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By vicious circle - 22/12/2015 13:08 - Sint Maarten (Dutch part)

Today, I called the HR department of a big company, inquiring about a vacancy for a website designer. Boy, do they need one; there are dead links, malware warnings, and a layout from the '90s, but no info at all about recruitment. The lady just angrily referred me to the website and hung up. FML

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By Anonymous - 15/03/2024 16:00 - United States

Today, after I took up a job to design a website for a company, I had everything done… but they went with someone else. Their boss's nephew made a site that looks like it was pulled from late '90s GeoCities site, and is full of spelling errors and broken links. They paid him $5000 for this. FML

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By heartfelt - 02/08/2014 03:23 - Sweden - Uppsala

Today, I was rejected by a company I applied to. When I was writing my application, I spent so much time on their website researching that the ads on my browser are almost all for their products. It's like getting rejected again with every click. FML

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By ellie - 23/02/2011 07:10 - Australia

Today, I got a missed call from a lady at an employment agency asking why I hadn't turned up to an information session for a potential job. Yesterday, the same lady told me the job position was canceled. FML

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By faulty number - 28/01/2013 23:25 - United States - Port Saint Lucie

Today, I have been waiting for a call from a job I applied for. I soon got a text from my current boss, who doesn't know I'm job hunting, letting me know that the recruiter was trying to reach me. It turns out that the phone number on my resumé was wrong. FML

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By Noname - 29/01/2009 13:06 - United States

Today, I found an ad for my job at my company on an online job board. FML

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By Anonymous - 10/10/2013 17:59 - United States - Wallingford

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

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By lyssamarie316 - 01/10/2011 00:23 - United States

Today, I went to an interview for a job at a company I've applied for numerous times this year. When I showed up at the interview room, I found it was a vacant office. I called and confirmed the address. I guess this was my hint to stop applying. FML

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By Interview tragedy - 17/12/2009 15:46 - United States

Today, I went in for an interview at my dream job. When I walked in, I got a dirty look from the front desk secretary. Turns out, the guy interviewing me was from a dating website I'm on. I'd rejected him and told him to get a life. FML

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By Anonymous - 19/01/2010 19:26 - United States

Today, I sent my boss a link to a website I thought would answer a simple question she'd asked. Turns out, yes, the site did answer her question, but it also had some very suggestive ads on it. Apparently I'm the only person in the office who uses adblock. FML

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By PhantomKitty - 21/10/2016 03:07 - United States - Saint Albans

Today, I called in about a job application I put in over a week ago. Apparently, the branch of the company that I applied to was never given my information, and the position was filled days ago. I've been checking the status of the position online daily, and it still says that it's open. FML

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Mathalamus 24

Wednesday 23 December 2015 2:03

maybe, despite all that, they dont want to hire a website designer?

nonsensical 26

Wednesday 23 December 2015 2:10

Is there anyone else you could possibly speak to? Someone perhaps more reasonable?

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Lalala579121 27

Wednesday 23 December 2015 4:59

Maybe the company is just a front for an illegal human trafficking organization.

tormcn 26

Wednesday 23 December 2015 6:48

I have no idea why I laughed so hard at this.

LPac5295 27

Wednesday 23 December 2015 6:51

In situations like this I feel like calling the management and telling them their website is very unhelpful for customers and possible recruits like yourself and then asking them directly about the vacancy. I could be mistaken however.

serslybro 20

Wednesday 23 December 2015 7:27

Maybe she is the website designer and that's why she was so pissy ;)

DoomSkuller 28

Wednesday 23 December 2015 7:31

Maybe they haven't even had a web designer since the 90s...

zainman13 26

Wednesday 23 December 2015 7:36

Problems with big companies is that they ignore the little things ..

dragoongirl90 34

Wednesday 23 December 2015 7:45

That's no lady.

GokuSS400 18

Wednesday 23 December 2015 9:56

@21 that's a space station!!! (Sorry I couldn't resist the reference)

mds9986 24

Wednesday 23 December 2015 8:31

Freelance web design is so 1990's. There's really no money in it anymore.

PuppiesKisses 15

Wednesday 23 December 2015 15:10

Sounds like you may be dodging a bullet; doesn't sound like a great place to work if that's HR.

katluvr 22

Wednesday 23 December 2015 18:53

I'm sorry OP, there's no excuse for rudeness. While that might be a position for which you are excellently suited, do you want to become part of that company's culture? I think you dodged a bullet.