prog: (Default)
prog ([personal profile] prog) wrote2008-02-26 01:05 pm

Today's LOLjob: "paper company", eh?

http://jobs.perl.org/job/8016

Let's see:

  • Yellow flags:
    • Company name written in lowercase
    • Entire job spec contained within ad
  • Red flags:
    • Email address a GMail address, even though this is supposedly a paper company
    • Googling this company's name returns no relevant hits
    • Mention of "bids"
    • "We'll pay you via PayPal"

Edit: Looks like j.p.o shot it down already, which is the first time I've seen em apparently yank a dumb ad. (Not that they get a lot of dumb ads, them not exactly being Craig's List.) Nice going! Too bad I didn't get a screenshot, though...

[identity profile] keimel.livejournal.com 2008-02-26 06:11 pm (UTC)(link)
You already took the job?!

"This job posting is no longer available."

;)

[identity profile] ruthling.livejournal.com 2008-02-26 06:11 pm (UTC)(link)
it's also gone now. or your link is off.

great TeeVee ref.

[identity profile] dougo.livejournal.com 2008-02-26 06:20 pm (UTC)(link)
I CAN HAS CHEEP PROGRAMMERZ?

[identity profile] ahkond.livejournal.com 2008-02-26 07:18 pm (UTC)(link)
"paper company" makes me think of the Office instead of Heroes.

[identity profile] cortezopossum.livejournal.com 2008-02-26 07:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Have you ever called up places with job ads like this just to see what these people's real racket is?

(Anonymous) 2008-03-08 08:45 pm (UTC)(link)
The site is back up again! :D