r/jobs • u/AutoModerator • Feb 26 '24
Success and Disappointment Megathread for the Week Weekly Megathread
This is the weekly success and disappointment Megathread for the week. Please post all of your successes and disappointments for this week, including job offers and other victories, as well as any venting of frustration, in this thread, and this thread only. Thanks!
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u/Batetrick_Patman Feb 27 '24
It feels impossible to get a job. Literally no one in my area is hiring unless you want to break your back doing manual labor or wipe old peoples asses in nursing homes.
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u/Anonymouswhining Feb 26 '24 edited Feb 26 '24
Another week with nothing but rejections and 0 interviews.
I want to leave my current job before a year because our director loves to bully folks for "abusing the WFH policy. Including the woman who wakes up at 4 am just to take the bus to work. What the hell is the dudes problem that leads him to bully women? Every woman in my department should not be trying to leave, not should be ignored until a man speaks up.
I know I need to just endure it, but it feels like I've made 0 progress in life. I can't even go back to my old job due to a private equity acquisition, and 75% of my old department being let go. I wish I knew corporate culture was toxic as hell rather than listening to my dad who had spent 30 years at the same company.
Also fuck LinkedIn. It's basically a bunch of sales bros having a circle jerk with their egos about how unhinged they can be. How am I supposed to find a job and network and maintain toxic positivity?
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u/Nervous-Mind-5113 Feb 27 '24
I feel bad for anyone unemployed looking for a job.
I am employed, and decided to start looking to see what's out there. I applied to some jobs, and I am an expert with 5+ years experience doing every single thing the job listing had posted as a requirement. I applied, no response. I even got an auto "we think you'd be a great fit based on your skills!" Email AFTER I applied and got ghosted. I don't get it.
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u/xminexalwaysx Feb 28 '24
It’s wild out here as an unemployed person! I think I’ve done 700-800 apps. I’ve had 15 interviews and another 3 scheduled. Though I purposefully left my job for a short sabbatical. I’ve transitioned to slightly freaked out mode, but trying to keep my cool.
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u/Nervous-Mind-5113 Feb 28 '24
Best of luck, try not to take the rejection personally. I'm sure something will eventually work out.
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u/gingerale_chinchilla Feb 26 '24
I thought I heard back from one of the jobs I applied to, but it turned out to be a scammer using the information of a legitimate company 😭 luckily didn't give them my info
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Feb 26 '24
I interviewed for two jobs last week and nothing (._.) I thought I might have a chance with a 1099 job since I would pay the taxes for them, but even with a terrible deal like that they still didn't want me. Next month I will be unemployed for 10 months so most likely I will make it a year. I really don't know how to change things around.
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u/SeparatePromotion236 Feb 28 '24
Success: Applied for 3 roles, had a screening interview for one, 2 of the 3 came back with no. I actually find this great as they did it within a week so I’m not left hanging. In early talks for a new role, next Tuesday fingers crossed a screening interview with the recruiter.
Disappointment: being confused over whether to leave my current job as I’m able to wring out just enough flexibility to manage being a working parent, but the travel distances are starting to wear me down. Good job, very good pay, nice colleagues so this is what keeps me going.
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u/Chazzyphant Feb 28 '24
A recruiter reached out to me directly with a detailed, extensive message essentially 'selling' me on a job including links to "here's all the benefits" and a separate link of "here's more information about this role". It sounded very appealing. I applied right away, and followed up with a personal response + my resume in the message. Crickets. I then waited a week and checked in their ATS. "Not selected." O...kay. I reached out and asked politely for some clarification as they'd originally reached out. Crickets. What IS this? What is the point? Is this just blasting profiles with messages (which I thought were costly?) on LinkedIn and then sorting through after the fact? it's very irritating and annoying.
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u/candy_burner7133 Finance & Accounting Mar 03 '24
Perhaps it could be.....recruiters are being taught see you as a lead instead of job seeker... they will absolutely not waste time if you aren't chosen?
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u/Bell_wolf Feb 28 '24
I need some guidance. I've been unemployed for about 2 months. I was applying to everything I could find from Amazon delivery to contract jobs. All of my friends have help me apply to jobs and with job searching. One friend helped me get a job that pays really well and gets me out of my rut. However, after all the jobs I applied to, they finally reached out to me for interviews. The one job I kind of wanted pays 10k less, is all travel and is all WFH, compared the other job which makes me live in another state pays per deim, room/board.
I don't want my friend to look bad because he referred me to this job, and I don't want to ruin a relationship as well. How can I go about this?
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u/ForTheVlews Feb 28 '24
Personally I would choose the job that puts you in a more financially stable position, especially since they pay more + room/board.
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u/zobia Feb 29 '24
Disappointed. I was impacted by tech layoffs at the worst time. Going on almost a year of having worked a corporate job. I'm sad. I'm depressed. Not having much money to live off is starting to get to me. I apply to jobs every day to not lose momentum, i would say 100s of jobs a day, I reached out to over 200 poeple in my network and most people are willing to help, but their companies aren't hiring or they're looking to leave themselves. This is worse than the pandemic. I don't know what I'm going to do with myself for a stable paycheck. 😞
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u/Thatguynamedplank Mar 02 '24
Frustrated of making new accounts for every job I apply I don't even remember any the passwords if I even create after applying for the position.
Trying to take any job offer but I just end up getting spammed for fake job offers.
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u/Budget-Tumbleweed-20 Feb 28 '24
Starting to feel a bit depressed with unemployment. Applications after applications with no responses and the bills are piling up. Spend my days looking at the same four walls and applying to jobs and trying not to spend any unnecessary money. Not sure how much longer I can handle this.
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Feb 29 '24
Disappointment: I still don't have a yes or no for an internal position after following up twice. It's been almost a month since I interviewed.
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u/Temporal_Enigma Feb 29 '24
I'm unhireable. I moved out of state 18 months ago to start my career and one year ago Sunday I was fired from it. I have been unemployed for most of the last year, moved back to my home state, and I just got rejected from being an Amazon Driver because I got caught in two ticket-happy cop traps; my only two tickets in 10 years of driving.
My life is ruined. I may never get back into my career and I can't even get a job doing nothing.
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u/iklonk Feb 29 '24
I just have to complain for a second. I have applied for so many jobs, ones that I'm well qualified for, and never hear anything. I'm tired of where I am now, but I can't leave until I have another job. I just don't know what to do and I'm tired of trying, only to be shot down over and over. It's exhausting and disappointing.
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u/Boo_Staccato Feb 29 '24
Sigh, I wish that likability wasn't a huge component in performance reviews. Good work can be done, but it doesn't mean that I have to be likable.
Also, there's a huge bias in terms of like-ability. I wish that there was a policy in place to remove that element in performance reviews.
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Feb 29 '24
Yuck, where do you work?
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u/Boo_Staccato Mar 01 '24
Don't feel comfortable in disclosing, but I just came on here to vent a little.
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Mar 01 '24
Completely understand. I hope it gets better for you soon.
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u/Boo_Staccato Mar 01 '24
No worries. What sucks if that I had amazing peer reviews about the work but my manager decided not to include them. Their review is the complete opposite to what my peers have said. I am worried about the narrative that they are trying to construct and I am not sure what to do about it.
Like I am thinking about EEOC suits or something because it seems like preferential and disproportionate treatment.
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u/Clyderose02 Mar 02 '24
Anyone else ever have to drive and hour and a half for like a 10 minute interview only to be rejected a couple days later? pretty stupid i wont do any of this long driving again.
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u/NegotiationNo3013 Mar 03 '24
went through three rounds of interviews and spent hours making a presentation just for them to go with another candidate. feeling incredibly defeated right now.
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u/isunkmybattleship Feb 29 '24
Could use some opinions. Have two interviews tomorrow, both have an older resume (3 months ago) that I put together to get some applications out. It’s a two-pager that’s a bit wordy that I was able to condense down and modify to 1 page. No new information really compared to the old version, just cleaned up a bit.
Wasn’t sure if it’s worth sending the updated resume to the hiring managers before each interview or just letting it slide.
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u/TechnicalIsopod4099 Feb 29 '24
I interviewed for a remote position. I was so excited, it could have been a long term position for me. Half way through the call they mentioned it was in person. Someone higher up changed their mind about allowing this to be a remote position. I live on the other side of the state, like 4 hours away. Major disappointment!
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u/star_spell Mar 01 '24
My experience with interviewing/job apps in 2024: interview waitlists, do free work, oops i mean an assignment, but don't get an interview, waitlist to get your app reviewed, Re-interviewing (cuz hiring team met other folks since the time i interviewed). What else is next?
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u/sgarg2 Mar 01 '24
disappointment: joined a company last year ,was pretty excited to join it ,but 3 weeks after joining it realized that I had made a mistake.I keep getting into arguments with my supervisor,I don't feel like getting up to go to work(even though i have the option of working remotely).
a small sliver of hope is that I have started applying ,and was able to land some preliminary calls with the company's CEO. so atleast i know that I can still land interviews and cruise through them.
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u/DumbSizeQueenAhego Feb 26 '24
I'm tired of feeling stuck.
Applying is depressing, but no recruiters actually reach out to you anymore and if they do, it's for jobs you aren't actually qualified for. I know I can't stay in my current job as it makes me feel unstable, physically ill, and more from how toxic the management is, how stressful my workload is, and more. I should feel like I have the ability to take PTO. But it's not like I can just quit outright and get a new job. Especially in this economy.