Most of us have been in the job market at some point in our lives, and chances are, we’ve all encountered some disastrous situations while looking for work. Whether it’s a chaotic hiring process or a shady interview, these stressful moments pretty much sum up how chaotic job hunting can get. In honor of this truly daunting experience, we’ve tracked down 40 of the funniest recruitment disasters ever shared on the internet. Some are completely absurd, others are downright infuriating, but they all have one thing in common: they’re all too familiar.
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Found This On Linkedin, Thought It Probably Belongs Here...lol
Recruiter Ghosted Me Today So I Look Them Up
I’m So Sick Of It
Recruiting Heaven
Counterpoint: If It's Taking 6 Months For An Upper Manager To Fill A Position, The Company Should Be Looking To Fill 2 Positions
To the caption: Wholeheartedly. I have to deal with upper management often and the quality recently is lacking. No critical thinking whatsoever.
Lately
Solid Advice From The Man Himself
😅😅😅
LOL
Um…no?!?
Real
Gold
Literally The Most Useless Notification In The History Of The Internet
A New Capitalist Nightmare Just Dropped
Employers Want To Pay As Little As Possible
You Need To Have Experience Before You Start Working
I Am So Sick Of These Ridiculous Screening Questions
By the time I got to "ending" in the last answer I half expected "my life" to follow.
We Truly Are In Hell
I’m Done
Is This Not Hazing?
I Would Watch That
The Texts I Got After Accepting Another Role
It's A Privilege Really
You Have To Laugh So You Don't Cry
Actual Response I Got From A Job I Applied To. At Least They Are Honest? I Guess
Then vs. Now
Short Staffed
I Beg Your Finest Pardon
Insane Reply To Earlier Post
Delusional Ceos
Apologies To The Models In The Stock Images
Company Wanted Me To Bring Starbucks To The Interview
Employers Are Out Of Their Minds…
I Work For A Staffing Agency
I Quit A Terrible Job And My Manager Sent This Out To The Entire Office (More Context In Post, If Needed!)
This Is An Administrative Assistant To CEO Position…
The Usual
You don't meet the requirements of a PhD with 20 years work experience and seem unwilling to accept our generous benefits of minimum wage plus a 30 minute lunch break.
Told Her I Can’t Interview In Person This Week
If You Are The Daughter Of The CEO, You Get To Be Vp Right Out Of College
The rest of the post: "Locally, we have a hospital called MercyHealth. The CEO Javon Bea makes like 16+ million a year, one of the most well played CEOs in America. He makes more than Mayo Clinic's CEO. If you google him, you'll see he recently closed down a hospital he promised he wouldn't. And the hospital was located in the poorest neighborhood of Rockford IL. Above is nepotism at the best. His daughter graduates college in 2009 and lands a VP job right off the bat. She makes almost 1/2 million."
