What's with these job paying 250-300K a year (+ bonus)?

[Katalyst]

Are they for real? It always seems to be the same one or two agencies ex:

Data Platform Engineer - Hybrid Cloud - Stream Processing - Leading Hedge Fund
London - Up to £280k annual
Contract/Permanent
Posted by: Westbourne Partners Ltd

I've seen stuff like this almost every day on Jobserve, but they seem fake somehow.

[jayn200]

Probably fake. Even with the London finance premium that's double the high end of the range for that role.

Even during normal times probably 10% or more of posted roles are fake. Now it's probably closer to 80-90%, but maybe that's just me being cynical.

[Harvey Williams]

Fake

Ide imagines they are fake due to the lack of description. I believe these job descriptions are just to gather data from CVs being sent through of which they will market back to you or use your data for wrongdoings...

[sira]

All part of Boris & Cummings strategy probably, to post fake jobs and say our economy is fantastic.

[Old Greg]

Maybe it is 280k per year including a theoretically achievable bonus.

[malvolio]

All part of Boris & Cummings strategy probably, to post fake jobs and say our economy is fantastic.

Sigh...

Apart from anything else, one measure of an economy is based around people in work, not jobs looking for people. For another, as in this case, people advertising very attractive jobs to get applicants to send in their details just in case something more realistic turns up later and they can jump the queue ahead of their opposition (who are doing the same thing of course), as well as getting their performance bonus for putting all those applicants on the system.

Cynical? Me...?

[ladymuck]

The tax on that would be horrendous.

[GigiBronz]

Stock market is a lie. CPI RPI is a lie. 80-90% roles are potentially fabricated yes. Recruiters are calling us because someone else is bullying them and they bullying us, doing the part of the ruling class to keep up submissive and self doubting.
The ruling class is afraid of social unrest, not if you don’t have food on the table. So they’ll send kids in school and they’ll bring everyone to work and grind them down with extra hours.

Freedom is a luxury.

Unemployment numbers are a lie, they are massaged down and while the message for a functioning governing system is “we engage lots of people”. There needs to hell in order to be haven, so a good percentage out of the population has to be unemployed to set an example. It is by design not by effect.

[Old Greg]

Stock market is a lie. CPI RPI is a lie. 80-90% roles are potentially fabricated yes. Recruiters are calling us because someone else is bullying them and they bullying us, doing the part of the ruling class to keep up submissive and self doubting.
The ruling class is afraid of social unrest, not if you don’t have food on the table. So they’ll send kids in school and they’ll bring everyone to work and grind them down with extra hours.

Freedom is a luxury.

Unemployment numbers are a lie, they are massaged down and while the message for a functioning governing system is “we engage lots of people”. There needs to hell in order to be haven, so a good percentage out of the population has to be unemployed to set an example. It is by design not by effect.

Cool story, bro.

[GigiBronz]

Cool story, bro.

Well, actually both are made to look like hell.

Immagine how it would look like if everyone would have been employed, or for example on universal basic income. A basic income that would satisfy most of the population basic needs.
It will be unsustainable, that would be anarchy.

So the increase in efficiency over the previous 50-60y has not resulted in reduction of working hours. Or more enjoyable work. But in exponentially more rich billionaires and increase in clutter of managerial roles and office politics to keep people in control.
The “bulltulip jobs” that are morally degrading for the population because they lack purpose. And the essential jobs where people are underpaid and expected to struggle financially because they cannot be fulfilled by the work the do.
One of thr paradoxes of capitalism...

Cannot recommend it more: bulltulip jobs - david graeber