Not sure that's a major issue for current customers; I saw a guy careening through my office parking lot at road speed just yesterday. No hands on wheel, staring at his phone.
Create a site that people who applied to an employer can go to announce they have, and employees can look up the numbers themselves. It'll give employees a feel for application numbers, and those who are tasked with interviewing will have a feel for the actual rate of candidate generation.
Or, as a hiring manager, don't be a douche and be candid with your team.
I've just started using Otta for my search and they publish responsiveness scores. Not sure if it's by role or across the company. It's saved me from wasting time on companies with bad hiring practices (assuming scoring is accurate)
Many companies still have tons of job openings right after the day of their layoffs. You could argue they might be hiring different positions, but it's somewhat odd.
I think the Conventional PR Wisdom is that releasing a statement when you do things like this will be better than not doing it. So yes, most companies would make some sized press release and have a statement ready to go before doing something like this.
I call this absolute bullshit. I'm working in the tech sector in Germany and I'm _far_ from not being able to afford a vacation in the US. As a matter of fact for the last 15 years I've spend at least one three week vacation in the US per year - a couple of times even a second one for a week or two. I've also heard similar statements from a couple of colleagues.
Are we being paid (a lot) less than our colleagues in the US? Oh yes and personally I wouldn't mind getting a US software engineering salary. But a good job in the tech sector still puts you very far towards the top in the salary pyramid in Europe.
I don't get this. Yes, the development seems faster _without_ a code review. But the issues that you miss, the quality that could be increased will bite you back tenfolds later on. So why is that "slow down" such a big issue?
