"Why are they good enough now?"

Imagine landing an interview, doing all the necessary preparation, making the 30-minute journey for an in-person meeting, and arriving only to discover that you have suddenly been rejected. That's exactly what happened to this Redditor, who found out in the lobby of the popular hotel chain she was hoping to work at that she was suddenly no longer qualified. A person whom the original poster (OP) assumes was the manager scanned her resume for about 20 seconds and then denied her the interview th…

It's easy to be underestimated when you're young in the workplace. Here, we have an employee who swears to be the most technically competent person on their team and recently trained a much older coworker who had just started at the company. When a new position opened up that the Redditor applied to and thought they should get in a heartbeat, they were denied for two main reasons. Firstly, their employer assumed she was too young and inexperienced despite having put in more years at the company…

Is there anything more annoying than having to repeat yourself a million times during the job application process? Anyone who has applied to jobs via sites like Indeed or LinkedIn knows that it really does not matter how much information from your resume you put in your personal profile because you are more than likely to have to manually input that information for each application over and over again. If only you could just write “see resume” since all the information a recruiter may need is a…

Applying to jobs can feel endless, incessant, and Sisyphean… and that's just on the good days. On the bad days, the experience can fill you with existential dread and panic. Sometimes, the only way to get through the process is to laugh at the ridiculousness of the whole endeavor. How many times have you comes across a job posting that requires a million years of experience for an entry-level position? Or how about those instances where you're being interviewed by someone who seems disorganized…

Some jobs seem like great opportunities in theory, but in practice, things can go awry pretty quickly. Here , we have a social media strategist who was hired by a boutique dentist's office and was tasked with making video content for his new boss. However, after requesting a W2 on day one, his new employer kept delaying drawing up any paperwork. It became crystal clear to the new hire that this was not going to work out, as he was putting in over 40 hours a week and still had not had the opport…

Look, if a work event is mandatory, then employers need to be transparent about it. Time is valuable for everyone, and saying that employees are “strongly encouraged” to participate in an extracurricular activity does not exactly mean that it's required. The only way in which employers could possibly think those concepts mean the same thing is if they have a backward sense of authority and control over their subordinates. Here , we have an employee who received an email about a training course…

This employee was meant to feel like she made a mistake for considering the possibility of working somewhere else. That's how you know she's stuck in a messed-up work environment. It's probably for the best if she does, in fact, leave. However, she certainly should not give into the pressure to hand in a resignation letter. If her boss wants to fire her, then they need to fire her. The employee should not help make the process easier for her boss. Why did the boss pressure the employee to resig…

Sometimes the red flags do not become obvious from the get-go, but once they're waving, they become impossible to ignore. Here, we have a guy who landed a tutoring gig that was seemingly too good to be true. The hours perfectly complemented his second job, the rate was good, and he was promised to be placed in a school district with a decent commute to his other workplace. Well, it turns out that it really was all too good to be true, as the Redditor ended up getting fewer hours than what was p…

It's always shocking how many bosses think they can get away with shady behavior in this day and age. Employees are more empowered than ever, and when they feel like they're getting manipulated, it's not exactly hard to document and collect evidence in the digital age. Here, we have a boss who clearly hired all of his workers as 1099 contractors rather than full-time salaried employees in order to circumnavigate taxation. Despite their freelance status, these workers were putting in over 80 hou…

Let this job candidate's story serve as a reminder to stand your ground in an interview. If you come across a passing comment from a hiring manager that directly contradicts what was expressly written in the job posting, that's a red flag certainly worthy of questioning. Here , we have a candidate who was honest about needing to go to a doctor's appointment for valid medical reasons once every three months and that these appointments would be a full-day commitment. Based on the job posting, he…

What's that one job interview question you hope the interviewer won't ask? For many people, being asked about their biggest weaknesses or five-year goals is intimidating. Others struggle to give examples of how they work well on a team or with customers. Not to mention that no matter how much you practice your questions in front of the mirror at home, when you get to the interview, you may just blank out and forget everything you prepared for. These people had some pretty rough interviews, as t…

Calling out sick when you need the money is not something employees want to do. Of course, most managers don't even consider this. They just assumed that the sick employee is just lazy, when in reality, it often takes a lot of effort and strength to admit to oneself and to others that you're not well enough to do your job today. As for how this manager reacted to an employee's health update, it should be up to the manager to find last-minute coverage; that is, after all, a manager's role. Emplo…

This guy's girlfriend better start looking for a new job as soon as possible. Unfortunately, there were red flags long before she was “quiet fired.” First, there was the fact that when she applied for her current barista position, she was promised free meals that were automatically deducted from her paycheck. Those “benefits” were taken away from employees soon after her hiring, but she noticed something strange about her subsequent paychecks. It turns out that they were still deducting the lun…

Now, what does one have to do to be considered for one of these positions? As much as we all enjoy criticizing folks who get paid a fortune to do next to nothing, it wouldn’t hurt to get a taste of how the other half lives, would it? There were a few industries in this list that came up multiple times, so clearly, more than one individual feels the same way about people who work in finance, consulting, or corporate middle management. Someone in the comments section phrased it in the best way wh…

Bosses who make passive-aggressive comments on a regular basis should not expect loyalty in return. This guy already was in hot water for repeatedly being late when it came to paying his team. Any sensible boss knows that you never want to mess with someone's paycheck. That's the easiest way to turn your employees against you. On top of that, he had the audacity to make a passing remark to this Redditor that his output was not justifying his salary. This dude, who really seems to be a walking H…