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"blind box positions online"? netizens are furious: are there still blind box salaries? lawyers point out

2024-09-14

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recently
some netizens reflected
a company
in the 2025 campus recruitment
set up a "blind box position"
job content, job requirements, etc.
none of them proposed
information posted by netizens shows that the company is a technology company in hangzhou. among the campus recruitment positions for 2025 it released, there is a "blind job box" in which the job responsibilities and job requirements of the position are both displayed as "1".
this move triggered comments from netizens:
“is there still a salary blind box?”
another netizen posted information showing that the company also set up similar positions in the 2023 autumn recruitment, called "blind box of positions with everything":
according to xiaoxiang morning news, on september 11, the "job blind box" was no longer seen in the recruitment positions announced by the company.
the company staff said that this is not a specific position, but only for students to adjust their intended positions. because it may cause misunderstanding among students, the position has been cancelled. "the original intention of setting it up is that if students do not want to choose other positions, they can apply for this, but we do not recommend that you apply for it."
public information shows that the company was founded in 2007 and listed in 2019. it is engaged in internet-related businesses. it has released more than 50 recruitment positions this time, such as product development, security services, and marketing.
no distinction between job categories when recruiting?
lawyer: suspected of violating the law
guo xiaoming, a lawyer at shanghai zhonglian (chengdu) law firm, said that article 8 of the labor contract law clearly stipulates:
when an employer recruits a worker, he shall truthfully inform the worker of the work content, working conditions, work location, occupational hazards, production safety conditions, labor remuneration, and other matters the worker requests to know; the employer has the right to know the basic circumstances of the worker directly related to the labor contract, and the worker shall truthfully explain it.
he said that after job seekers accept blind box jobs, they may fall into risks due to unclear job content and responsibilities. the employer may terminate the labor contract on the grounds of "inability to perform the job", and the job seekers will not be able to obtain compensation and compensation, and their salary and vacation rights will not be guaranteed, etc.
comprehensive: china youth daily, xiaoxiang morning news, china news service, etc.
source: workers daily
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