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Why people really quit TalentForge

2 anonymous exit stories from former employees. No PR, no HR edits.

Avg toxicity
8.3/10
Escaped
2
Avg tenure
17 mo
Gaslighting
5.0/5
  • #Candidate Manipulation
  • #Salary Band Games
  • #Retaliation Culture
  • #Ghost Jobs
About a third of our public postings were "pipeline builds" — no req, no budget, no hiring manager. We kept them up to look like we were growing and t…

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I Was The Recruiter. The Salary Band You Were Told Was Made Up.

ExRecruiter_Maya · Technical Recruiter · 1 year, 5 months ·

We had a real band and a "conversation band". The conversation band started 15–20% lower. If you said a number first, that became your ceiling. If you asked for the range, we gave the conversation…

8.0

The "Ghost Job" Playbook: We Posted Roles We Were Never Going To Fill

ExRecruiter_Maya · Technical Recruiter · 1 year, 5 months ·

About a third of our public postings were "pipeline builds" — no req, no budget, no hiring manager. We kept them up to look like we were growing and to harvest resumes for later. Candidates did…

8.6

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