[Linux-aus] Lemmy - was Ghosted?

[James Tobin]

This recruitment firm is pursuing the employer legally for not
providing feedback or progressing the candidates introduced before
*suspiciously* terminating a recruitment contract.  I dont know many
that would go to such lengths. . . .

On Mon, 28 Jul 2025 at 22:10, Marcus Herstik via linux-aus
<linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au> wrote:
>
> I think you don't want to work there, and you don't want to get involved in litigation.
> You have been very circumspect in what you say has happened and when, and honestly, I don't think most of us want to hear more so don't elaborate, but there are two sides to each story.
>
> Employers do not have a duty of disclosure or anything and you forcing things just makes you look petty and will be passed around employers and agencies, so I'd quit while I'm ahead.
>
>
> My opinion is worth exactly what you paid for it ... nothing.
>
>
> Best of luck on the job search.
>
>
>
> Marcus
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> Sent: Monday, July 28, 2025 7:16:17 PM
> To: russell at coker.com.au <russell at coker.com.au>
> Cc: linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au <linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au>
> Subject: Re: [Linux-aus] Lemmy - was Ghosted?
>
> Sure. Will do - thanks.  Curious though, what do you all make of this
> employer based on the thread?
>
> On Mon, 28 Jul 2025 at 10:07, Russell Coker <russell at coker.com.au> wrote:
> >
> > On Monday, 28 July 2025 13:15:21 AEST Nathan Bailey via linux-aus wrote:
> > > Hey all, this doesn't feel like a particularly Linux-driven conversation?
> >
> > Fair point.  Reddit has traditionally been a good way of finding information
> > on such things as there are subreddits for all manner of topics.
> >
> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemmy_(social_network)
> >
> > Lemmy is the FOSS equivalent of Reddit, it's got some really high quality
> > content, it doesn't have the user base of Reddit but the signal to noise ratio
> > is much better.
> >
> > https://lemmy.ml/c/jobs
> >
> > The lemmy.ml server is the one I use, I can't claim it's the best but it has
> > worked well enough that I haven't tested any others.  It has a community for
> > jobs which could be used for this.  While there are only 206 members of that
> > community the number of people interested in replying is probably greater than
> > this list.
> >
> > https://lemmy.ml/c/jobs@lemmy.world
> >
> > Lemmy.world also has a jobs community.
> >
> > https://lemmy.ml/c/legaladvice@lemmy.world
> > https://lemmy.ml/c/auslegal@aussie.zone
> >
> > There are some legal advice communities.
> >
> > As Lemmy is federated you can subscribe to communities on other servers.  The
> > lemmy.world jobs community has more subscribers.  I don't think there's
> > anything stopping you from putting the same question on communities on
> > different servers.
> >
> > https://lemmyapps.netlify.app/
> >
> > There are only 3 Linux apps for Lemmy, Lemoa is no longer maintained, Lemonade
> > is in Rust which is a pain with crates, and Neonmodem is a terminal interface
> > which is probably good for some people but not for a phone.  Fortunately the
> > web based interface works well.
> >
> > --
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> > My Documents Blog    http://doc.coker.com.au/
> >
> >
> >
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