A global “social-first” agency posts a Toronto designer role that reads like a nightclub flyer: passport program, dogs in-office, celeb gossip, and “ideas worth talking about.” Jen and Paul dig into what’s real, what’s fluff, and what’s quietly doing wage suppression work... including a unicorn skill list (typography and motion and AI prompting) and the big missing piece: the salary range… in Ontario… right after pay-transparency rules kicked in.

They also get into the ethics of interview “extra credit,” why agencies can be a pressure cooker, and how culture-forward language can be both a magnet and a filter.

Full job ad and notes for job-seekers and hiring managers here : https://roastthepost.substack.com/p/ep-004-unicorn-wanted-salary-missing

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This week, Paul brings the post... and Jen gets to sit back with the matches. They roast an eCommerce Specialist role that’s oddly vague where it matters (reporting structure, authority, pay), but wildly specific where it hurts (ownership-heavy responsibilities, budget allocation, performance diagnostics, and retail partner sellout targets… in a “specialist” title). Along the way : the strange perk of “discounted or free food,” the real-world problem with salary expectation questions, and why job postings reveal culture before you ever meet a hiring manager.

Full job ad and notes for job-seekers and hiring managers here : https://roastthepost.substack.com/p/ep-003-the-cafeteria-conspiracy

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This week Jen drops a deceptively “cool mission” job post: executive assistant and office manager at a polar expedition travel company… and the bullets just keep coming. Calendar wrangling for the president plus five other execs, expenses, decks, events, vendors, fridge clean-outs, building access, and even health & safety committee work—paired with “flexible hybrid,” 10 vacation days, and no salary range. Jen and Paul dig into what this posting signals about org design, hidden workload, gender-coded expectations, and why “discretion” shows up like a warning label.

If you’ve ever wondered how to read between the lines of a job post (or how employers accidentally advertise churn), this roast is for you.

Full job ad and notes for job-seekers and hiring managers here : https://roastthepost.substack.com/p/ep-002-two-jobs-in-a-trench-coat

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