Does Indeed Actually Work? [Job Listing Ripping Off Employers?!]

Employers complained about the charges Indeed does to their account in every view of the job post, which isn't necessarily made by the job seeker itself.

Other job consolidators keep this free and will only charge if they hire someone. Indeed does it differently to the point they charge $5,000.

Donald, an employer from New York, wrote, "They charge for each 'view' of my job post. It could be school kids who are just bored or wondering what sales positions are like...I paid for it. I have about 7 resumes from legitimate candidates. These cost me $5,000!"

A client named Patricia from Maryland stated that using Indeed for job search made her life difficult because of the inclusion of nonexistent jobs.

Another concern is the distribution of the confidential information to different telemarketing companies wherein they bombard you with unnecessary employment recruitment.

According to Sara from California, she's wondering why her account is deactivated, well, in fact, she paid monthly for the service.

"There is some sort of a suspicious matter going on. I will never trust this platform and their guidelines as well as their leadership," she stated.

Although they already decided to end their membership for whatever reasons they have - maybe they already hired someone or maybe they're simply dissatisfied with the service - Indeed continues to charge them beyond the set date of publication.

Mohandas, an employer from India, mentioned that he tried to contact the customer service to cancel his account on Indeed.

Instead of doing it on the spot, they kept on telling excuses to discourage him not to. Because of that experience, he wrote, "Pathetic and embarrassing services."

No matter how much they pay for Indeed, the company continues to bombard them with job seekers that don't match their experience or qualities they're looking for.

According to Dave from Orlando, his company was charged $18 per applicant. At the time, he received over 70 applications.

However, with those huge number of submissions, there's only 1 who's actually matching the standards. He paid thousands of dollars for "shotgun" applications.

"It seems since the applicants have no skin in the game (they pay no fees), they "shotgun" their resumes to numerous employers with little regards to whether they are actually qualified. As a result, employers pay a lot of money for unqualified applicants.

This is, unfortunately, the case for Indeed. Most of those job seekers didn't expect to receive a lot of calls from fake jobs from scam companies.

From the beginning, they applied for jobs because they want to have one and earn. Little did they know the information they submitted are collected to numerous telemarketing companies and hammered them with calls, emails, etc. from jobs that don't really exist at all.

One job seeker named Robert wrote, "One job posting even sent me to a generic form site that wanted me to send them a photo of my license and then prove my social security number! Please never do this!"

Aside from victimizing the employers, the competent and desperate job seekers also find it rough on Indeed.

According to one reviewer, he applied with a clear intention to work. However, he received an email from a supposed employer offering him a job worth $25 per hour. In the end, he declined the job because of the suspicious job.

Job seekers know what they apply. So, there's no need to tell this and that even though they registered on the account for a year or so.

Terrance from Michigan has been bombarded with messages telling him he's qualified to high-paying jobs although he knows he isn't right for them. 

Simply because he's been on Indeed for 6 months, the platform binged him with these kinds of listings.

Although there are a lot of issues Indeed received over the years as a job listing service, it can’t be denied contributing a lot in the job search per se.

Adulthood is already hard enough. So, there’s no way to complicate things more, especially in the job search for the sake of earning an income for our families and ourselves.

The Better Business Bureau wouldn’t give accreditation to any questionable company, practicing fraudulent activities underneath the surface. Indeed is a real company with real services that match their standards.

With a rating of an A+, there’s no doubt Indeed garnered the attention of the platform because of 2 things.

As per observation with the BBB, what lies the most important is the company structure based on compensation and existence.

If they are nonexistent and unable to respond to the complaints received, they wouldn’t give such rating.

Other than that, the customer ratings, for example, isn’t counted. A customer may complain and Indeed answers back. That’s what matters.

Indeed is a helpful employment-related search engine for both the employers and the job seekers per se. Without it and the rest of the companies, job search wouldn’t be that easy.

Yet, the job search alone isn’t the lone issue here. It’s about questioning the trustworthiness of the platform in which is given to Indeed in the first place.

Both the employers and the job seekers submitted their assets (website data for partners, personal and company information) to them with the affirmation of respect. 

Indeed doesn’t seem to care about those things. Instead, they distribute those pieces of information as if they’re pieces of trash to be thrown elsewhere and let them suffer from lots of calls and emails from people with fraudulent intentions.

The employers get charged every time someone reviews the job post and hammered with lots of calls only to find out they have to pay thousands of dollars at the end of the month without a clear ROI. 

On the other hand, the job seekers receive job listing that either doesn’t validate their current skills or experience or shady job offers from companies and private individuals with hidden motives. These 2 ways made the job search more difficult as Indeed continues to do these dirty tactics to their clients.

In these cases, it’d be hard to become a partner and generate leads with a questionable reputation. Regardless, Indeed is a legitimate company with great vision gone wrong.