Meet David Tamarkin, site director of the food website Epicurious (owned by Condé Nast). David took to Twitter earlier this week to advertise for an “amazing job for a food writer who is at the beginning of her/his career”:
I have an amazing job for a food writer who is at the beginning of her/his career. Here are the details:
— David Tamarkin (@DavidTamarkin) March 11, 2019
It’s a “full-time freelance position”:
This is a full-time freelance position based in New York City. Candidates should ideally already live in the NYC area. Relocation funds are not available for this position.
— David Tamarkin (@DavidTamarkin) March 11, 2019
But people quickly questioned what he meant by “full-time freelance”:
What does “full time freelance” mean?
— Nicole Cesare (@NicoleCesare) March 12, 2019
And David helpfully answered this question! “Paid hourly at 40 hours/week, no benefits”:
Paid hourly at 40 hrs/week, no benefits.
— David Tamarkin (@DavidTamarkin) March 12, 2019
And that’s when the NYC Department of Labor got involved:
Hey @NYSLabor any thoughts on this?
— Sara (@sarasneeze) March 13, 2019
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We've seen the tweets and have shared the situation with our Worker Protection team. They are now looking into it. Thanks for helping to bring it to our attention!
— NYS Dept of Labor (@NYSLabor) March 13, 2019
Damage control time from David:
Some clarification on the EA job I tweeted about yesterday: This job will in fact be eligible for benefits, including health insurance, 401k, and sick leave. Also, “building 30 recipes a month” refers to a data entry task—it is not recipe development.
— David Tamarkin (@DavidTamarkin) March 13, 2019
Good luck with the audit, dude.
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