personal opinion: If your job post says “fast-paced environment” and “wear many hats,” I assume your team is understaffed and the onboarding is chaos. What phrases make you immediately scroll past a role

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I feel like that is standard boiler plate filler jargon these days, where you need to take caution is when they use a tin of emojis in the add talk about their culture being fun, hardworking, youthful, or like a family.

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Hahaha! Let me guess, they also offer "significant stocks" that get diluted once they can be cashed to a significant lower value?

It means that company hasn't adopted more progressive and inclusive job posting jargon. Saying things like "fast-paced environment" may also inadvertently discriminate against certain demographics such as the neurodivergent population or the older workforce who hiring leaders my assume won't be able to "keep up" in a fast-paced work environment"....

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