Why Does It Seem Like Companies Don't Give a SH*T About Job Seekers?

Why Does It Seem Like Companies Don't Give a SH*T About Job Seekers? The sentiment is the same - job seekers feel like hiring is hopelessly broken. But why is that? Let;s dive into the interviewing and job application process and understand why it seems like companies don't care about job seekers.
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[axnyslie]

Calling laid off workers damaged goods is the same mindset of saying a sexual assault victim had it coming.

[josemanuelmoreno]

+ Don't hire people who has been layed off. They are damanged goods
- Let's hire fresh graduates then
+ Don't hire those. They don't know anything and we'll need to train them
- So... let's hire people who are already working?
+ Yeah, those!
- They ask for $200k and WFH
+ It's so difficult to find people eager to work and who commit!

:/

[al]

I had an HR lady telling me her company is not the unemployment office for laid off people. I told her the unemployment office has better manners and walked out.

[aberod]

There's a difference between "low performing" and someone who never got the chance to get enough experience.

[Rascals]

Most high ranking companies tell lies on their recruiting pages.

[sawyer]

Really, we should be avoiding companies that do regular layoffs. Their upper management and executive team is clearly not good at their job.

[bessermt]

Low performers are not laid off first... Especially if the company is failing. It's the people who tell the truth that are laid off first because management hates those people when the company is doomed.

[equinefox]

My favorite is when a job is listed as “entry level” (with, of course, entry level salary) and requiring 3-5 years experience and a bachelors degree. 😂😂😂
I miss the days of showing up in person to hand a manager your application/ resume.

[franklsuarez]

If candidates have a choice, they should ask themselves, "If the hiring manager is bad, how will be working for that company be for the next 10 years."

[occupationalhazard]

Companies treat professionals as a burdensome expense, rather than a lucrative source of productive labor. We will remember this when the pendulum swings the other way.

[CaptainSkank]

The irony and lack of self-awareness of incompetent people finding everyone to be incompetent

[kevintheman]

As someone who has known people that have gotten job offers pulled from them last minute, I tell people
"You are not employed until you are sitting at your desk and actually working."

[TheRealFeechLaManna]

Age discrimination is a much bigger issue than revealed in these discussions.

[Anamnesis]

I'm going to laugh so hard when HR "professionals" realize how easily they're replaced by AI routines in the not-too-distant future...

[jahanas]

I have found that a lot of companies think of employees as chess pieces that are easily replaceable. Only really good companies show they care.

[DrDoomBloom]

Nothing worse than the hiring manager who has no people skills and sees themselves as all knowing. It’s an absolute nightmare to work for those types of individuals.

[MrYFM]

I think it's truly infuriating how our society is pretty much at the mercy of these toxic employers. Most of the time, we have to tolerate being treated badly, and being miserable or risk starving and or going homeless. Something's gotta give one of these days.

[Info-God]

I saw a different behaviour from companies.
1. Lay off without cause
2. Position removed hence "layoff"
3. Plain layoff instead of cutting salaries just to pretend the company is doing "well"

[georgeromey]

Let me tell you from very personal experience. First and foremost the "economy is great, the job market is strong" is bogus. If you have very in demand skill then yes recruiters tend to cater towards you, but not always. However, if you have general skills you're a dime a dozen. Recruiters have numbers they must meet (usually unrealistic) and therefore they tend to treat applicants as a commodity. Some recruiters are just clueless.

[Paul_Wetor]

A manager acquaintance told me he also held the belief that laid-off people were flawed.
Until _he_ was laid off - for no reason, without warning. They just picked six people to get rid of.
Ironically, he was later hired back by the same company, but he's less of a workaholic now.