I noticed last week that monster rolled out a new updated version of their website. They added a lot of new ajax stuff on the front, which might seem cool, but obviously they didnt adequately test it. After using it for several days, I have experienced a lot of bugs.
Here is an example:
I find a job I am interested in. I click the apply button and the dialog box for me to enter in my information is off the top of the screen leaving me unable to apply for this position. This is just one of the many user interface bugs I have found. Not being able to apply for a job is a pretty big problem if you are a job site. At this point, I have to say the new monster.com sucks.
Have you had problems with the new Monster.com? Let me know in the comments.
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Monster really is horrible. It went from the best before all the upgrades to SUUUUCKS. Nothing works right anymore. The agents are horrible to manage and narrow down what you are looking for. Occupations are all screwed up for my fields, construction, engineering, operations, facilities, etc. Even narrowing down the search locations is more difficult. It appears someone said let’s find the most counter intuitive way to do everything!
I don’t see how typing in ‘tour guide’ in the search engine has anything to do with being a Research Senior Analyst. Bad website.
i agree . other sites have the jobs in Categories .but monster has nothing .it really sucks
After contacting Monster.com salesperson, ” Ray, the fast talking rep”. offered a year -end special, at a discount rate to list 20 job postings and “enjoy” a 30 day window of the resume base in a specific number of cities. “Fast talking Ray” led me through the process…at all times assuring me, that by clicking on the agreement to terms, that I could maintain a degree of flexability with my job postings and search’s. I explained that my participation in his special offer would all be dependent upon my trip to China to visit the factory and return mid-January… assuring prompt manufacturing and product delivery. “Not a problem” states “fast talking Ray”….”we are here to help you, “we are reasonable and flexability , would be no problem”.
Seven days into my trip, I emailed him from China regarding a delay in manufacturing, until after Chinese New Year Holidays, three weeks in February…which would delay my program, as well as job postings, 60 + days. No reply from “fast talking Ray” just an invoice for $2,000.00 demanding payment. Upon my return, I called him, and again…”fast talking Ray” assured me ” no problem” we will simply push the program back ! Initially, the accounts payable specialist agreed…but “NOT fast talking Rays’ Boss”… who simply put…”PAY UP” he demanded…”or we will turn this over to collections NOW ! It’s not our concern that you did not use our service,..you timed out” …PAY THE $ 2,000.00 !”
Soon the accounts payable people started to demand payment with assertive emails…Again…I had yet to post one job or spend one minute on Monster.com resume bank. ..Bottom Line…no flexability, dishonest, and furthermore they did not care about your program…whether you used the site or not… JUST PAY UP ! ”
My decision was to litigate the matter, and post the event for all to understand…Monster.com does not have a concern about you, your company, your experience, their quality, and or customer service. Their sales people are trained to pressure you, lie and mislead you into thinking that “they will be flexible and informative to get you up and started. Monster is a monster that must be slay-ed…they are really terrible people and very dishonest.
When I try to apply for a job through Monster the page just refreshes and I can never apply. Can anyone help with this, I have turned off my security and tried to no avail. I have ie8 and also used the compatability view which made no difference. The only monster jobs I can apply for are those that either take you to a different site or those that have an email to apply to. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I like how there is no secure certificates on monster.com. Essentially all your information, username/password, is being passed in clear text through the networks. Nothing is secure and confidential on monster.com.
holy shit monster.com sux the big one!
Who is the dumb ass that turned it into a slow as AJAX site that doesn’t even do what it intends on doing??!!
I can’t even copy and paste shit on there in a simple text format that is easily searchable by employers!
It’s soo slow! all that ajax and java overhead is complete overkill!
Do the asswipes at monster.com not do any useability testing before deploying this piece of shit?
Yes, Monster sucks more than anyone has ever sucked before. Seems someone sat down and really focused on making this the worst job board out there. Either that, or the development effort was given to Bangalore’s finest. Nice job guys. I’m sure you’re charging more these days, too. My favorite is that with every click, you get to enter your name and password again. I think I got tired after about 30 logins worth of clicks.
All the comments written above are totally true! What they did was just to add some “cool” (not really in fact) AJAX effects and claim that it’s a “revolution” in the industry… If you carefuly analyze things, you will see that real new functionalities and services are absent… They just tried to make people believe that they did something really new and amazing. But you can’t make new things from old stuff!
I have posted ads as an employer. Using this horendous monster.com interface is taking me 3 times longer to look at a single person. What a pile of crap. I wont be using them again.
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