r/forhire

440K archived posts · May 2009 – Sep 2026

redditors for hire

r/forhire

Some redditors are skilled professionals, some redditors need skilled professionals. Scroll down for general information and our rules. Please read through these carefully, as breaking them can be a bannable offense.

Created May 28, 2009

408KMembers (last snapshot)

440KArchived posts

###Read the rules here carefully before posting!

Search all reddit jobs: Hiring / For Hire / All

General Rules (breaking any of them is a bannable offence)

Posts and Comments:

NO REQUESTING OR OFFERING FREE WORK
Budgets/Rates are required for all posts, both [Hiring] and [For Hire]
Obnoxiously low budgets and offers (anything under $15/hr) are not allowed
No commission based jobs unless you offer a base salary ($15/h or more)
Do not use personal stories to gain sympathy/lower rates/get hired etc.
Pay in currency, not equity or barter
No bounties/competitions/speculative work – see here
Nothing illegal in the US
No asking or offering to mislead someone else
No affiliate/referral/job board links
No buying/selling comments/likes/tweets/etc
No hiring students to post on .edu domains
No usage of bots to contact users for any purpose (you and your business will be blacklisted)
Paid and unpaid internships go here
No academic dishonesty

Posts:

Do not post more than once per 7 days unless your [Hiring] ad is for a different position
Low quality posts will be removed
No image-only posts (posts must be selftext)

Comments:

Apply by PM or other private communication channels, not in comments. Do not leave comments to say that you sent private communication or to request that anyone contact you privately. Comments are for public discussion.
No personal attacks/ad hominem arguments

[Hire a Redditor](https://www.reddit.com/r/forhire/submit?title=[Hiring]%20(Location%20OR%20Online\)%20Title%20Goes%20Here&text=Put%20a%20job%20description,%20location%20in%20the%20title%20if%20applicable,%20and%20how%20you%20want%20to%20be%20contacted%20here.)

If you're Hiring:

Preface with [Hiring]
Put basics in the title: What's the job? Where is it located? etc.
Be specific. Include a job description, requirements etc. in the top text
Consider including a required keyword in your post to weed out the spammers and people who didn't read your ad
Do not include any EEOC protected statuses

[Get Hired](https://www.reddit.com/r/forhire/submit?title=[For Hire] Title Goes Here&text=Put your location and skills here, as well as how to contact you.)

If you want to be hired:

Preface with [For Hire]
Account must be older than 1 month and have recent regular activity on reddit. There is also an undisclosed minimum karma requirement. Karma farming to post here is not allowed and will result in a ban. Do not contact mods for an exception – doing so will result in a ban.
Put basics in the title: What do you do? Where can you do it? etc.
Be specific – include a portfolio or resume (or a link to one) in the top text
Single freelancers only – teams and agencies should post at r/b2bforhire

Other

Lists for employers and employees: Local Listings / Field Listings
Mods will absolutely not facilitate any communication or resolve disputes – post feedback about OP in r/testimonials
Much of the communication happens via pm, so don't be discouraged if you don't see a lot of public commenting
Consider using escrow service for payments
Click 'flair' under your link to update things
Do not run software from strangers unless you are certain you can trust them. Use the proper tools if unsure
How to protect yourself when working as or hiring a freelancer
Designers, check out r/designjobs
You might be interested in r/jobs, r/freelance, r/resumes, r/remotejs, or r/hireawriter. If you like virtual currency, try r/jobs4bitcoins.
We will not sticky stuff, even for cash
URL shorteners are insta-spammed. You should get a bot notification if you submit any but if you happen to submit one that the bot doesn't cover, we are unlikely to approve it. Just make a new post or comment

Take a look at our list of satisfied candidates and managers!

[Freelance jobs] Type prospective employee/employer names into the search box above to find reviews, also search in r/testimonials

Research

NoSpec
Glassdoor, like Yelp but for companies
Indeed's reviews are similar
ForHireHelper offers an alternate way to browse and sort/filter the subreddit.

Other communities

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