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Unemployed woman demands free accommodation with her relatives while she job searches, they refuse to help: ‘I honestly felt a bit ambushed’

Melissa Knudson

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Recruiter accidentally leaves notes on job description, reveals secret applicant requirements: 'Traits to avoid—2 to 4 month resume gaps, 8+ years of experience'

Ally Perry

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Recuiter demands an apology from job applicant for informing to HR about their exit from the hiring process: 'You heavily wasted my and client's time’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Why New Job Listings Often Look the Same as the “Eliminated” Ones: Employee Laid off During a Restructure, Is Surprised To Discover Their Job Advertised With a Different Title, Former Coworker Says Management Claims the Roles Are “Strategically Different”

Brad Dickson

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Job applicant uses hidden tracker to catch startup using his unpaid design test after rejecting him, sends $1,800 invoice and gets paid within hours: 'They knew they were completely caught red-handed'

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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Employee expresses guilt for looking for another job while on the clock, gets told to stop worrying and focus on the job search: ‘Nobody cares’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Employee quits job after getting verbal offer from another company, only to then be told the position got frozen and discover they hired someone else: ‘I don't know what to do’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Manufacturing Company Wastes Job Candidate’s Time for 2 Months, Only To Repost the Position Online After Lying About a Hiring Freeze

Ben Weiss

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Employee Accepts New Job and Gives Notice, Then Comes Back Begging for Old Job After New Company Rescinds Offer

Ben Weiss

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Ex-job recruiter gets confronted by new co-worker, whom she previously rejected for a position with her ex-employer, so she airs out their dirty laundry: 'Honestly, I saved you from that place…’

Elna McHilderson

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Job candidate hangs up on recruiter who calls their salary expectations "cute": 'Did I overreact?'

Remy Millisky

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Job candidate leaves in the middle of group interview after company refuses to provide health insurance to new hires: ‘I don't care’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Employees discuss why they quit their jobs only a few days (or hours) in: ‘[I was] working 12-13 hours a day’

Lana DeGaetano

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Job applicant pressured to do an unpaid trial shift before his interview: 'I got up to leave!'

Ben Weiss

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Job seeker circumnavigates 1,000 character minimum application essays, manages to land an interview: 'Your application box wanted 1,000 characters, so you got exactly that'

Ben Weiss

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