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Job candidate gets stuck in a chair during interview, security has to remove him, recruiter comes to candidate's defense: 'This HR manager's attitude was completely over the top and unprofessional'

Ben Weiss

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Recruiters laugh at prospective employee while interviewing them: 'So what do you think this position actually does all day? Do you understand it?'

JR Atkinson

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‘The hypocrisy is what really drives me crazy’: Bar manager holds employees to a tardiness rule but can't stick to the rules herself, so an employee starts lying to her

Lana DeGaetano

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Job applicant meets hiring manager who was his firing manager 2 years ago, and manages to get job offer nonetheless: ‘Walked into a final round interview and the hiring manager was the person who fired me two years ago’

Etai Eshet

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Job candidate critiques another candidate during a group-style interview: ‘I was completely derailed for the next 20 minutes’

Lana DeGaetano

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Interviewer ghosts job applicant for merchandising job, he signs him up for spam calls in retaliation: 'I was literally perfect for the job'

Ally Perry

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Kind stranger helps a guy get to the city for a job interview, then runs into him 3 years later to find out he not only got the job, but has since been promoted: ‘It was his first real break’

Jesse Kessenheimer

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20-year-old gets offered hospitality job, turns it down because the pay is $10.50 an hour: 'The manager himself agreed it wasn't a livable wage'

Ally Perry

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Employee makes it to a final interview and the company lowballs them, claims the $60-80k range they posted was ‘aspirational’: ‘Is this even legal’

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 rescinds their offer to prospective employee after they inquired about time off: 'Your request for planned time off raised concerns regarding alignment with our current expectations'

JR Atkinson

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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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Job applicant gets rejected for role, faces criticism for being try-hard in HR interview feedback: 'Our team values authenticity'

Ally Perry

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Restraint in the face of temptation is an important skill for professionals: 10+ employees share why it is important not to burn bridges through their own experiences

Brad Dickson

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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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Entitled job applicant lands interview, demands job because dad dated boss's sister: 'You might remember my dad'

Ally Perry

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