Indeed
The most recommended of 4 job boards
Recommended for fresh job listings, and some say it beats other boards. Critics say AI-written applications flood it and search has got worse.
Recommended for fresh job listings, and some say it beats other boards. Critics say AI-written applications flood it and search has got worse.
27 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 11
- criticize it
- 16
- approval share
- 41%
Recommended in 8 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 11 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 0.6 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 8 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Fresh, useful job listings
“If you want the most fresh job posts in your inbox, fully AI generated, use indeed.com.”
Comment from 23 Sep 2026 in “Ask HN: What job boards are good these days?” “Upload your resume to places like Indeed, Zip Recruiter, Dice.”
Comment from 15 Jan 2026 in “Ask HN: Anyone else finding it impossible to land a job?” “The second most useful by far is Indeed”
Comment from 8 Dec 2025 in “We collected 10k hours of neuro-language data in our basement” - Comment from 29 Mar 2026 in “LinkedIn uses 2.4 GB RAM across two tabs”
Better signals than other boards
“Glassdoor, Indeed and Blind are more reliable.”
Comment from 18 Feb 2026 in “Ask HN: Companies that advertise being a "best place to work", is it a red flag?” “Indeed has better signals.”
Comment from 12 Jul 2026 in “Let's talk about: LinkedIn ghost jobs”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Search quality has declined
“how Indeed's search has quietly gotten worse and who's trying to fix it”
Comment from 23 Jul 2026 in “Update: My 'spite Indeed' job search engine (launched here) got published on ERE” “indeed is a hot piece of garbage if trying to apply to jobs”
Comment from 22 Oct 2026 in “'I've applied for 300 jobs. My 25 years' experience is worthless'” “Indeed is more useless than even LinkedIn.”
Comment from 9 Jul 2026 in “AI Content Is Everywhere on Social Media, Especially LinkedIn” - Comment from 9 Jul 2026 in “AI Content Is Everywhere on Social Media, Especially LinkedIn”
Flooded with AI-written applications
“indeed.com just has the same issue as LinkedIn, doesn't it? where you're drowned out by thousands of AI applicants.”
Comment from 18 May 2026 in “Ask HN: How can I get interviews when "who wants to be hired" isn't working?” “online platforms like Indeed and Glassdoor are filled with AI-submitted CVs”
Comment from 25 Dec 2025 in “Ask HN: MIT grad, junior dev layoffs – watching my daughter lose faith in merit” “and Indeed are allowing it.”
Comment from 8 Sep 2026 in “Initial effects of AI technology on employment look positive” Applications rarely get replies
“I've never even gotten replies on any other platform: not on LinkedIn, not on Indeed, not on Upwork”
Comment from 24 Dec 2025 in “I Left YouTube” “I've recently entirely given up applying for jobs I see posted on LinkedIn, Glassdoor, Indeed etc.”
Comment from 3 Aug 2026 in “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2026)” “nobody reads those applications”
Comment from 18 Oct 2026 in “A Princeton PhD applied to 2,300 jobs and still can't get one”
Other job boards people recommend
The three most recommended other job boards, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IndeedThis page | 11 | 16 | 41% | 8 | — | — |
| superlogical.jobs | 7 | 0 | 100% | 2 | — | — |
| Work at a Startup | 6 | 1 | 86% | 4 | — | — |
| Matcha job search | 5 | 2 | 71% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
25 of the 30 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I only use Indeed as a news feed, and it is useful at that.”
“indeed is a hot piece of garbage if trying to apply to jobs”
“nobody reads those applications”
“If you want the most fresh job posts in your inbox, fully AI generated, use indeed.com.”
“and Indeed are allowing it.”
“I could not move forward unless I consented to them sending me stuff.”
“I've recently entirely given up applying for jobs I see posted on LinkedIn, Glassdoor, Indeed etc.”
“how Indeed's search has quietly gotten worse and who's trying to fix it”
“Indeed has better signals.”
“Indeed was even worse then LinkedIn.”
“Indeed is more useless than even LinkedIn.”
“huge swaths of area are already empty padded space, made worse by zooming”
“indeed.com just has the same issue as LinkedIn, doesn't it? where you're drowned out by thousands of AI applicants.”
“Indeed HIDES the posted date even when you sort by date first which is a CRITICAL problem”
“All those Indeed, Stepstone,... feel much worse.”
“for jobs - indeed is better”
“What was effective was advertising my availability on LinkedIn, Indeed, and Dice”
“indeed.co.uk for perm jobs”
“Indeed has a fairly robust data deletion program.”
“Big tech companies (LinkedIn, Indeed, Glassdoor) are terrible for this purpose.”
“Glassdoor, Indeed and Blind are more reliable.”
“Upload your resume to places like Indeed, Zip Recruiter, Dice.”
“online platforms like Indeed and Glassdoor are filled with AI-submitted CVs”
“I've never even gotten replies on any other platform: not on LinkedIn, not on Indeed, not on Upwork”
“The second most useful by far is Indeed”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.