Crass marketing tactics courtesy of Hired.com.au
Fairfax is a company that has seen more than its fair share of redundancies in recent years, and we’ve learned this week there’s another round of cuts coming spelling likely redundancies in New Zealand and a major restructure of its national newsroom operations.
Which is probably why the people from California-based recruitment business Hired.com.au thought it would be a great idea to stand outside Fairfax’s Pyrmont HQ handing out flyers on how to get a new job.
Seriously.
On the one hand someone is probably patting themselves on the back for thinking up such targeted marketing.
Crass marketing? Sounds like they were just promoting their business as every other business. If anything, also sound like they were offering a good option when it was needed