it isn't, it's fraud, they just get away with it by covering their asses well enough. for example > oh, well, we don't do the application process ourselves we source that from a third party company who uses an ai to pick the cream of the crop for us! and during the job interview itself, if you get that far, they ask a bunch of bullshit questions with no real wrong or right answers, they just have them there to have a reason not to hire you if they need it e.g. > where do you see yourself in 4 years? > if a customer said xyz, how would you respond? > tell us about yourself. > what would you say are your strengths and weaknesses? > what do other people think about you? etc. the main reason they do this is because a lot of companies as part of biden's build back better filed for ppp loans to "bankroll their onboarding for new employment" but see, if they can't hire a substantial enough number of employees, they don't have to pay that loan back and just get to pocket the entire thing. ever wondered how it was that ceo's of big corps in america were taking million dollar bonuses in the wake of the pandemic, in 2021 and 2022? and how those companies have had year over year profits even during the pandemic? that's why.
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