Ashby ghost jobs: what the sightings say.
15.1% of scored active Ashby postings carry at least one ghost-job warning sign, against 17.8% across all ten boards JobsPipe collects. Here is the full picture for Ashby: score bands, the reasons behind them, reposts, age and how quickly postings close.
How Ashby scores
Ashby boards are startup boards read from the public posting API. They close fast and rarely repost, so a posting that scores 25 or above on Ashby is usually just missing a salary.
| Ghost score band | Ashby | All boards |
|---|---|---|
| 0-24: looks live | 84.9% | 82.3% |
| 25-49: one warning sign | 12.3% | 16.4% |
| 50-74: several warning signs | 2.8% | 1.3% |
| 75-100: almost certainly stale | <0.5% | <0.5% |
- No salary stated60.8%
- Posted date far behind first sighting60.1%
- Reposted (seen again after a gap of 10+ days)13.0%
- Posted by a mass poster (500+ open roles)7.6%
- Open for 45 days or more1.4%
- Thin description (under 400 characters)<0.5%
How long Ashby postings stay up
Ashby removals are detected from the board feed at every crawl, so days live is a real measure here. Among Ashby postings that closed in the last 60 days, the median was live for 14 days and three in four were gone within 33 days; 20.4% closed within a week and 69.6% within 30 days.
- Still open 14 days after first sighting71.6%
- Still open 30 days after first sighting69.5%
The cross-board comparison is on How long do job postings stay up?
Check a Ashby posting
Paste the Ashby job URL. The answer comes from the JobsPipe index, not from Ashby.
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Exclude Ashby ghost jobs from a feed
curl -X POST https://api.jobspipe.dev/v1/jobs/search \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $JOBSPIPE_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{ "source_or": ["ashby"], "max_ghost_score": 24, "status": "active", "posted_at_max_age_days": 30, "limit": 25 }'FAQ
How common are ghost jobs on Ashby?
15.1% of scored active Ashby postings carry at least one warning sign, against 17.8% across all ten boards JobsPipe collects. 11.0% of active Ashby postings were seen again after a gap of ten days or more, and 19.1% were first sighted more than 30 days ago.
Why does Ashby score the way it does?
Ashby boards are startup boards read from the public posting API. They close fast and rarely repost, so a posting that scores 25 or above on Ashby is usually just missing a salary.
How do I check whether a Ashby job is still open?
Paste the Ashby posting URL into the checker on this page. JobsPipe returns the first and last sighting, the status, and the ghost score with its reasons.
How do I exclude Ashby ghost jobs from an API feed?
Send max_ghost_score 24 with status active and source_or ["ashby"] to the jobs search endpoint. Raise the score cap to 49 if a missing salary is acceptable.