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'It is job repellent': Job seekers change LinkedIn profile photos to say they're 'desperate for work'

Ally Perry

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Company puts candidate through 9 interviews and a take-home assignment for a $120K-$160K job, then claims the salary was an "error" and offers $95K: ‘That number is insulting’

Cata Holmes

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Employees share different reasons that cost them their job and led them to get fired: 'It’s the only time I was ever fired in my whole career.'

María Cetra

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Recruiters and candidates share their concerns about the current state of the job market and the interview world with the new industry trends: 'Been recruiting for a while now, and something has shifted, but it's hard to put my finger on what.'

María Cetra

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Out of work employee has an interview for a position in his dream job, but encounters several red flags in the interviewing team and feels really bad about the whole thing: 'The interview went a bit weird'.

María Cetra

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Programmer struggling through months of failed interviews walks into technical interview convinced he's about to embarrass himself, leaves with a job offer and higher salary: 'I start on Monday'

Cata Holmes

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Candidate rejects job offer after discovering HR lied about the 90k salary, HR insists the "company benefits” are worth it: ‘I can't afford to live on that wage’

Bar Mor Hazut

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People share times they finagled companies into paying them for doing 0 work: 'The truth is, I'm at home not even thinking about [work].'

Elna McHilderson

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Man gets strung along and then ghosted by hiring company for 3 months, is told position is eliminated along with an ad, sends hilariously sarcastic ‘Thank You’ email: ‘In a stroke of tone-deaf genius…’

Elna McHilderson

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26 LinkedIn Posts That Got Me Angry Enough to Write This (With Screenshots So You Can Start 2026 as Mad as Me)

Etai Eshet

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Job hunter is reminded how much a single good deed can change someone’s day after running late to an interview and gets a ride from a kind stranger: ‘And I landed the job!’

Elna McHilderson

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20+ Employees Share Their Most Ridiculous First Day Stories and Interview Nightmares From Their Job-Hunting Era

Elna McHilderson

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Indignant interviewer turns on a new recruit who didn't even want the job in the first place: 'Like they weren't the ones who contacted YOU'

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'We are a family': 30+ Red flags in the workplace that should prompt every employee make a run for it

Jesse Kessenheimer

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