Indeed

I’ve been looking for a new job for the past 3 months and I probably applied to almost 50 jobs on Indeed but I haven’t gotten any replies. All I see from the status of the application I submitted saying “Applied” so either the places I’ve applied to aren’t even checking their candidates applications or maybe Indeed isn’t even sending my application to the companies I’ve applied to…I’ve already wasted 3 months applying through Indeed. I miss the days where people would just go in person and ask if they were hiring and pick up an application, now they just tell us to apply on their website. All I get from Indeed are emails recommending me jobs that I’m way overqualified for.. if I were to apply to those jobs what would be the chance I’ll even get a reply back. The only positive side of Indeed is that it lets you make a very clean resume for free and you can download it onto your computer or cellphone and use it if you plan to apply for a job through a company’s main website and not through Indeed.

I posted ad at CraigsList and decided to give Indeed a try. Please be aware everyone: they do not inform you when you are posting that they will drain your account charging over a thousand for a week of worthless applicants. Their site is ridiculous and I'm not tech savvy. Took me a while to remove my post. When I was asked all these questions I had no idea what they charge: Why? Because it didn't say anywhere "by the way it's going to cost you". I filed fraud claim with my bank because Indeed has to state all the charges before even starting. That's how they make their money: they state how much they want you to have good experience but nothing about the outrageous charges. Only 5 or 6 people responded.

I have been working with Mark ** for 35 days of the Indeed approval department in order to post a job. He has denied everything no matter what it is. He told me to get a business license and I did but that is not good enough. He tells me my ink quality is not good enough and refuses to let me speak to anyone else. I talked to him once on the phone and he was very nasty to me! I have talked to many other business owners who post on Indeed and they have never experienced what I am with Mark. I feel harassed and mentally abused by what should be simple and it's not. I want to post jobs and I can't.

The worse customer service possible. You posted the ad and they will blocked your account for verification process. They hire many unexperienced people and no one know how to resolve the issue. AVOID.

As with many people who have experienced the same issue, Indeed says it will charge you $x per candidate, but then, they charge you if you make any kind of contact with a candidate - whether you contact them, or they contact you. And whether they even bother to respond to your initial contact. They also provide a platform where disgruntled ex-employees can ** about your company, but as an employer, I could not reply to those misleading and sometimes libelous comments. So, to sum up: they will rip you off, and then provide a platform for other people to libel you. And if you want customer service? LOL! They claim they will answer "within 24 hours." Not even a chance. ZERO customer service. This company does not deserve to exist, and it certainly doesn't deserve your or my money.

I have had great success with Indeed until I got charged close to $2500 for a posting I had up for 4 days. They were charging me $30 per application, and gave me 72 hours to reject the application or they would charge me - I also had to complete a survey for each candidate as to why I was rejecting them. I shut down the posting because we decided to hold off on hiring, but since I didn't reject the applications first I was charged. To do what they asked would have taken me hours. They later charged me $84 for a second posting I had up. I had one other posting up, but when I realized what was happening I immediately shut it down. Again, I was forced to do a survey for each candidate but I had to lie because I wasn't given an option of "I put the job on hold" or something like that.

As an employer seeking to hire, Indeed.com falls short by not allowing employers to review candidates. It is unbelievable how many candidates will either not answer their phone for scheduled phone interviews, or are a no call-no shows for an in person interview. This is frustrating and a huge waste of time and money. I have communicated these issues with Indeed employees multiple times, and they always say they are hearing these same issues with no-shows from employers all over. If that's the case, they need to take action to help minimize these issues. We have done everything we can to minimize these issues, such as reaching out to the candidate to confirm the interview 24 hours ahead of time.

I have always been able to find jobs easily using the platform but since 2020, I don’t seem to be able to keep the jobs for longer than 8 months. Idk if it’s the jobs or what but something changed. Companies can’t remove reviews but some of them most definitely post fake high rated reviews to boost the company and bury reviews that might actually be useful, seems like since I started looking at the reviews the most relevant ones are always buried. I think these companies have decided they can just chew through people like they are nothing due to the ease of replacement thanks to companies like Indeed… which is good? Idk, but as you look for a job indeed will constantly request you review companies and then ask questions that aren’t relevant like it has the companies confused which makes the reviews even less able to be trusted.

I have been job searching on Indeed for a while now. Over 95 job applications put in so far. There are way too many staffing companies on this site which does not help at all. Let's not forget their testing center. My question why are you doing that when you're not a staffing company!!! Be more professional.

As a Sales organization, we pay based on commission, some people like that, some people don't. That's ok. Shouldn't be a basis for having your account blocked from posting a job ad. Indeed demonstrated prejudice and ignorance, not a company I will use again.