The story below is from News Corp and shows just how low some employers will go. OracleCMS wanted to pick up a high flyer and pay them peanuts. When no one applies, they’ll say there is a skills shortage. Absolute rubbish.
“A position requiring more than three years of experience and a degree has sparked outrage after being shared online.
The ad was originally posted by OracleCMS, a Melbourne-based call centre operator, seeking a junior C# developer on a salary of $45,000 to $65,000.
The “100 per cent on-site” position requires a Bachelor’s degree in IT or a related field but “Master’s preferred”, and “three-plus years” experience in software development, “including architecture and team management”.
“Are you obsessed with writing clean and readable code and excited to contribute to programming software that helps customers?” the listing reads.
“Join this dynamic team and play a crucial role in developing B2B management and software applications that are revolutionising the software world.”
The job ad was shared to Reddit on Sunday by a user who asked, “WTF is this job listing?”
“I don’t understand how they can call a candidate with three-plus years’ experience and preferably a Master’s degree ‘entry level’,” they wrote.
“What a joke. Would’ve had at least three to four years in university and three years’ real experience for seven total years of learning/experience to be called entry level and an absolute disgrace of a salary.”
In Australia, the annual minimum wage is just under $48,000, while the Professional Employees Award, which covers IT workers, stipulates a minimum annual salary of $61,638 for a graduate with a three-year degree.
“This is called a red flag company/taking the piss,” one user wrote.
“Ah yes, the entry level developer with three years’ team management experience,” another said.
A third said, “They’ll use this as an excuse to outsource labour offshore or implement AI. They will never find someone who is ‘suitable’ because the listing is a joke, and someone with a Master’s in CS would be a clown to take it.”
Some questioned whether the company was simply completing the required “labour market testing” prior to sponsoring a foreign worker.
“Generally companies just complete the labour market testing as tick the box exercise and will add a two to three years’ work experience requirement to narrow down applications they receive so doesn’t look as bad when they don’t accept any applicants,” one said.
After the negative media a spokesman for OracleCMS said the listed salary was an ‘error’, and the position actually starts at $65,000.”
Sure.