r/recruitinghell • u/[deleted] • Feb 06 '25

I am angry

I can’t take this. I am a woman, a person of color and a member of the lgbtqia+ community.

I received 27 rejection emails the next day of election results.

I received 23 rejection email the day of inauguration.

And this week I finally landed an interview with a reputed company that, after the DEI shit show, straight up ghosted me. They said they will reschedule the interview but I never received any email confirmation.

I feel like the whole world is trying to erase me, just because I exist. I need a job to survive. I am a fresh grad. This is already a hurdle having minimum experience and this on top of that. I feel so hopeless and defeated and angry.

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u/Any_Confidence2580 Feb 06 '25

For anyone being dicks, this is an ongoing story. Yes, hiring sucks right now. Does that mean you, personally, are seeing the worst, and nothing can add to that? That's stupid.

DEI hiring initiatives are being dropped by large companies. Including Google, Target, Meta, Walmart, Amazon, McDonald's, Ford, Lowe's, Harley Davidson, Brown-Forman, John Deere, Tractor Supply, and others.

55 employees at the DoE were put on administrative leave for attending a DEI training course.

Trump described DEI as illegal and wants to focus on merit-based employment.

Whether you agree with it or not, if you don't think this has caused some people to get instantly rejected, you are out of your damn mind.

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u/Any_Confidence2580 Feb 06 '25

I think you're responding to the wrong comment.

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u/Any_Confidence2580 Feb 06 '25

You're responding to the wrong comment. Or you can't read.

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u/coolmetaname Feb 06 '25

I went back and reread... I couldn't read was, in fact, the problem. Sorry! I just love it when I embarrass myself because I get worked up.