# Indeed

11 Hacker News commenters recommended Indeed and 16 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 8 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended for fresh job listings, and some say it beats other boards. Critics say AI-written applications flood it and search has got worse.

## Why people recommend it

- Fresh, useful job listings (4 comments): "If you want the most fresh job posts in your inbox, fully AI generated, use indeed.com." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49817743)) "Upload your resume to places like Indeed, Zip Recruiter, Dice." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46635841)) "The second most useful by far is Indeed" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46195449))
- Better signals than other boards (2 comments): "Glassdoor, Indeed and Blind are more reliable." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47062903)) "Indeed has better signals." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48885201))

## What people warn about

- Search quality has declined (4 comments): "how Indeed's search has quietly gotten worse and who's trying to fix it" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49015466)) "indeed is a hot piece of garbage if trying to apply to jobs" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50197877)) "Indeed is more useless than even LinkedIn." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48848675))
- Flooded with AI-written applications (3 comments): "indeed.com just has the same issue as LinkedIn, doesn't it? where you're drowned out by thousands of AI applicants." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48178389)) "online platforms like Indeed and Glassdoor are filled with AI-submitted CVs" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46385502)) "and Indeed are allowing it." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49611088))
- Applications rarely get replies (3 comments): "I've never even gotten replies on any other platform: not on LinkedIn, not on Indeed, not on Upwork" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46380677)) "I've recently entirely given up applying for jobs I see posted on LinkedIn, Glassdoor, Indeed etc." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49161481)) "nobody reads those applications" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50139361))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [superlogical.jobs](https://hackerapproved.com/p/superlogical-jobs.md): 7 recommend
- [Matcha job search](https://hackerapproved.com/p/matcha.md): 5 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://www.indeed.com/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Indeed", https://hackerapproved.com/p/indeed/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).