What Does This Mean?

Career Catfishing

[ SLANG ][ WORKPLACE CULTURE ][ NOUN ]

FORCE: Gen Z BrainrotUNIVERSE: Workplace CultureCLUSTER: Job Market Power Shift

Accepting a job offer and then never showing up on the first day, without notice — ghosting an employer the same way someone would ghost a date, after the hiring process led them on.

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

"New hire never showed up on day one, no call, no email, full career catfishing."

LORE & ORIGIN

Named using 'catfishing' to describe candidates who present as fully committed through the entire hiring process, then vanish entirely once the job actually starts, treated as a reciprocal move against companies known for ghosting applicants.

FIRST SEEN

2023

PEAK ERA (EDITORIAL)

2024-2026 (Job Market Power Shift Era)

CURRENT STATUS

Mainstream Slang

Related To:Quiet Cracking Job Hugging

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EQUIVALENT CONCEPTS IN OTHER LANGUAGES

Español es-EScareer catfishing →Français fr-FRcareer catfishing →日本語 ja-JPキャリアキャットフィッシング →한국어 ko-KR커리어 캣피싱 →Português pt-BRcareer catfishing →中文 zh-CN职场照骗 →

AURA IMPACT ⓘ

+5 AURA

TREND STATUS

→ STEADY

EDITORIAL ESTIMATE

CULTURE CATEGORY

[ SLANG ][ WORKPLACE CULTURE ][ NOUN ]

RELATED TERMS

MENTIONS OVER TIME

DOCUMENTED SINCE

2023

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