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'I literally couldn't get a single word out': 22-year-old college graduate freezes during job interview, prompting hiring manager to walk out

Ben Weiss

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Accounting clerk gets denied a raise after assuming the work of 2-3 people, she quits, overwhelms her boss with tasks: 'My ex-boss quit [just] two weeks after I left'

Ben Weiss

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Boss demands 24/7 "urgent" access to employee, interrupting the employee's evenings and weekends with tasks that could have waited: 'If I’m not answering emails at 10PM, I’ll wake up to passive aggressive messages'

Brad Dickson

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UPDATE: Executive directors accidentally send job candidate private meeting video discussing her job interview: 'Do I just pretend I didn't see the recap?'

Remy Millisky

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Underpaid employee scores $170k job offer elsewhere, then recruits 6 other colleagues to leave their stingy company high and dry: ‘The feeling of vindication is unreal’

Lana DeGaetano

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Candidate goes through 6 months and 8 interviews, walks away before final round and gets higher paying job offer: 'Some companies just can’t help themselves'

Isabella Penn

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10+ Unwritten rules employees shared about their workplace environments: 'Speak to the boss as if you were talking to a young child'

Ben Weiss

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New hire overhears coworker say she won’t last 3 months, employee sticks it out and confronts coworker on her last day: ‘So, I guess I lasted longer than 3 months!’

Ben Weiss

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Tech CEO discovers job candidate used AI during interview, refuses to hire them: 'It was dishonest... We will not be moving forward with the hiring process'

Remy Millisky

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Employer waits until 8 interviews in to tell prospective employee that the posted salary is a 'mistake': 'The absolute most they could offer is $90k'

JR Atkinson

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Employee quits stable job for better position elsewhere, then gets fired on day four with no justified explanation: '[They] told me I wasn't the right fit!'

Ben Weiss

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Job candidates withdraw from final interview after hiring manager sends them an assignment that requires hours of unpaid work: ‘I find [it] very unprofessional’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Job candidate refuses to settle for less than $65k salary, recruiter drags him through multiple interviews, only to give him a poor offer: 'The recruiter seemed genuinely shocked when he immediately decline'

Ben Weiss

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'10,735 days since a candidate has been called back': The job market is miserable for applicants, and recruiters don't help

Ally Perry

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'Your life should be the company's mission': 22-year-old rejects job from tech startup because he wants work-life balance, founder can't understand why a 22-year-old would want work-life balance

Emmy Pratt

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'I’m no longer allowed near job interviews': Surprised man interrupted during Zoom job interview, when roommate mistakenly walks into the camera frame fully-dressed as a clown, man rejected from company days later

Emma Saven

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