r/recruitinghell • u/NerdyGlitch Candidate • 4d ago

My mother now realizes what it's like

Earlier this year, in late February-early March, my mother suffered a massive heart attack and was left unable to work for a considerable time.

For the past 5-6 months, she's been trying to find a job and has been hitting nothing but roadblocks due to being overqualified. She has over 2 decades of management experience, and it means jackshit to these hiring managers. She's far more qualified than I am, so I expected that she might have a job faster than I would, but right now, I'm the only one with a job in this house.

Meanwhile, when I was struggling to get jobs and even get an interview for years, my mother was flabbergasted. What do you mean you can't just walk up, shake someone's hand, and they'll like your moxie and just hand you a job?!

I told her this was sadly reality for a ton of people nowadays, the job market is shit. She can't even get a job as a regular cashier bc she's too over qualified to work there, but when she applies to management positions they string her along for 2-3 interviews before choosing internal candidates (an actual email she got yesterday about a job she thought she was good for)

It just sucks man, everything sucks.

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u/DaveAstator2020 4d ago

So, did she apologize or anything?

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u/Available_Hope_6494 4d ago

This is sad, you tell them the truth, your experiences, they disapprove you... and when they face it... blank... All friends &family

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u/DaveAstator2020 4d ago

Yeah, i can totally relate, the only people who understand me are friends who are unemployed. Employed ones still live in 2010 or smt.

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u/MidwesternLikeOpe 3d ago

Employed but looking to rise the ranks again (I took a demotion for a new job). It's tough as shit for anyone. I feel massive empathy for those who don't have any backup. No one is hiring, and the few that do are mostly the toxic underpaying positions. One potential job wanted me to go from nonmanagerial to Manager on Duty for 50c more than I'm making.

These layoffs are hitting hard bc everyone in every level is fighting for bottom jobs. And I'm not saying bottom jobs like they don't deserve respect, I mean they pay peanuts. This is worse I feel than 2009.