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23-year-old brings his mom to a job interview, lets her answer questions for him: 'I'd ask him how he dealt with a tight deadline, and she'd jump in about how organized he is at home.'

Emmy Pratt

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Job applicant rejects tech company that offers a job 4 months after interviews, pays half his desired salary: 'I even gave them a discount'

Ally Perry

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Job asks for free labor from applicant before they even interview: 'I'm dumbfounded by the audacity'

JR Atkinson

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HR department admits they receive 2000 job applications for one position, and don't look at any of them: 'AI sorts through them, and then they just go based off intuition.'

Emmy Pratt

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HR claims they 'lost' employee's application for promotion after they hired an external nepo candidate for the job: 'Did you send it by carrier pigeon?'

JR Atkinson

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Job applicant hangs up during third interview after interviewer refuses to disclose salary to him for the third time: 'I need to make sure we're on the same page'

Ally Perry

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Company institutes layoffs for 4 years straight, employees who have held same job for 30 years complain that laid off coworkers are lazy: 'These people just don't want to work'

Ally Perry

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Laid off job seeker with expecting wife applies for 4500 jobs in a year, moves back in with family to avoid debt: 'I just don't know anymore'

Ally Perry

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Wife finds dream job listing, husband considers applying because he's more qualified than her: 'We would not be competing'

Ally Perry

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Interviewer ghosts job applicant for merchandising job, he signs him up for spam calls in retaliation: 'I was literally perfect for the job'

Ally Perry

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Employee finds job listing for current job, boss claims they're recruiting in another department: 'I asked them, "Is my job safe?"'

Ally Perry

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Job applicant gets rejected for role, faces criticism for being try-hard in HR interview feedback: 'Our team values authenticity'

Ally Perry

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Recruiter rejects job applicant after he lists 'olive oil' as one of his interests: 'That is not an interest. I cannot stop thinking about it. There will not be an interview.'

Emmy Pratt

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Job seeker applies to job advertised at $70k, salary changes to $28 an hour when she gets interviewed: 'What benefit is it to them?'

Ally Perry

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Job interviewer asks 29-year-old female applicant if she has children despite the fact that asking that is illegal: 'I have been asked if I have kids every single job interview.'

Emmy Pratt

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Job-seeker is 'fired' from a job they applied to but never received an offer for, company advertises the position with a $10k drop in salary: 'I forgot about that whole debacle, but it came back to me'

JR Atkinson

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