A netizen shared about how some of her friends have been lying about their counteroffers from high-paying companies to get higher-paying jobs.
Here is the story:
“Recently I have a few friends applying to Shopee for full time job, and they have went to the extent of lying about their counter offers from high paying companies (ByteDance, Tiktok, OGP… etc).
They got the information and data from a spreadsheet that is shared in the Project Intern telegram group, hence the offers that they claimed to have are compelling enough to fool the Shopee HRs, and the HR themselves does not do any validation on their side.
I feel uneased knowing that they have lied their way in achieving higher salary (higher base salary, with stocks – RSUs), yet on the other hand I do feel the urge to try it as well as I am low balled by Shopee.
It is obviously wrong and unacceptable to do so, and I shall continue trying my best to get a better competing offer.”
Editor’s note: You’re going to get fired straight away if they find out, don’t do it.