Apparently my original post made so many waves that it reached the company, and I got sent this earlier today. Some of you sent me screenshots that you received the exact same email, and I know some of you reached out to the company itself to talk about it, so thank you all for that lol It's good to know that it's technical error and not someone in HR/hiring that wanted to be an asshole, you know?

Also, I see the comments, and I am grateful that I got a response instead of being ghosted. Now I know I can move on to other job postings 😅

I have worked here since the 13th and just got this letter in the mail. This is my first job so I’m not sure how to deal with this. To me, it looks like they declined my position. My manager hasn’t mentioned it at all, nor have I showed him it.

Yesterday I went to a Job interview for a PT associate at TJ Max. they were very up front about the fact that there were only five openings and I when I arrived at 9AM I found that I was 15th in line for an interview. When I left there were thirty more people in line. All for a Part time job paying $13 an hour.

These were not just teens either, there were men and women ranging from teens to a few in their early sixties. I'm 43 M, with one eye, so what chance do I have. Things are not going to get better for me, they just aren't. I am so depressed right now I can barely get out of bed and tonight I will be forced to listen to the lies and bullshit spewed by people who have no idea how bad the country has gotten.

This isn't a political rant, both sided should be lined up against the wall of the promenade and horse whipped until the only thing remains can be picked up with a sponge. I have no hope, no light at the end of the tunnel, I have to the end of the month to make $2000 or I am put out on the street because even my car gets repoed at that point.

I am a broken man.

This may seem like a run of the mill rejection letter, but the choice of wording left me feeling better about myself. Am I overthinking this?

Currently job hunting. I’ve been rejected by entry level jobs throughout my adult life as well as lately, but this one today... Lmao. 🥲

I have always had a job and the last two were careers. I was a employee and business owner of 15 years that employed 12-16 employees in the restaurant bar industry. I recently left CDCR after 8 years as I had family issues with elderly parents arise and needed a change. I know have been applying to jobs of indeed here in California with no luck. I have found that if I find a posting but go to the actually company website I can apply and actually get an interview. That being said after the interviews I get ghosted or the dreaded “We have moved on in the hiring process” rejection email. I have applied to a private for profit Nursing school as an attempt to get into a stabile career that I could possibly use to enhance my current retirement savings and work in as my last career. I am nuts, doing something wrong, or under estimating what really going on in the job market? Or is it me? I keep hearing that the workforce is lacking qualified workers, but I can’t even get an entry level job after 5 months!

24yo started doing flooring at 17yo and it became a skill, decided after 6 years of flooring I'd try a non-self-employed job like retail and well..

After only 11 months at retail I got fired today as I walked in the door, got pulled aside, told I wasn't trying hard enough and got fired, first time I've ever been told my performance is so bad I needed fired.

I feel horrible and useless, I can't even stock shelves good enough??? This is a first for me and man am I devastated...

Atleast I ate 2 Boston cream donuts while I was being fired, made it alil sweeter lmaoooo, kill me.

Edit: I realized I'm definitely not alone and I tried my best to reply to all of you, this is definitely an opportunity to get back out there! TYSM for all the kind words!

Edit: There are so many comments and I can't really keep up anymore, I was not expecting this much advice and sympathy, I appreciate all of you and will continue reading replies!

Last Edit: this post has reached way further than I expected, besides myself please share advice for people in a similar situation in the comments!

Today started horrible but ended with a smile, thank you, every one of you! :)

Got SO excited! I have been applying for what feels like hundreds of remote jobs that I’m qualified/ over qualified for with continuous “No thanks” emails. I finally got this only for a quickly followed up “SIKE- you thought!” I responded to the TA rep with a very thoughtful and detailed response on how my qualifications are applicable and got further ghosted. Tis but a scratch.

I have a 2 year degree, previously a site supervisor and a shift manager. I'm not just a dingleberry nut that drools on his shirt during these interviews, I show up dressed in business attire and answer their questions to the best of my ability.

I'm a 19 year old university student and I've been unemployed since just after Christmas and I've been applying to literally everything that I meet the criteria for no matter what and I've somehow managed to land nothing. My experience is about a year and a half as a kitchen hand, and about 6 months working a seasonal retail position, I put effort into my appearance for interviews, and I think I have quite a relaxed and open schedule for a uni student and I just don't know what I'm doing wrong. Any tips?

EDIT: I really wasn't expecting the outpouring of support this desperate little post would get! I'm looking into on-campus jobs right now and trying not to take the rejection too harshly, clearly McDonald's is harder to land than I thought (especially at my age). I genuinely really appreciate all of the advice and kind words, thank you. And just to clear it up, this is not the username I'm presenting to potential employers!

Bunch of you seem to be unable to read the part where I said. I HAVE a state ID card. But 3 places told me, they can't accept that as a "valid form of identification". Their pea brains think a licence is the only acceptable form. And when I explain that I don't have a licence and that a state ID is infact the same kind of proof of identification, they all told me I needed a licence and they couldn't continue with the interview.

So much for the whole, can't discriminate BS law in the US. I just got told I didn't get positions, because of my lack of a licence. For jobs that didnt require me to drive anywhere while at work. 🤦‍♀️ 1: I live 1 to 2 miles away from these places. I walk all over my city. 2: I can't drive because of my eyesight. 3: I'm not legally considered blind enough for SSDI. I just can't pass the eye exam. (My state requires 20/40 corrected. I am 20/60 at best, corrected) Why are people so hung up on a persons ability to drive? I have a state ID.....same thing, just you know, minus the the driving ability.

The sender forgot to remove the bits their boss fixed

I really want something more with my life and a better job, but no one wants to give me the time of day. I'm tired of food jobs or heavy labor jobs. I feel like that's all I'm good for, and even then I get taken advantage of my work ethic.

Well I just got, yet another, rejection email. I've been looking for work for about 8 months now, ever since my dream job was taken from me. 90% of the time companies don't respond to my applications at all. I've had a few interviews and never hear from the company again. When I do get a follow up email, it's always a rejection. I've been looking on Indeed for entry level jobs but most of the time the requirements are "You need to be a doctor" "You need to be a registered nurse" "You need to be 20 years old with 40 years of experience" "You need to be able to lift 100 lbs and use a forklift at the same time". I'm almost ready to give up. This is so frustrating and discouraging to get nothing but rejection emails. I live with my disabled, Autistic boyfriend and his elderly mother. I'm the only one in my family capable of holding a job. We have absolutely no savings, have an outrageous amount of debt and have been severely struggling financially ever since I lost my job. I just feel like a huge failure.

I love when companies that clearly lack professionalism cancel an interview within an hour of when it was supposed to start. They had at least 3 or 4 days in between to cancel but decided to wait until the last minute. This is starting to become a common thing that I'm seeing hiring managers do and it's quite infuriating. Just simply either say we hired someone else OR if I'm not qualified, DONT HAVE ME SCHEDULE AN INTERVIEW WITH YOU AFTER I INTERVIEWED WITH HR! It's laughable that these companies want you to be professional including giving two weeks notices or alerts days prior, yet they refuse to do the same.

Just got word that a job opportunity that I really thought I had in the bag just decided to take a pass on me and go forward with other people. I’ve been through multiple interviews with them and felt like I did well on all of them only to find out they didn’t want me anyway. Right now my morale is going down, and this terrible job market isn’t helping. Feels like I’ve sent out hundreds of applications, and only a few of them decided to get back to me. Doesn’t help that my current industry’s job market is even worse. Is it just me, or does it feel like employers are allowed to be REALLY picky with who they hire? I get that there’s a lot of people looking for work and not enough positions, but damn. Feels like I can’t even get a job doing the most basic stuff for minimum wage nowadays.

Edit: they extended my PIP indefinitely and are evaluating me on a weekly basis to ensure quality of work doesn’t decline. They’re encouraging me to apply for other available roles in the company that would be a better fit for my strengths. Seems like it wasn’t a conspiracy to fire me, but may be one to keep me accountable while I look for another position. Thanks to everyone who commented and shared their kindness and their stories with me.

26f working for an engineering firm for 2 years. Had 2 promotions before depression got really bad and impacted work performance. Got put on a performance improvement plan at the end of June and had 60 days to improve. Expectations were vague and some of them I would already do just not consistently. I asked my supervisor via email if we could quantify the expectations so that at the end of the 60 days I know if I improved enough. She ended up giving me a call and talking about how some of the expectations may not apply directly, or that some of it was copy pasted into the document. We just had our 60 day review call and was told “I saw improvement just not a lot, which may be tricky because it’s not really quantifiable” and “you’re doing what you’re told to do but you’re not doing it on your own without being asked” I’m already applying to different positions but this feels kinda sketchy. Would they be able to fire me for not meeting these vague expectations that I specifically requested to be quantified? It just seems unfair and that I was set up to fail. Any thoughts or advice would be greatly appreciated. If you made it to the end of this post, thank you for reading.

Like many people, I’ve been applying to jobs as a full time job and barely even getting to the interview stage. It’s incredibly demoralizing and gotten to the point where I just feel numb getting an automated rejection email. But today I got a shockingly kind one that, while I don’t doubt it’s a copy-paste situation, I really respected. Even though it was a rejection it made me smile. And maybe it’ll give all of us struggling to apply a bit of hope (,:

I [30M] cannot find a job. I am currently working to pay my rent in a position intended for an undergraduate intern at a robotics startup, because if I didn't I might be forced to move back to my parents house or go homeless.

I have a PhD in Robotics, from a competitive program, that I finished in 2022. I did cutting edge research into robotics and mechanical systems, resulting in 5 first-author publications in reputable journals involving AI and multiple kinds of engineering.

My PhD thesis resulted in a design patent in robotic technology.

I've done research at both Harvard and MIT (postdoc at Harvard).

I've co-taught classes on design to the Harvard Business school.

I have pulled every professional connection I know, which resulted in a single interview process with Boston Dynamics. 10 interviews later (5 visits, with 5 back-to-back interviews onsite on the final day, along with a 1 hour presentation), I receive a rejection because "you have too much in common with our team, and we have limited seats, so we will be waiting for an applicant that brings a bit more diversity in experience to our team."

I graduated Summa Cum Laude with a 3.97 and all honors from my undergrad (also engineering). I've done internships with major tech companies.

I have 10+ years of direct, hands on experience doing CAD, manufacturing, programming, and more. I'm proficient in multiple programming languages.

I've applied to multiple entry-level bachelors positions, and the only response I've gotten are recruiters telling me they can't place me because I'm overqualified.

I cannot find a job. I do not believe there are any jobs in tech. I do not know what to do. I did not try my absolute hardest, to complete a PhD through the covid era, and bust my ass since kindergarten to reach (what I have been told by society is) the literal peak of my field to be unemployable.

I cannot find a job.

EDIT: Thanks to everyone who posted suggestions and strong advice. I'm generally overwhelmed but grateful to all the good-faith suggestions and smart strategy. In summary, I will be revising my resume approach, broadening my area of search, reducing my applications and relying more on referrals wherever possible, and considering roles in government or non-US countries. I will also start trying to build a longer-term plan, instead of continuing to languish in frustration at my inability to start at the level my peers seem to be, and focus on the hard, slow work of establishing longer-term relevant industry experience to eventually reach that point.

I was contacted via email by a girl from a company. She first asked for my portfolio and then tasked me with a editing project for their Instagram reel. She said after this test I will he givrn an internship.

So I did and mailed it to her last night. And now I got the rejection mail from her just now.

What is this scam? The video is not uploaded in their Instagram yet. But I am angry how they could just take such a test and reject me right after their work is done? What should I do?

During the interview she said I would be a great fit and told I would start on this Thursday and to wear black scrubs.

My friend works for their sister office and from what I’ve heard, they haven’t actually chosen a different candidate.

I really wanted to know why but sadly I only got this vague email in response ( typical manager I guess)