Fake Recruiter Loyalty Test

Are companies allowed to hire fake recruiters to test your loyalty? Experienced This was a bizarre interaction, I had a recruiter reach out to me for a job, currently I am happily employed making a good salary in a good environment. I told the recruiter to keep my information for the future incase anything changes, but I am fine where I am and not interested. I get an email back saying I "passed the test" and it was a fake recruiter hired by the company to test employee loyalty. I honestly thought it was some new online scam or something at first, but I talked to my manager about it and he said that yes the firm does do that from time to time. Is this fuckin legal? because now I am worried all future recruiters are "tests" and this left a really bad taste in my mouth.

A screenshot of a text post describes an employee being contacted by a fake recruiter while happily employed. After politely declining the job, the employee is told they “passed” a company loyalty test, but the experience makes them distrust future recruiters. The meme is used to react to bizarre, invasive or unethical workplace practices.

• @right_wing_dev_squads / 11910 2025-04-14