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EmployUs: Emotional Manipulation.

Author
Gray et al.
Date
23 Mar 2017
Publisher
UXP2 Lab

“The site tries to get users to get a demo, but the alternate option appears to be disabled. It also only links to monster.com, which is a job finding site. So if users don’t want to use their service, they can find a job on monster.com instead.”

EmployUs was catalogued by the UXP2 Lab over how it steers users towards booking a demo. According to the entry, the site tries to get users to request a demo, while the alternative option appears to be disabled. The entry notes that the only other link goes to monster.com, a job-finding site, so a user who does not want the service is directed towards finding a job there instead.