There’s a tiny, tiny disclaimer (not referenced from the claims themselves) that says “£50k+ is a good faith estimate based on extensive research of the market examining the qualifications, responsibilities and other factors typically associated with this salary level. Where no salary is given with a particular job applicants should check this direct with the advertiser/employer to avoid disappointment.”

It should say “When we say £50k+, we mean that we have looked at the job title of a job vacancy we have taken from another site without the employer’s knowledge, and guessed at the likely salary based on a free salary survey book. Hope you consider that to be a premium service worth paying for.”

It seems TheLadders UK still think they can get away with it …

What does that tell you? In a word, TheLadders has been making fraudulent claims for a long time. People who post their Ladders stories here helped expose the fraud.

TheLadders grows because people are desperate for jobs. That doesn’t prove anything about the quality of TheLadders’ services.

bobroberts claims his friend received a “doctored” resume back from theladders – that is nonsense. this gratuitous bashing is contemptible and laughably transparent as the work of a few angry jilted ex employees and jealous competitors.. there is clearly a circle of people at work here who have taken it upon themselves to write derogatory remarks under various guises about theladders.

the fact remains that theladders is enormously successful as a business model. why? because millions of people are using their service to get jobs. and jobs they are getting hence theladders keeps growing. some of these posts like bobrobert’s contribution are laughingly obvious for what they really are. petty jealous rants.

Clearly you work at The Ladders.

If not, please direct us to your profile on LinkedIn.

I’m a valid $100k+ candidate who found a valid $100K+ job.

I’m now beginning to “test the waters” for a new position and was doing some research on The Ladders when I found Nick’s site. Because of my success I’m prone to renew my $30/mo subscription, which seems to be very reasonable.

What would you do?

At best, it seems to be bending the rules since job applicants expect at least $100k base salary because it is promised. Due to this, I don’t post jobs paying less than $100k despite reassurance from The Ladders sales staff that it’s OK.

I don’t like the idea that they advertise jobs that haven’t been deliberately posted with them. It makes their service appear trashy and lacking in value. It’s a shame because they have potential to be a highly respected resource for employers/ job seekers.

Although I’m not going to immediately stop posting with Ladders – it won’t be my only recruitment source. As with anything else, if it doesn’t produce results they won’t get repeat business from me.

With regard to my two recent job postings on Ladders – it did not produce the candidates that I was looking for. Instead, I networked with my own employees and used their contacts to find suitable candidates, which proved more fruitful.

Best wishes to everyone who is job searching.