Is Mercor a scam?

saw one positive indeed review said they had remote, flexible contract work and responsive leadership, so I guess not 100% scammy

Grapevine expose warns to stay away from Mercor & micro1 AI vetting startups often inflate their metrics and don't actually hire ppl

they say they use interviews to get training data, not to hire. literally “scamming and spamming people” 😠

Some folks say the AI bot is good. asks questions based on your resume, but most never get actual offers afterward

saw a LinkedIn post from a data scientist warns Mercor & micro1 collect AI interview recordings for training. sounds shady af

Reddit is blowin’ up. Reviews basically say Mercor uses interviews to collect data, not to hire 😤