Overview

• Five months into his new role, he still hasn’t told his employer that he was actually laid off without severance.
• A staged LinkedIn post convinced a recruiter he was actively employed and led to an interview invitation.
• He secured a remote position offering higher pay, a better title and improved work-life balance after maintaining the ruse through interviews.
• The Reddit account detailing his tactic has drawn over 24,000 reactions and widespread discussion of job-search pressures and ethics.
• Commentators are questioning how background checks failed to detect his unemployment and what this means for hiring protocols.