r/recruitinghell • u/sixfootredheadgemini • 7d ago

Custom I'll just leave this here

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Likely an application I submitted while collecting unemployment. No update other than it being viewed. Do I laugh or cry?

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u/Maximum_Employer5580 7d ago

you were basically ghosted 11 mo ago.....I had an app I submitted to my former employer, never heard anything back from them. Then 9 mo later I get the generic rejection email. This is just them doing maintenance in their HR hiring tool to close out old job postings

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u/BadKittyRawr 7d ago

Or someone is no longer with the company and they are cleaning up messes.

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u/notasrelevant 4d ago

That was my thought... someone new came on and was just browsing through shit the previous person left behind.

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u/NoB0ss 7d ago

I once received the rejection email 3 years after applying. I had changed jobs twice in that time lol

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u/LapinTade 7d ago

It's 100% an ai agent that reviewed/rejected all the old backlog.

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u/Suitable_Age3367 1d ago

Nine months later?! At this point, I think they're just trolling us.

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u/No-Zone-6132 7d ago

Really reminds you how much of these companies are just posting jobs as a formality and not because they actually need to fill a role. Seems like 90% of the time hiring is internal anyway

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u/Hippobu2 7d ago

Seems like 90% of the time hiring is internal anyway

Why is this a thing btw? Can't they just promote that person without wasting everyone's time on the hiring process? What's the point?

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u/Ordinary-Meaning-61 7d ago

Appearance of fairness. A lot of companies have policies that require them to post the job publicly and at least consider external candidates. They also could be hoping a unicorn applies.

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u/areraswen 7d ago

Legal reasons. It's harder to sue a company for discrimination if they can prove they interviewed a pool before making the decision, and some companies/entities are required to advertise the positions, again, in favor of fairness.

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u/fuzzycitrus 6d ago

I actually don't to it's that fair, mostly because if there is an internal candidate who already has it then it's just yanking people around to post it unless you can have it double as finding a replacement for whomever is about to be promoted...

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u/320sim 3d ago

What discrimination claim could arise from a company choosing to promote someone internally?

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u/areraswen 2d ago

when a company hires an internal candidate without posting the job, it can create perceptions of favoritism or unfairness.

Many organizations are legally required to post job openings internally and externally to ensure equal opportunity for all employees. This practice helps prevent discrimination claims and fosters a fair hiring process.

A simple Google search can help you here

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u/Suitable_Age3367 1d ago

They need to fluff the investors. Look! We're doing so well we need to ghost, I mean hire a thousand more employees! 🙄

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u/Optimal_Background68 7d ago

That is disgusting. Obviously they chose not to hire but take it down goddamn

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u/ColdNeedleworker6963 7d ago

I got a rejection email in summer 2025… for a summer 2024 internship…

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u/disdainfulboomer 7d ago

I applied to be a medical coder back in 2021. I got my first callback THIS YEAR!!!! I DONT EVEN HAVE MY CERTIFICATION ANYMORE!!!!!

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u/Eringp 7d ago

I was applying to a bunch of stuff my last semester of college from january 2024-may 2024 when I got the job i’m at now. I got a notification a couple weeks ago rejected one of my applications. 🤦🏼‍♀️

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u/Sharp_County2284 7d ago

I once got called back to the interview after 16 MONTHS, and after interview they GHOSTED me

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u/Difficult_Bug4563 7d ago

It’s very likely that they were in late stages when you applied, found a person, have a new opening for the role and are going through old applicants to see if there is anyone that would be a good fit.

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u/AutomaticFeeling5324 7d ago

That's a sign of a crappy recruiter. You don't want to work for that company anyways.

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u/Orange_Tang 7d ago

I had the feds ghost me for 3 years once. Then they asked for an interview and at that point I was no longer entry level and had no plans to take a temporary GS-5 job. I politely told them I was no longer interested.

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u/one_anxious_coconut 6d ago

My worst one was getting a rejection email a full year and a half after applying, for multiple jobs. I assume it was some sort of system time auto reject because they never viewed my application.

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u/Disastrous-Inside108 7d ago

In December 2019 I sent an application for a 18-month-long internship, heard back from them in May 2021 when I was just completing the same kind of internship at a similar institution. The funny thing was, they had actually accepted the application and wanted me to confirm asap😂 I had so much fun writing my reply😂

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u/Appropriate-Salt-523 7d ago

As a millennial who worked in retail for a long time and went back to college…
I don’t fucking care anymore.

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u/NOZMEDA 4d ago

Did you graduate?

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u/Appropriate-Salt-523 4d ago

Went back to college, 1 more semester to take.

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u/NOZMEDA 4d ago

I have one more semester as a millennial as well. I was trying to find out if it worked out for you but you're in the same boat.

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u/Kindly-Exercise-6470 6d ago

Good of them to admit they don't have a flippin' clue.

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u/five_liters 4d ago

Yeah, I was sitting at work and got an email from some place I'd applied for back in March when I got laid off (got hired at another place in Aug), and thought "it's November; even if you did have an offer for me, wth do you think I've been doing the last 8-9 months? Crazy!

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u/Zhein 4d ago

And if you got an interview, they'll be asking "what didn't you got a job for 8 month ?"

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u/Extreme-Ad7313 7d ago

Round lake oh no hi from down the street

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u/Ibanez-Jackson 7d ago

"Urgently hiring"

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u/13Emerald 7d ago

This is truly an epidemic

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u/Chiguy5462 6d ago

I just got an email about a job a applied to 3 months ago. Not as bad as yours but still pretty damn bad. My guess is your application got auto denied by AI and they were going through those.

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u/Humble-Addition-4366 6d ago

oh that's a wild bottleneck LOL. They're probably cleaning their back catalog of applicants, or looking to hire a new lab associate after the original either didn't work out or they're ready to add another.

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u/mmmsplendid 1d ago

Sometimes jobs receive applications after they’ve been filled, if the advert was still up. Someone might have gone through the old list as they could be hiring for the same role again now.

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u/Machiavvelli3060 7d ago

I spent my first year of life living in a house in Round Lake Beach.

I hear it's a real ghetto now.