Stop letting lowballers, ghost jobs, and free-work scams waste your time.

If you want to stop trading your sanity for client exploitation, kailangan mong i-audit ang job listings like a strategist before spending 3 hours on an application. Here is the exact framework I use para ma-scan ang bawat post in under 2 minutes:

🔴 RED FLAGS (Immediate Disqualification — Auto-pass agad)

1. The Perpetual Listing (>120 Days Active): Di talaga sila hiring. They are just pipeline fishing, signaling fake growth, or masking extreme turnover. Sayang lang ang effort mo.
2. Unpaid Spec Work: Demanding custom campaign strategies, full audit decks, or publish-ready assets before an offer isn't a test—pinagmumukha ka lang libreng labor. Direct pass.
3. The "3-in-1" Unicorn Scope: Media Buyer + Video Editor + Web Developer for $3/hour is severe operational bloat and guaranteed burnout. Wag mong patusin 'to.
4. Employee Control on a Contractor Title: Demanding 100% exclusivity and screen-tracking software habang walang benefits at tax coverage is illegal misclassification. Bawal 'to.
5. Anonymous Shadow Agencies: No website, no LinkedIn, or hidden behind generic recruitment shells? High scam probability yan or unstable operations na pwedeng tumakbo pag singilan na.

🟡 YELLOW FLAGS (Proceed With Caution — Set your guardrails)

1. "We Are A Family" & Standard Perks: Ipagyayabang na may laptop or gagamit ng "family" language? Classic cover-up lang yan for boundary erosion at unpaid overtime.
2. Omitted Salary Ranges: Pinagmumukhang "competitive" o "commensurate with experience" para ma-underbid ka. Ask for the budgeted floor agad sa Call 1 pa lang para di ka ma-time-waste.
3. Chaos Vocabulary: "Wear multiple hats," "scrappy," and "hit the ground running" translate to zero SOPs, walang onboarding, at palaging nagmo-move ang goalposts.

🛡️ The Rule for Test Tasks (Wag magpa-gulang)

Unpaid tests must evaluate thinking logic, never free production.

• GREEN LIGHT: <90 minutes, hypothetical/past data, strategic critique, requested after an interview.
• RED LIGHT: &gt;2 hours, live company assets, publish-ready deliverables, or sent as an automated gatekeeper.