r/overemployed

r/overemployed is the 8th largest of the 11 communities we track in Careers & Job Hunting, with 634.6k members. That is about 13% the size of the niche's biggest community, r/careerguidance. Across Nichory's full directory of 363 communities it ranks 257th by member count.

At around 5 years old it is reasonably mature: the culture and rules are established, while there is still room for new contributors to become recognisable names fairly quickly.

Its Nichory signal score is 10/10 — our blend of audience size and how fast the community has grown per year. Scores this high mean an active audience that is worth writing for properly.

Our rules analysis flags this community as prohibiting self-promotion. Posting a link to your own product here is the fastest way to get removed or banned. Treat it as a place to build a reputation by answering questions well — your profile does the selling for you.

Collected from the community's published rules page. Titles only — open the full rules for the detail, and note they can change at any time.

• This isn't Antiwork
• No low quality trolling / shitposting
• No Doxxing / No Reddit ToS violations
• Don't Promote Unauthorized communities
• No solicitation
• Check the FAQ first
• No SPAM or job search sites without open source code links
• AI Slop/LARPing/Low effort posts
• This isn't a job hunting sub