What do job hunting and being chased through the streets by zombies have in common? They’re both nightmares. But job hunting might actually be worse because it’s something we still have to face after waking up. It’s stressful enough in its own right, but communicating with frustrating recruiters and hiring managers can make the process so much worse. Thankfully, those of us who have encountered terrible recruiters have a space where we can share those stories: the Recruiting Hell subreddit. We’ve gone through to find some of the most ridiculous stories of unrealistic expectations and unprofessional emails from recruiters, so we hope as you read them you don’t relate too much to the pain these job hunters have experienced. Enjoy this list, and if you’re not too heated by the end, go on to check out Bored Panda’s last publication on the same topic right here next.
#1 As An Autistic Person, I Despise Everything About This!
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#2 I Ran Into One Today
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#3 Can I Get A Second To The Motion?
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#4 A Story Of Two Parts, Recruiter Edition
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#5 Funny How The Language Changes Between People And Businesses
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#6 This Should Be Mandatory Training For All Interviewers
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#7 Hey Recruiters, Answer Me This!
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#8 Got An Email From A Recruiter Today. I Was Interested Until They Disclosed The Pay. It’s Seriously Insultingly Low For The Role And Requirements. So I Told Them Just That Over Email
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#9 4+ Years Of Experience In A 2 Year Old Technology
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#10 That Backfired Spectacularly
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#11 We Don’t Count Internships As Experience Here, So Let’s Just Forget All Of That
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#12 People Are Human And Human Things Happen
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#13 Interviewing For My First Recruiting Job – Why Did I Start This Life??
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#14 That’s It
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#15 Recruiter Asked Me To Record A Video Response To 4 Questions. This Is My Reply
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#16 What Usually Leads People To Find Another Job
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#17 A Company Found Me On Linkedin And Reached Out To Me, This Was My Response
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#18 Contrary To A Number Of Recruiters’ Popular Belief, I Do Very Much Care About The Money. Did You Think My Childhood Dream Was To Send An Email To Request Reimbursement Approval For Airport Parking To Pick Up Someone Snotty Visiting From The Head Office?
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#19 Was I Being Impolite? Had This Exchange On Linkedin
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#20 For The Memes, Because We’ve All Been There
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#21 Hiring Managers: You No Longer Have The Luxury Of “Thinking” About Whether You Want To Offer A Candidate A Job Or Not
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#22 Dodged
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#23 Facing These Days!
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#24 There Is A Pandemic Of Bad Managers
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#25 Recruiter Asked Me To Send In A Report Of My Total Earnings In 2020/2021 As Part Of The Negotiation Process
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#26 Hitting Close To Home, Is It?
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#27 Some Recruiters Are So Lazy
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#28 Why Even Ask?
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#29 Why So Surprised?
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#30 “Workforce Development And Salary Consultant” Screwing Her Clients
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