit. For example, a 12 hour take home programming test is shitty, but a 12 hour take home test for a fake job where the employer uses the code in production is criminal. Usually it's the former, and ppl get conspiratorial and think it's the latter (doing the latter doesn't tend to even work well, since someone still has to debug and support the code).

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gaytee t1_jdohko2 wrote

Hiring for any job that pays more than 40k will take 3-4 steps, and likely 2-6 weeks.

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