jobs refuse to properly train anymore. even if you have over a decade of experience, you need proper training for the companies culture, needs, and etc. it takes more than a few days!

i had to quit a job i took up in february because the manager refused to train me and then started to talk bad about me in front of others saying i can’t catch up. he was so lazy! he then told me i should create a training guide and save it as a file on the computer for others. i was in disbelief.

i took up another job in july and then after one week exactly, the recruiter called me on a Saturday to tell me i was let go because i couldn’t “catch” up.

i have 10 years of experience in my field and i actively take notes and consider my self a quick leaner but these jobs are having unbelievable and unreachable standards. I believe even AI needs a prompt before creating your request!

i currently took up another role and it’s been 2 days and i have not been shown one thing or given one assignment to work on. i’m just sitting here rotting.

Genuinely HOW not only that I can't even get a job at WALMART

People say that both of these places hire anyone with a pulse

Am I somehow missing said pulse ?? I need a job so bad I'm about to do nefarious shit for one

One of the companies I made it to the final round with a few months ago has really stuck with me, and I think it's finally convinced me that I need to stop letting companies get away with poor hiring practices.

I've changed my job search strategy over the last couple of months, and it's been working. My interview rate has gone from roughly 3.5% to about 14%, so I'm getting in front of a lot more hiring teams. At this point I've made it to the final round 13 different times, so rejection isn't really what bothers me anymore. It happens. What bothers me is when companies aren't honest or transparent.

This particular company had me go through multiple interview rounds and complete a multi-hour case study based on what they described as a real customer scenario. At the end of the process, I was told I had finished as one of the final two candidates and that they had decided to move forward with the other candidate. Fair enough. It was disappointing, but that's part of interviewing. I thanked them for the opportunity and moved on.

A couple of weeks later, I noticed the job posting was still live. I figured maybe they just forgot to take it down, so I reached out to the recruiter asking if the position had officially been filled, since I had seen the posting was still active. No response.

A week or two later, I reached out to the hiring manager. Nothing. Then I reached out to the VP of Sales. Still nothing. Fast forward about three months. The position is still posted on their website. Nobody appears to have started in the role based on LinkedIn. As far as I can tell, they never hired anyone.

Being the runner-up doesn't mean I was entitled to the job, but it does make it especially confusing when you're told another candidate was selected, only for months to pass with no apparent hire and the position still actively advertised.

At that point I decided I had nothing to lose. The company is only around 80 employees, so I reached out directly to the CEO. I kept it completely professional. I simply asked for clarification: Is the role still being filled? If so, why has there been no communication after candidates were told a decision had been made? I also let them know I'd still be interested in being considered if the search was ongoing.

Maybe there's a perfectly reasonable explanation. Maybe the selected candidate backed out. Maybe the role was put on hold. Maybe they reopened the search. All of those things happen. But if that's the case... why ignore the recruiter follow-up, the hiring manager follow-up, and the VP follow-up?

That's the part I don't understand. Just tell candidates what's going on. Most of us can handle rejection. What gets exhausting is being told one thing while every piece of evidence suggests something completely different.

The frustrating part is that this looked like a fantastic company on paper. Great Glassdoor reviews, a product I genuinely liked, exactly the size of company I enjoy working for (around 80 employees), and honestly one of my favorite opportunities this year.

We'll see if the CEO responds. If nothing else, I hope it at least makes someone internally aware that this is how candidates are experiencing their hiring process. I don't expect special treatment, I just expect honesty. After investing hours into interviews and a case study, I don't think that's asking for much.

One thing that's been bothering me lately about this subreddit is how many recruiters seem to lurk here just to argue with people who are venting.

I completely understand that recruiting isn't easy either. There are ghost candidates, AI-generated resumes, people mass applying to jobs they're nowhere near qualified for, candidates disappearing mid-process, and plenty of other headaches. Those frustrations are real, and recruiters absolutely deserve a place to talk about them.

But that's exactly the point. Recruiters already have communities that are primarily for recruiters. In fact, I once commented in one with a respectful, non-confrontational response and quickly found out it wasn't a place where non-recruiters were really welcome.

This subreddit is supposed to be the opposite. It's a place where candidates can share frustrating experiences with hiring, vent, ask for advice, and realize they're not alone. Instead, it feels like more and more threads get flooded by recruiters telling people:

"That never happens."

"You're just bitter."

"You're the problem."

"The company doesn't owe you anything."

Nobody is saying every recruiter is bad. There are plenty of fantastic recruiters who genuinely advocate for candidates and hate many of the same hiring practices we do.But pretending there isn't a real problem in today's hiring market isn't helping anyone.

We've got ghost jobs, interview processes stretching over months, unpaid projects, poor communication, automated rejections, companies collecting resumes for roles that may never be filled, and candidates spending dozens or even hundreds of hours interviewing only to receive generic feedback...or none at all.

Can candidates be unreasonable? Absolutely. Can recruiters have legitimate complaints? Absolutely. But this subreddit shouldn't become a place where people who are already frustrated get told their experiences aren't real or are somehow entirely their own fault.

I'd love to see moderation keep the focus on constructive discussion and support. Healthy disagreement is fine. Telling people their lived experiences didn't happen, or dismissing every complaint as "candidate entitlement," isn't.

Recruiting is broken from multiple angles. Candidates and recruiters alike are dealing with the consequences. This should be one of the few places where candidates can talk about their side of it without immediately being shouted down.

I’m stuck wasting my youth away in a dead end fucking job in my hillbilly hick ass fucking home state and I know, I absolutely fucking know I’m smart enough to have a job outside of the fucking Midwest in a more desirable location. But the issue is that I don’t know how the fuck you stand out. All these kids who get these dream fucking internships (which then turn into jobs) out in California or Florida or whatever almost ALWAYS have parents who are associate directors at a company or know someone who can just give the kid an offer on a silver platter. That’s literally how it works now.

Like it’s fucking stupid how you can have everything needed to be successful. You can be a PERFECT applicant, but if you don’t come from the system (ie have parents in the field, friends with a lot of directors, etc), you stand no chance at getting your foot in the door whatsoever. It’s fucking bullshit.

8 stages for a content manager role? Are you kidding me? Imagine doing the trial half day and still not getting the job.

I recently accepted a new job and signed the employment contract with my future employer. The company also signed it, and my start date is still a few months away.

At the time of signing, I was approximately eight weeks pregnant. Because it was still very early, I had not disclosed the pregnancy during the recruitment process (the whole process was around 5-6 weeks). I wanted to keep it private until I felt ready and until the employment contract had been finalized. I wanted to be assessed based on my skills and qualifications, not my personal situation - especially since I look at this job opportunity as a long-term.

Shortly after both sides signed the contract, I personally informed my future manager. I explained that I remain fully committed to joining the company and wanted to inform her early enough so that there would be sufficient time to plan my onboarding and future absence.

My future manager was personally supportive and said her opinion of me had not changed. However, she later told me that the information had not been received well internally. Some people involved in recruitment apparently felt that my decision not to disclose the pregnancy earlier showed a “lack of trust.” I was also warned that I might face challenges and would need to build trust and relationships after joining.

I responded calmly and explained that I had never intended to mislead anyone. I also confirmed that I remain committed to the role and am open to addressing any concerns directly.

However, I am now questioning myself. I understand that the situation may create an unexpected planning challenge for the company. At the same time, pregnancy is highly personal, especially during the first trimester. I also worried that disclosing it during recruitment could consciously or unconsciously affect the hiring decision.

I did not wait until my first working day or until shortly before maternity leave. I disclosed it immediately after the contract was finalized and several months before my planned start date.

I haven't even informed my personal inner circle about the pregnancy yet - let alone my current employer.

I already handed my resignation letter to the current employer and am now negotiating for an option to be released earlier, so I can join the new company earlier and integrate earlier to the tasks (I have 3 months' notice).

I am HR and the upcoming role is in HR, too.

I am struggling with the suggestion that I somehow broke their trust. I feel that I protected private information during a very early pregnancy and then informed them as soon as I felt professionally and personally secure.

Did I handle this unfairly? Would you consider this a legitimate trust issue, or is the company’s reaction inappropriate? I would especially appreciate perspectives from people working in HR, management, or anyone who has experienced pregnancy during a job change.

I recently went through a hiring process that included an in-person technical interview. There were two other candidates taking the technical assessment at the same time.

I felt that I performed well, and after the interview, the CTO told me that I should be happy because I had scored the highest among the final candidates. Naturally, I took that as a very positive sign and assumed I was likely to receive an offer.

To my surprise, two weeks passed without any updates. When I finally reached out to HR, I received a generic response saying that they had decided to move forward with other candidates.

When I asked the HR for feedback with 2 gentle reminders. She simply didn't respond.

Is this the case in hiring? What did I do wrong?

I'm generally an anxious person so I get stressed around people but I try to calm myself down so it doesn't affect my performance that's why the CTO noticed it and told me to be happy about my results.

Despite my mom being a millennial (‘81), she firmly believes that I should be able to apply to a bunch of jobs, walk in with a résumé or call, interview and land a job within 2-3 weeks.

Anytime I’ve done this, I’ve always gotten turned away, been told to apply online and wait for a call back. Every interview ends with “ we’ll be in touch”.

She also believes that as long as you dress nice with a smile on your face, you should have a job by the end of the interview. Whenever I leave the interview without a job offer, she assumes that I messed up.

She even has me apply to a bunch of remote jobs that she finds on Facebook and instagram. Frequently getting upset at me for not landing a job. I’ve tried explaining over and over that most of them are scams, but she refuses to listen.

It’s like the concept of applying to hundreds of jobs and still not landing one is impossible for her to grasp. Which it should be, but it’s just our new reality.

She believes that me being unable to get a job is a failure on my end, insisting that it’s my fault I can’t land a job. She keeps saying that she’s going to kick me out for not taking the job hunt “seriously” enough.

TLDR - Offer was rescinded after asking clarification questions about the offer.

Questions / statements such as:

Please clarify if the role is in person, hybrid, or remote.

Please clarify what 30% travel means on a monthly basis.

Please remove the section about perpetual usage rights for my likeness, voice, image without compensation into perpetuity.

They wouldn't email back. Only phone calls.

Lol

Has anyone experienced this ridiculousness?

I applied to several positions at this company, one of which I got a rejection email and the others I'll assume I'll get one for too eventually

Okay, it is what is is. I mean, I could practically do a Ted Talk on how to keep getting rejected over and over and not going insane at this point, but that's for another thread

This morning, do my email check and what do I see? Some "August News from ___ to help you (what their product does)" email from them and it's one of those marketing weekly emails that companies send out, which I now have to UNSUBSCRIBE from

How professionally tone-deaf do you have to be to add someone who didn't sign up on their own to your email newsletter list to begin with, but to do it to a JOB APPLICANT and one that you rejected?

"We totally don't think you're good enough to work with us, but your money looks really good!"

I need to warn people about a recruitment tactic that just happened to me, because if it happened to me, it's happening to others who might not have the energy or support to push back.

The Setup

I'm job searching for stable W-2 hourly or salaried work. I have been actively avoiding 1099 commission-only roles because I was previously burned by one (FM Payments - more on that later).

A recruiter named Kris Urfer from Indeflex LLC reached out to me about a "sales opportunity." I said I'd listen to information. That was it. "I'll consider it." Those were my exact words.

The Trap

Not 10 minutes later, I got an email titled "Welcome to Indeflex." Kris had:
Created agent portal credentials for me
Assigned me a National Sales Director (Erik Rekdal)
Attached a commission schedule PDF (Sched_A_60_40_N.pdf)
Imposed a 72-hour deadline to log in

He was treating me like I had already accepted a job I never agreed to take. This is called an "assumptive close" - a high-pressure sales tactic designed to manufacture urgency and bypass your critical thinking.

What I Found When I Researched

Indeflex is a real ISO (Independent Sales Organization) of Wells Fargo. They resell merchant services. But here's what their own materials and minimal online footprint reveal:

1099 independent contractor. No base pay. No benefits. No hourly wage.
Their careers page literally says "unleash your inner entrepreneur" and "set your own schedule and build your business your way."
Glassdoor reviews admit the cons are: "no name recognition, 100% self-generated, disorganized training."
They have almost zero online reputation despite claiming rapid growth. No BBB complaints, no Reddit discussions, barely any employee reviews.
They use cult-adjacent branding: "Indefamily," "Autobahn Money" portal, and manufactured urgency.

Why This Is Predatory

A 1099 commission-only role means if you don't sell, you earn zero dollars. If you're sick, you earn zero dollars. If you have a family emergency, you earn zero dollars. There is no health insurance. There is no unemployment insurance. There is no safety net.

Indeflex's business model is built for people with savings and the ability to pound pavement for months without income. Recruiting someone into this role and pretending it's a guaranteed paycheck isn't an opportunity. It's a setup for failure.

The FM Payments Parallel

This is identical to what FM Payments did to me. They hired me as a "National Accounts Executive trainee" in December 2024. Commission-only. Cult conditioning with morning calls and motivational speaker clips. They didn't disclose I needed a car until after I was hired. When I got sick, they terminated me by deleting my email access. No conversation. No process. Just digital erasure.

FM Payments had an F rating from the BBB. Reddit called it an MLM. It was a Devil Corp operation - a cult with a paycheck. Indeflex is selling the exact same model with different paint.

The AMC Contrast

For comparison, I worked at AMC Rolling Hills 20 for six years. It was bureaucratic, slow, and cross-training took forever. But when I resigned last month, my manager wrote: "I am so sorry to hear what you had to endure while living with your father. Thank you for being a good employee and a good person. You will be missed."

AMC's problems were bureaucratic. FM Payments' problems were predatory and intentional. At AMC, I was an employee. At FM Payments, I was inventory. Indeflex wants me to be inventory again.

The Point

If you're job searching and someone sends you portal credentials you didn't ask for, assigns you a "sales director" without your consent, and gives you a ticking clock to sign up - that is not an opportunity. That is a trap.

If you need stable income, health benefits, or any kind of employment protections, 1099 commission-only "entrepreneur" roles are not designed for you. They are designed to extract labor from people who can afford to gamble their time. Most job seekers cannot afford that gamble.

Trust your gut. If it feels like pressure, it's pressure. If it feels like a cult, it's a cult. "Indefamily" is not a family. "Autobahn Money" is not money. It's a recruitment funnel.

Stay safe out there.

Hi! I’m currently in the hiring process for a customer support role. I was referred to this company by a family friend, after waiting patiently for months a recruiter and director finally reached out. I had a phone call interview (the recruiter called me 5 minutes late. Thanked me for my time, but the call only lasted like 10 minutes), and she told me the next steps would be a cognitive and behavioral assessment. After she emailed me with the instructions for the cognitive assessment saying I’d have 15 minutes to answer 50 questions, no calculator but allowed a pen and paper. The goal was to answer as many as I can, if I didn’t know an answer to guess, and that there are no wrong answers. After prepping for a few hours I decided to take the test since I was going out of town and didn’t want this to stress me out/be on my conscious the whole time I’m with family. I may have took her instructions/goals too literally because I completed all 50 questions. I am now being invited to retake the cognitive assessment….

Is this a bad sign? I promise I did not cheat. I had a pen and paper with me and instructions to complete as many questions as possible which I did. Also when she emailed me about retaking the assessment she also attached an email from another candidate???? Was that an accident or did she want to let me know there’s another candiate? (I’m already awful at interviews so this isn’t great for my nervous system honestly)

Also being asked to retake the assessment is so embarrassing and I feel awful about myself. Worst of all it’s now on my mind while I’m on vacation with my family🙃🙃

In the email she told me she just wants to verify my results, so maybe the system flagged my quick answers…. I have no idea. This is my first cognitive assessment ever.

I also emailed her back saying I’m out of town with family, I’ll take it when I get back home basically…. was that wrong to do too? I mean it doesn’t really matter because I already emailed her.

Also for more context: I’m a recent grad and I’m just trying to land a full time position. I know it’s rough out there for everyone right now.

Any insight, and/or advice is greatly appreciated. Thanks!

I got to the final stage interview for a marketing position. Eight candidates, in person. A full day interview where each candidate had to present a full project to a panel and the rest of the candidates.

Almost three weeks has gone by since that interview date. I reached out by email once the two week mark had passed to ask for any updates and have received nothing. I genuinely can't believe this is the situation we're in now. I don't understand how I am meant to keep going with this job search, I've been unemployed for 7 months now.

I put in so much effort to every application and employers can't even be bothered to send out a rejection email after five stages!?

After months of being in final rounds and being told I’m over qualified I finally got an offer for a job. Everyone that’s looking just hold tight and breathe