30 Ridiculous Struggles Almost Everyone Looking For A Job Has To Face
Sometimes you rush to three different interviews in different parts of the town on the same day, spending hours in traffic only to get a "We're sorry..." letter a week later. Or even worse - you simply get ghosted.
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Everyone who has ever had the "pleasure" of looking for a job know how frustrating the whole process can be - and the employers aren't making it any easier. Sometimes you rush to three different interviews in different parts of the town on the same day, spending hours in traffic only to get a "We're sorry..." letter a week later. Or even worse - you simply get ghosted. Tired of companies treating potential employees like garbage, someone started the r/RecruitingHell subreddit where people can air their frustrations, and the posts there are painfully relatable.
From requiring years of experience for entry level positions to making you feel bad about asking about the salary, check out some of the most ridiculous struggles that people looking for a job have to face in the gallery below!
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#1 Anyone Relate To This?
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#2 So After A Full Day Of Applications I Did This...
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#3 I Will Drink To That
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#4 A Little Too Accurate
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#5 This Happens All The Time
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#6 Opinion
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#7 This Guy Gets It
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#8 Hiring Managers And Recruiters
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#9 I’m Done
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#10 Saw It Online
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#11 Gold
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#12 Rejected From An Internship For Not Having Enough Experience
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#13 We Need To Make Discussing Salary Normal
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#14 Uno Card
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#15 Unfortunately…
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# 16 Nothing They Can Do
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#17 This Is What It’s Come To
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#18 This Guy Gets It
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#19 Company: My Next Hire Needs To Be Enthusiastic About The Role So This Doesn't Happen Again
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#20 Job Ads Nowadays. Sorry If Repost I Didn’t Find It In Search
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#21 You Are Not Google. Don't Recruit Like Google. Sincerely, Someone Who Wishes They Worked At Google
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#22 I Cracked This Morning And Submitted This Application - I Am Sick Of These Ridiculous Questions
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#23 2 Iq Test?! Really?
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#24 Saw This On Linkedin And Had A Good Laugh!
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#25 A Delightful Find On Linkedin
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#26 So I’m Not The Only One Constantly Getting Ghosted?
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#27 Gotta Start Early
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#28 We Don’t Count Internships As Experience Here, So Let’s Just Forget All Of That
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#29 Something Tells Me I’m Not Going To Be Getting A Call Back
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#30 Because, Obviously, You Shouldn't Have A Life Outside Work. Thought This Would Fit Here
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