A public record of hiring misconduct

They said they'd
be in touch.

Ghosted is a place to put it on record. The companies, the recruiters, the hiring managers who disappeared — or worse, stuck around long enough to waste your time, disrespect you, and then disappear. We're not here to fix the whole system today. We're just here to start writing it down.

Put it on record See how it works

A recruiter reached out to a candidate, asked her to create a new email address so the recruiter could collect the referral bonus, and then never contacted her again. The hiring manager's camera was off. There was no mention of this in the prep materials. The job was posted as remote. It was not remote. They said the salary range was $80–100k. After three interviews, they offered $52k. The role was reposted the same week they said the position had been filled. He asked her where she saw herself in five years. She said she had already answered that in the previous round. He said he hadn't read the notes. She completed a four-hour take-home assignment. They ghosted her. A recruiter reached out to a candidate, asked her to create a new email address so the recruiter could collect the referral bonus, and then never contacted her again. The hiring manager's camera was off. There was no mention of this in the prep materials. The job was posted as remote. It was not remote. They said the salary range was $80–100k. After three interviews, they offered $52k. The role was reposted the same week they said the position had been filled. He asked her where she saw herself in five years. She said she had already answered that in the previous round. He said he hadn't read the notes. She completed a four-hour take-home assignment. They ghosted her.

Why this exists

This has been going on for a long time. Someone should probably write it down.

Every day, thousands of people spend hours — sometimes days — preparing for jobs they genuinely want, with companies they've researched and respected. They tailor their resumes. They do the take-home assignments. They show up on time to the video calls. Sometimes the other person doesn't even turn their camera on.

Companies post roles that don't exist. Recruiters vanish mid-conversation. Hiring managers sit across from candidates and make it clear, in the politest possible terms, that they could not care less. The salary listed is not the salary offered. Remote means hybrid. Hybrid means in-person. "We'll be in touch" means nothing at all.

None of this is new. None of this has consequences. The Ghosted team would like to gently change that.

Ghosted isn't here to destroy anyone. It's here to document what's been happening — quietly, specifically, and on the record — so that the next person can go in with their eyes open. We're not the end of this problem. We're just the beginning of writing it down.

75%

Of candidates report being ghosted after an interview

The other 25% may simply have lower expectations by now.

Formal consequences companies face for this behavior

We checked. This number has not changed.

3–5 hrs

Average time spent on a single job application

The average response rate is 2%. No one has been embarrassed by this yet.

How it works

Step 01

You file a report

Tell us what happened. Name the company. Name the recruiter if you have one. Describe what was promised and what actually occurred. Upload documentation if you have it — emails, screenshots, the offer letter they rescinded via text.

You stay anonymous. Always.

Step 02

We verify it

Every report is reviewed by a human. Submitted documentation is checked. Reports move from Unverified to Pending to Verified — so readers know what's been confirmed and what hasn't.

We believe you. We just want to make sure the record holds up.

Step 03

It stays on record

Verified reports become part of a company's permanent public profile. Patterns become visible. The information stays up. It cannot be bought down, deleted on request, or made to disappear because someone's PR team sent a strongly worded email.

We've thought about this part specifically.

Our promise to you

We will not sell you out.

Glassdoor started as a good idea. Then they started offering companies paid tools to manage their reputation, deleting reviews, and building dashboards for the same HR departments they were supposed to hold accountable.

The Ghosted team watched that happen and built something with a different set of rules. They are not complicated rules. We just intend to actually follow them.

No selling user data Your submission, your email, your identity — none of it is sold, traded, or handed to anyone. Not now, not if we grow, not ever.
No company dashboards We do not offer companies paid access to monitor what's being said about them. They can read the public page like everyone else.
No deleting reports for payment A verified report stays up. There is no reputation management package. There is no way to pay to make something go away. We want to be very clear about this one.
No premium insights The data we collect exists to hold companies accountable — not to be repackaged and sold back to the industry as a product. That would somewhat defeat the purpose.

Support the project

Ghosted is free and will always be free for job seekers. If you believe this matters — and you have a spare few dollars — you can help keep it running. No pressure. Genuinely.

Buy the team a coffee

You prepared.
You showed up.
Put it on record.

It takes about five minutes. You stay anonymous. And every report makes it a little harder for this to keep happening quietly.

We're not going to fix everything today. But we can start writing it down.

File your report

They said they'dbe in touch.