JobCop Ledger Recap: Weekly Employer Transparency Benchmark

Weekly Ledger Breakdown

Every week we review the aggregate numbers recorded across the JobCop system to give candidates an objective look at employer responsiveness and overall hiring process transparency. As of September 14, 2026, the Live Transparency Ledger tracks 85 graded US employers.

The average transparency score across all tracked employers currently sits at 57.4 out of 100. This system score aggregates performance across multiple operational pillars, evaluating how predictably companies communicate and how clean their job posting data remains over time.

Over the past seven days, candidate activity on the platform remained flat. Job seekers filed 0 anonymous candidate reports, and 0 enforcement cases were opened with Dep during this timeframe.

Highest Graded Employers

A small set of employers holds the top positions on the ledger this week. While specific ghost rates and median response days are listed as not available across these entries in the current dataset, their overall transparency scores lead the board.

Kingquality holds the highest score on the ledger at 68 out of 100. Outpostspace and Phaidra follow closely behind, each tied with a score of 67 out of 100. Anthropic sits in the fourth position with a score of 65 out of 100. The upper group is completed by Alloy and Lalamove, which both register a score of 57 out of 100.

Even at the top of the board, a score of 68 highlights the gap in modern recruiting. It shows that even relative leaders in hiring transparency have significant room to improve baseline updates and candidate status tracking.

Lowest Graded Employers

At the bottom end of the ledger, scores cluster tightly in the mid-50s. These ratings reflect systematic gaps in candidate communication, posting hygiene, or platform activity.

The lowest scores on the ledger currently belong to the following companies:

• Osedea: score 54, ghost rate n/a%, median response n/a days
• Clickhouse: score 54, ghost rate n/a%, median response n/a days
• Cority: score 54, ghost rate n/a%, median response n/a days
• Lyft: score 57, ghost rate n/a%, median response n/a days
• Datavations: score 57, ghost rate n/a%, median response n/a days
• Digicert: score 57, ghost rate n/a%, median response n/a days

Osedea, Clickhouse, and Cority represent the lowest floor on the ledger this week at 54 out of 100. Just above them sit Lyft, Datavations, and Digicert, sharing a score of 57 out of 100—matching the scores of Alloy and Lalamove at the lower end of the top tier.

What the Data Means for Candidates

An overall market average of 57.4 out of 100 across 85 graded US employers confirms what most job seekers experience daily: standard recruitment practices lack consistency. When the top-performing company on a board of 85 scores a 68, applicants should expect delayed feedback, silent rejections, and minimal status tracking as default conditions.

Candidates spend substantial time preparing materials for roles that may be stale or poorly managed. Tracking employer scores provides a clear standard to judge where your application effort is most likely to be met with professional responsiveness. When an employer scores near 54, expect lower communication reliability throughout the process.

Check the latest updates on the Live Transparency Ledger at https://jobcop.app/ledger and file a report on your hiring experience at https://jobcop.app/patrol.