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Hi all, Currently I am 1.6yrs experienced.I had completed my interview with HCL Technologies along with HR discussion around 1st week of July.On 20th July I received an email from HR saying I need to wait for 3 more weeks to get the offer letter. My salary was 3.8 LPA at the time of interview(it became 4LPA from August) and i asked for 6.5 LPA Need advice on whether or not to expect the Offer Letter in hand once 3 weeks are over? HCL Technologies
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That could be a ghost job. It could also be a real job that an employer posted knowing full well that they were going to give it to an internal candidate. I've seen a lot of that as well.
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That is exactly the problem. Half the time it is a ghost job, the other half it is an internal hire wrapped in a public posting. Either way, it wastes candidates time while giving companies cover.
The problem with vetting job posts is that it's unclear who would vet them. Companies post what they want, and they're responsible for them. People talk about outlawing the posting of ghost jobs, but I don't even know how that would work. Even if such a law came along, the authorities, whoever they would be, couldn't prove that a company didn't intend to hire someone when they posted the job.
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That is true. Even if someone tried to regulate it, companies could claim they intended to hire until the very last second. It feels like the whole system relies on trust, and right now the trust is not there