Claim:
United Airlines in early 2024 was hiring for remote customer-service job positions that offered free flights and paid up to $29 per hour.
Rating:
Context:
These were no such job positions for United Airlines. Further, any users who tried to find the positions outside of the false ads, such as with a Google search, could be led to dangerous scams.
In early February 2024, advertisements were displayed next to YouTube videos that claimed United Airlines was “urgently” hiring for remote customer service jobs that come with free flights and a starting pay of between $20 and $29 per hour. The ads claimed, “Hiring remote workers urgently. All employees get free flights, free lunches, bonuses and more!”
However, as we noted above in our fact-check rating, such ads were false. We found no evidence on the careers website for United that they were…
