I don't know, it is more of a general perception, but if I have to excerpt some typical sentences I could find these:
- "Valuable people deserve a bespoke hiring experience"
- "Hiring good people is one of the most critical activities we do as a company"
etc.
Maybe it is not exactly raw PR speak, maybe it is just empty sentences ballooned with good will and "think positive" attitude, written there in the hope that potential candidate will read them and apply. What worries me is that it looks like genuine and sincere, but it is not.
It's like artificial marple syrup stuffed in a natural marple syrup bottle. And if I have the choice I prefer natural syrup in natural syrup bottle and artificial syrup in artificial syrup bottle over what we have here.
If you want the straight dope — or maple syrup, in your case — here it is: hiring good people is the most important thing we do, and we don't fuck around with that. We fly people in, get them to meet people, and show them how we work because we care about this process. More importantly, we want this relaxed atmosphere so we can see if someone actually would fit in with us. It's a big deal. We have a pretty wildly different culture than most companies, and we want our hiring process to reflect that.
Why would you not spend time on this? Why would you not care? It's literally the most important part of your business.
> we don't fuck around with that. We fly people in, get them to meet people, and show them how we work because we care about this process.
It sounds like you aren't neglecting it.
It just sounded like the author was really surprised that you weren't neglecting him.
Perhaps I've just had good interview experiences, but I've rarely felt like the company I was interviewing at didn't devote resources and energy to hiring. I was more surprised about the little ways they failed than the big ways they succeeded.
Yes, I want it, and I think most readers want it too.
> We have a pretty wildly different culture than most companies
I think you have a pre-convinced audience here, but maybe you might agree that the OP was not the best proof of this very different culture, and was on the side of diluted and PR-tampered dope full of "nice", "mostly", and other marks.
Note that I would not even notice this PR speak if it was not Github. High expectations.
Have people who you've hired ever complained about "the hiring experience?" It seems to imply extraneous features of a nuts and bolts interview process. Are companies who try to improve the hiring experience actually trying to use this as a positive feature of the company, as a means of differentiation? "This company just asked me questions, but another one gave me cupcakes, too."
Everywhere wants to sound like the best place to work, so it's pretty common to get some fluff in a post like this. But even on top of that, he's rightfully passionate about where he works because from what I hear, GitHub treats it's employees very well
- "Valuable people deserve a bespoke hiring experience"
- "Hiring good people is one of the most critical activities we do as a company"
etc.
Maybe it is not exactly raw PR speak, maybe it is just empty sentences ballooned with good will and "think positive" attitude, written there in the hope that potential candidate will read them and apply. What worries me is that it looks like genuine and sincere, but it is not.
It's like artificial marple syrup stuffed in a natural marple syrup bottle. And if I have the choice I prefer natural syrup in natural syrup bottle and artificial syrup in artificial syrup bottle over what we have here.