shamecom/shamecom

ShameCom is a public record of Chinese companies that have broken promises to new graduates during campus recruitment. The name combines the English word "shame" with "company." The project was started by a 2021 graduate who noticed that employers would rescind job offers or signed agreements with students each year, then return the following year to recruit again as if nothing had happened. The kinds of incidents tracked here include: revoking an intent letter before a formal contract was signed, canceling a signed two-party or three-party employment agreement, laying off an entire cohort of new hires during their probation period, and using manipulative pressure tactics on interns who were hoping to convert to full-time roles. Minor incidents like a single rescinded offer or a legitimate probation failure are generally excluded, but mass rescissions are always included regardless of the stated reason. The main content is a table. Each row lists a company name, the date of the incident, a short description of what happened, a link to the original forum post (usually from the Chinese tech recruitment forum Nowcoder), and a link to a screenshot of that post. Screenshots are preserved because the original posts are often deleted by the companies or the platform after public attention. Companies in the list range from large, well-known Chinese tech firms to smaller startups, spanning incidents from 2018 through 2021. The README notes explicitly that a company appearing on the list does not mean applicants should never apply there, but that the record of bad behavior should stay visible so companies face some accountability. This repository contains no code. It is a community-curated documentation project where new incidents can be submitted by anyone with evidence of misconduct.