“We’re like a family.” “Looking for self-starters.' The phrases in job postings that turn off quiet quitters and anti-hustlers.
chatter and Reddit forums online, workers trade opinions, thoughts and warning signs about job postings. Some say that “we’re like a family” can read as code for being subject to verbal abuse, and descriptions touting perks like free meals and on-site entertainment can signal bosses will expect employees to beFor companies, the challenge is conveying that they offer an exciting place to work without turning off applicants, while also finding workers who will get the job done.
Yet companies appear to be using those two terms in more job postings lately, according to Indeed.com, an employment-search site. Over the past three years, the share of job postings that included variations on “like a family” quadrupled, while use of “unlimited PTO”—short for paid time off—rose 250% in job listings and “fast-paced” in job ads doubled between 2019 and 2022, Indeed said.
For Rod Eskew, a 26-year-old financial analyst in Boulder, Colo., the term “unlimited PTO” is too good to be true. He says he left a previous job that touted unlimited paid time off partly because he felt pressure not to take vacation time. “Families can be very dysfunctional,” said Ujjaini Moulik, a communications specialist in her 40s in Princeton, N.J., referring to listings she’s seen while job hunting. “What it means is maybe no boundaries and no free time or life outside of the ‘family.’”
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