Workable ghost jobs: what the sightings say.
6.4% of scored active Workable postings carry at least one ghost-job warning sign, against 17.8% across all ten boards JobsPipe collects. Here is the full picture for Workable: score bands, the reasons behind them, reposts, age and how quickly postings close.
How Workable scores
Workable boards are employer accounts read from the public jobs feed. They hold the largest share of postings in the 0-24 band, and long-open postings are rare.
| Ghost score band | Workable | All boards |
|---|---|---|
| 0-24: looks live | 93.7% | 82.3% |
| 25-49: one warning sign | 6.3% | 16.4% |
| 50-74: several warning signs | <0.5% | 1.3% |
| 75-100: almost certainly stale | 0.0% | <0.5% |
- No salary stated82.3%
- Posted date far behind first sighting32.9%
- Reposted (seen again after a gap of 10+ days)5.8%
- Posted by a mass poster (500+ open roles)1.9%
- Open for 45 days or more<0.5%
- Thin description (under 400 characters)<0.5%
How long Workable postings stay up
Workable listings sit until the employer closes them or the 30-day listing expiry runs out, and JobsPipe records the closure at the next check after that. Days live on Workable therefore clusters at the 30-day mark (median unavailable), and - of closures happened within a week. For a board where removals are visible immediately, compare Greenhouse.
The cross-board comparison is on How long do job postings stay up?
Check a Workable posting
Paste the Workable job URL. The answer comes from the JobsPipe index, not from Workable.
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Exclude Workable 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": ["workable"], "max_ghost_score": 24, "status": "active", "posted_at_max_age_days": 30, "limit": 25 }'FAQ
How common are ghost jobs on Workable?
6.4% of scored active Workable postings carry at least one warning sign, against 17.8% across all ten boards JobsPipe collects. 6.1% of active Workable postings were seen again after a gap of ten days or more, and 42.7% were first sighted more than 30 days ago.
Why does Workable score the way it does?
Workable boards are employer accounts read from the public jobs feed. They hold the largest share of postings in the 0-24 band, and long-open postings are rare.
How do I check whether a Workable job is still open?
Paste the Workable 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 Workable ghost jobs from an API feed?
Send max_ghost_score 24 with status active and source_or ["workable"] to the jobs search endpoint. Raise the score cap to 49 if a missing salary is acceptable.