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Care.com: Requires subscription to view job applications

Author
Dark Patterns Tip Line
Date
8 Mar 2022

“I posted an ad on the website looking for a housekeeper. They send you an email saying someone has applied to your job but the only way you can view the application is if you sign up for a monthly subscription”

Care.com was reported to the Deceptive Design Tip Line over access to job applications. According to the report, after the reporter posted an advert looking for a housekeeper, they received an email saying that someone had applied to the job, but the only way to view the application was to sign up for a monthly subscription.