He signed the offer, withdrew from another company’s final-round interviews and prepared for his first day. Then the job disappeared a day before he was due to start.
A rejection email that actually gets a thank-you? This job seeker says more employers should be this straightforward.
A 27-year-old honourably discharged veteran in Silver Spring, Maryland, who can’t land part-time work at Aldi or Amazon despite years of service is asking Reddit how it got harder than when he was 18
A job seeker who swapped their ethnic-sounding surname for a more Anglo-sounding one on their resume says responses improved, and is now asking Reddit whether using a name that isn’t their legal one will cause problems later.
A senior HR leader who has reached four final rounds without an offer says she asked interviewers directly if anything gave them pause, was told no, then was rejected for a skill nobody asked about. Reddit has thoughts.
Elon Musk says SpaceX restricted Ukraine’s Starlink access over alleged military terms violations, as Kyiv reports restored connection speeds and US lawmakers call for an investigation.
A Reddit user says they and a lead developer were laid off after years at the company, claiming their roles were replaced by an Anthropic subscription amid budget cuts and an AI push.
A content strategist replied to a rejection email that still contained the recruiter’s AI prompt, ending with the same instruction: “Keeping the tone polite but firm.”
The rejection hit hard enough that the man said he cried while driving home and struggled with telling his wife the news.
