Today, I applied for a new job as a maintenance technician. About 10 minutes after submitting my resume, I received a rejection letter. My girlfriend is their HR person. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, after spending four days having my resume, cover letter, and references proofread and perfected by professionals, I finally submitted it all to the summer internship of my dreams. I received a rejection letter ten minutes later. FML
Today, I was excited to receive a rejection letter, because this was the first company to even acknowledge that I sent them a resume. FML
Today, while despairing over having been rejected for my dream job, I received an email asking me to come back in for another interview. Then they called me to say they accidentally sent the email to all the applicants, and that they definitely aren't interested. FML
Today, I received a rejection letter from a job I desperately wanted. Yesterday, the job offer I'd been stalling on in while waiting for news about this one expired. FML
Today, while waiting for an interview at the career that I've been spending months tailoring my résumé for, I was thrown up on by my only competitor. Guess who got the job. FML
Today, I got notice that I didn't get the new position I applied for at work. After two interviews, pay negotiation and paperwork, as well as years of giving this place all my time, I found out my boss gave it to his friend's daughter, who has no experience or credentials needed for the position. FML
Today, I received a series of rejection letters from jobs, one after the other. Last night, I stayed up into the wee morning hours to apply to campus jobs I'm not qualified for, because I was classified as a part-time student due to an administrative error. FML
Today, my job application for McDonald's was rejected. This is the second time. FML
Today, I applied for my job, while working at my job. I hope they hire me. FML
Today, I discovered that I needed to reapply for my job in order to have a chance at keeping it. The applications closed yesterday. FML
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JasonThorn 23
Give her a chance to explain. She might have let slip you two were involved and the company said no to nepotism.
interesting33 37
she has to be fair but it is worth talking to her. she can't block your career and ten minutes seems suspiciously short. she should have a good work related reason for rejecting you
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interesting33 37
she has to be fair but it is worth talking to her. she can't block your career and ten minutes seems suspiciously short. she should have a good work related reason for rejecting you
coolmike699 26
Some companies use filtering software to filter out resumes that don't meet their criteria. Maybe OP's resume ran into one of those.
JasonThorn 23
Give her a chance to explain. She might have let slip you two were involved and the company said no to nepotism.
RichardPencil 32
I hope she doesn’t reject your requests for other kinds of ‘jobs, if you know what I mean *nudge, nudge, wink, wink* You do know what I mean, right? If you don’t, message me and I’ll explain — it’s hilarious!
Zekfen 17
At many companies I’ve worked for it is ok to date and be married to people in other departments as long as there is not chain of command issues, such as being married to your boss. These rules are normally more strict for HR though due to their unique positions/roles, they aren’t generally allowed to date employees or have immediate family at the company.
littlewolfie95 5
Some companies have computer systems that reject applications based on simple errors like spelling before they are ever seen by an actual human
bluhbluhbluh 14
Report her to HR!!.... wait...
Fishykoala 7
At least she’s efficient.
Jerry Leberer 12
I'm sorry...... this was good! 😂
tranced_ 45
But do you really wanna work where your gf is the HR is the main question.
Charlie Given 28
Did she know you were applying for a position and do ya really want to work where she's basically your boss?
clair_brodie 35
Either she knows your work ethic or you can't work with family/significant others.