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Indeed has a rating of 1.5 stars from 978 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with Indeed most frequently mention customer service, small business and employer account. Indeed ranks 132nd among Recruiting sites.

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Texas
1 review
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Disabled Account
December 19, 2024

I am an employer seeking to post and sponsor jobs on Indeed. I setup an account and was asked to provide documents for business verification. I submitted the Articles of Incorporation which was approved by the Texas Secretary of State. I also provided a lease agreement showing the company name and my name executing the lease. My verification was rejected. I contacted customer support and they were not helpful. Being the owner of a business and trusted by over 300 clients being rejected by a Team called Safety and Trust is offensive to me as a trusted business owner. The verification process needs major improvement.

Date of experience: December 9, 2024
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4 months ago

Hi Brooks, all accounts and jobs on Indeed are subject to our standard reviewing process. The account has gone through our reviewing process and our team has concluded that we will not be able to show these openings in our search results and it will remain disabled. As the account has been disabled by Indeed you do not have the option to post a new position. Please note: Indeed may reject or remove any job and may disable any Company's account, for any or no reason. We cannot give every reason why a job or a company may be removed, and we always retain the right to remove any job, organic or sponsored, if we feel it is in our interest or our users’ interest. This is a final decision that will not be reversed. We apologize for any inconvenience this has caused. If you have urgent hiring needs, we highly suggest utilizing other hiring services.

Washington
8 reviews
1 helpful vote
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Overnight, Early Morning, and Long Distances!
Sundays and Tuesdays, Schools and Churches!
They are all red flags going up in front of me!

Date of experience: January 28, 2025
Colorado
1 review
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Ruined my work resume
November 16, 2024

Constantly asked me to sign in, spammed my email with there junk still to this day, they allowed scammers to post job listing i had to cancel my bank account due to this. Very unsatisfied. This company is a resume destroyer.

Date of experience: November 6, 2024
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5 months ago

Hi Chris, we sent you a PM. Please follow up with us there.

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Illinois
3 reviews
1 helpful vote
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RECENT COMPLAINT TO INDEED (ONLINE) 3/15/25 As a job applicant, I have had multiple auto rejects from JOBS I am highly qualified for AND that I did apply for via Indeed and your "clients" and job postings. I believe my data has been leaked, breached and brokered/sold and the workflow/tokenization and accept/reject process highly boas and flaws and abusive to applicants/job seekers. Auto reject or next day reject makes me suspect errors in data integrity, algorithms, data harvesting, cloud/hybrid storage and AWS5 issues and other backend code that is wrong. I have worked in this area a lot and troubleshooted many a problem. Please advise. Who all is involved in Indeed and the architecture/system backend flow and tokenization and data store (3rd parties and Indeed and Clients). From a client perspective- charging per click is very exploitive considering the data share issues, ghost jobs, test and prod and cloud environments and workflow issues and process. Seems like a data harvesting practice rather than HRIS and ATS best practice and hiring (non-discriminatory) workflows and agreements.

Date of experience: March 17, 2025
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1 month ago

Hi, job postings on Indeed are uploaded directly by the employer and we always encourage them to close their jobs when they have made a hire. If a job appears on Indeed this means the employer has actively posted the job themselves and should mean that they are hiring for the position. Unfortunately, we cannot communicate with all employers regarding every job that they post but we will pass along your feedback!

New York
1 review
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Awful
September 20, 2024

Ive been trying to post a add to hire employees but Indeeds awful trust and safety team continue to refuse me and pause account even adding three forms of utility bills etc...just awful. AND there is NO customer service or accountability or followup or supervisors to speak with They have lost my confidence and business and I will never promote them. I prefer a lesser competitor as opposed to indeed. Worst experience I have ever had online

Date of experience: September 10, 2024
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7 months ago

Hi Nick, we are very sorry to hear about your poor experience with Indeed. We have sent you a private message to further assist.

Texas
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Ive worked at a company for 20 year. Still employed there. Ive tried multiple times to write a honest review of the company. Each time i get rejected for going against guidlines. Absolutely nothing wrong with what I wrote. Its a negative review. People should be able to read honest reviews before they apply.

Date of experience: July 26, 2024
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9 months ago

Hi there, all company page reviews on Indeed are subject to a moderation process. Our goal is to make sure we are posting reviews that are transparent and reflect the true working experience of the company. However, if any part of a review violates our guidelines, we will not post it or it will be removed. If you wrote a review for a company that did not become public or was removed after being posted, it is likely that the review did not conform to our guidelines. You can view the guidelines at: https://support.indeed.com/hc/en-us/articles/360046789111-Company-Review-Policies. We advise you to look at our guidelines and revise your review and repost it. Unfortunately, we are not able to discuss individual reviews that may not have been approved.

Illinois
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Scam Scam Scam
December 1, 2023

As I see we are facing pretty much the same issue as many people describing their experience here. Same story, account created, sponsored ads running for months, and one day we randomly get banned. Tried to appeal, got an email that we're banned and its final decision. No reasons no nothing. And the worst part is that they send emails to all candidates that this job might be a scam! We are legally running our business and things like this cost us a fortune! But it's a normal practice to Indeed. Please avoid this company and try to find other way to source candidates!

Date of experience: November 8, 2023
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over a year old

Hello Robert, thank you for reaching out and we're here to help. A member of our team has responded to your review by public message. Please follow up with us there so we can further assist.

Washington
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I am a legitimate business owner of a star-up company. Never run into any issue with Indeed in the past. One day, I received an email telling me the company account was disabled, no reason provided. I went through the appealing process and provided the documents including business registration certificate, by-laws... I explained, as the company is still in the early stage, everyone works remotely from home, so there is no Lease and utility bill, etc. I still got denied. Indeed says " Your company is unsuitable for Indeed." Why? How? No reason provided, and decision is final. All the customer Raps just repeated same thing with their arrogant and cold voice--"no reason, and decision is final." It provides no help at all. I am still clueless what is wrong. Really frustrated and disappointed!

Date of experience: January 5, 2024
Indeed-Support S. Indeed Rep
over a year old

Hi Greg, to explain, we have an extensive moderation process designed to protect our job seekers and employers and also ensure a high level of quality in our search results. All Indeed accounts are subject to this review.

Occasionally, we will require further information or documentation to verify a compaany befiore their jobs can appear on Indeed.

Please note: Indeed may reject or remove any job and may disable any Company's account, for any or no reason. We cannot give every reason why a job or a company may be removed, and we always retain the right to remove any job, organic or sponsored, if we feel it is in our interest or our users’ interest.

Algeria
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Hello,
I run a small business company in ossining in new york, I went through the appealing process and provided my internet bill, after few minutes, I received an email saying that my business is unsuitable.
Why? How?
Your killing me.

Date of experience: January 18, 2024
Indeed-Support S. Indeed Rep
over a year old

All accounts and jobs go through our standard reviewing process before they can become fully active on our site. The account has gone through our reviewing process and our team has concluded that we will not be able to show these openings in our search results.

As the account has been disabled by Indeed you do not have the option to post a new position. Please note: Indeed may reject or remove any job and may disable any Company's account, for any or no reason. We cannot give every reason why a job or a company may be removed, and we always retain the right to remove any job, organic or sponsored, if we feel it is in our interest or our users’ interest. This is a final decision that will not be reversed. If you have urgent hiring needs, we highly suggest utilizing other hiring services. We apologize for any inconvenience this has caused.

North Carolina
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I was having a lot of issues with Indeed originally, I couldn't get them to respond after taking down a very critical hiring ad we had up. It seems like an algorithm just flagged our account and took it down. But after talking with the Indeed support team on here, they got my ads back up (just in time) and even gave me a free sponsor on our most important one. Thank you Indeed support team, I really appreciate you taking the time to work with me - I knew when humans looked at it, they would know we were legit. Thank you again everyone at Indeed Support!

Date of experience: February 20, 2024
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over a year old

Hello Larissa, thank you for reaching out and we're happy to help. A member of our team has responded to you via private message. Please follow up with us there so we can further assist.

India
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I am a freelance recruiter and was heavily relying on indeed job posting. My account was suddenly paused and I am losing my credibility with my clients. This means if anybody who is a freelancer and earning his bread and butter from freelancing but does not have a company cannot post jobs on indeed. I was already billed for the job posting and before I can download the applications my account was paused, this is totally fraud as they are charging for posting and not letting us to download the applications for which we already paid

Date of experience: December 26, 2023
Germany
18 reviews
4 helpful votes
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One must be registered and logged in to read reviews from (former) employees! Then one can read every review? Not at all! Of course, one must first have written a review themselves to be able to read every review! One also has to enter the email one uses at Indeed to be able to write a review here! Recognize the error...

Date of experience: May 16, 2024
Indeed-Support S. Indeed Rep
11 months ago

Hi Justin, when viewing company page reviews, you can only see a certain amount before you will be prompted to leave a review for that company. To see more reviews, you must write one. We do apologize for any inconvenience. We would be happy to pass along your feedback about this!

New Jersey
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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I look for jobs in Indeed.com but Indeed sends you jobs I don't qualify for and jobs out of state with little pay. If I live in NJ, why will you post jobs in Pennsylvania especially with low pay. Do you know tolls aren't free and the traffic commuting back and forth is terrible. We should have the opportunity to choose state I want to work for as my options. I think Indeed sends any job so it can show they send something. Indeed needs to fix this. Oh by the way, I don't need jobs 1 an hour and a half away if I specified a 25 mile radius.

Date of experience: November 17, 2023
Indeed-Support S. Indeed Rep
over a year old

Hi Bibi,

We recommend using a Boolean search to get more relevant results. We would advise checking out our Career Guide page: https://www.indeed.com/career-advice, there are some great resources here that will assist with all areas of your job search.

Also, check out our videos on Youtube with some great search hacks on Indeed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JF0IukoW8to&list=PL6qIzGkkiXFFGIZ09uOBn4JAGYdooXxfP

Missouri
3 reviews
1 helpful vote
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Candidates were not qualified. Those that were qualified were largely unresponsive to interview requests yet. I paid for a sponsored post so i was charged for every resume that I did not reject within the 72 hour review period. Most of the unqualified candidates were able to be flushed out prior to the review period. However, we moved forward with and were charged for 12 candidates. 10 of the 12 candidates were either unresponsive after some contact, and some were completely unresponsive from the outset. Save your money and don't post here.

Date of experience: September 5, 2023
Indeed-Support S. Indeed Rep
over a year old

Hi Lori, we are very sorry to hear about this experience, the 72 hour review period is in place to allow you to reject any candidates that do not meet your requirements so you will not be charged for them. Unfortunately, we cannot control if a candidate responds to messages, this is entirely their responsibility.

Vermont
4 reviews
10 helpful votes
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No value
November 27, 2023

I've used Indeed but never found a job from using the site. Many of the jobs advertised were closed or filled when I applied. It was better for me to go directly to the employer. I wouldn't recommend for a job seeker.

Date of experience: November 24, 2023
Indeed-Support S. Indeed Rep
over a year old

Hi, to search and apply for jobs on Indeed, please visit www.indeed.com/worldwide and select the country of your choosing. You can then enter the type of job you are looking for in the "What" box and the location in the "Where" box.

We would advise checking out our Career Guide page: https://www.indeed.com/career-advice, there are some great resources here that will assist with all areas of your job search.

While Indeed isn't directly involved in the hiring process, we recommend checking out this resource on our Career Guide about what to do if you're not hearing back from employers: https://www.indeed.com/career-advice/finding-a-job/what-to-do-if-you-arent-hearing-back-from-employers

Also, check out our videos on Youtube with some great search hacks on Indeed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JF0IukoW8to&list=PL6qIzGkkiXFFGIZ09uOBn4JAGYdooXxfP

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrYful2pIrg

We hope this is helpful!

Kentucky
1 review
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As the title says, I tried to post a job for the restaurant I'm working on opening and was asked to call to verify the account before the post could be made live. Ok, no problem: I call and go through the questions (answering everything correctly, because it's my business and I had just tried to put the listing up the night before) and was told within an hour of the call that my account would be verified. Instead within 30 seconds of hanging up I received 3 emails from indeed: a welcome email saying my account was verified, an anniversary email (weird), and an email saying my account was locked with a link to appeal (that doesn't work and constantly reloads the page).

Date of experience: September 15, 2023
GB
1 review
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I feel utterly helpless, and increasingly frustrated! I have logged on to Indeed, assuming I could place my adverts (with no time to spare as re opening after a long lock down) only to discover my employers account has been disabled again!
I have spent an hour attempting to find a way to communicate and failed miserably!
The 1st time was due to an accidental recruitment Bill running during the 1st lock down (which we paid in full) however reluctantly. But at least knew why! We were then re connected. To only discover yet again when I need them most! Disabled.
Hey come on guys... you're supposedly a professional service, non of your contact numbers are live either. We have used your company for well over 5 years and have a lot of important information on here. You can see we are legitimate! Please help me here!?

Date of experience: March 22, 2021
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over a year old

Hi Jane. We'd like to look into this situation further with you. Please email us at sitejabber@indeed.com and be sure to reference this review. We look forward to assisting you.

GB
1 review
15 helpful votes
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We are a new small business employing front of house and kitchen staff. Our account was suspended without any prior guidance giving us a chance rectify whatever their issue is with our posts. Hopeful applicants are also left on standby. This is not professional or fair for employers or potential employees. Indeed really needs to review the way they deal with their account members.

Date of experience: June 29, 2021
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over a year old

Hello Geo, thank you for reaching out. A member of our team has responded to your review by private message. Please follow up with us there so we can further assist.

Maryland
1 review
7 helpful votes
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Disabled for no reason
October 6, 2021

I am a small business owner that has a group therapy private practice using Indeed to hire new clinicians with. My account was active, then hours later my account was disabled for no reason at all. I was not given an explanation or any additional information. Really disappointed that indeed would prevent mental health business services during a mental health crisis because of the pandemic.

EDIT: Indeed replied that they are working on my appeal but i'm back to edit the comment to let everyone know Indeed is lying. They responded with "It appears that your request may require specialized attention and our Client Success team can better assist you. Please view our Help Center for further assistance with this issue." They provided no assistance, no call back number, and told me to purchase insurance for my company, and then when I did, they told me they won't accept it. Indeed owes me money and an explanation... This is straight theft!

Date of experience: October 5, 2021
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over a year old

Hi Brittany. We are sorry to hear that this was your experience. This appears to be in relation to Indeed's appeal process. All Indeed accounts are reviewed as we must verify the connection between the account creator and the company they are hiring for to protect the job seeker as well as the employer. We are happy to go into more detail and to better assist you directly, so we have reached out to you directly via private message. We look forward to hearing from you!

Canada
1 review
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Account disabled
March 25, 2021

As a small business owner, i recently post positions on indeed, and today they blocked me. "Your account has been disabled".
For WHAT? "not consistent with Indeed's quality standards." WHAT standards? They won't tell.

During this pandemic i could not believe they do this to support the economy, unbelievable.

Date of experience: March 24, 2021
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over a year old

Hi Zeheng, we are very sorry to hear about your poor experience with Indeed. We have sent you a private message to further assist.