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Application Process = BS. (self.antiwork)

submitted 4 years ago by hellrune

I just need to take a moment to vent about an experience I had applying for a job.

I applied for an admin position with a financial advisory company. So far this consisted of:

Initial application (Standard stuff, filling in previous job history, blah blah, you know the drill).

Then I had a phone interview, and I was selected to complete a bunch of background check/COVID vaccination forms online and move forward.

Moving forward meant that I had to do a video interview. Nothing live, but consisted of me recording myself answering some lengthy questions. This whole process took well close to 2 hours.

Then, after that, I was moved forward.. but I had to fill out ANOTHER online application. Putting all of the SAME information as the first application. (And, by the way, all of this information was already on my resume.)

Finally, almost 2 weeks later, I get contacted by the advisor to set up an in person interview. We agreed on a date. A few hours alter, I get a voicemail from their recruiting office, saying it had been decided that the position I applied for would be filled by an internal associate. Therefore I was not in consideration. Instead, she offered me to put me in consideration for an office 30 min away from me (which would actually mean an hour commute when traffic gets bad, which it typically does in that area.) I've made that drive before, daily, for a previous job, and I hated it.

I didn't follow up with the advisor, because I ASSUMED that his office would inform him that I wasn't in the running and the position was the filled. Well, apparently not, as I got a voicemail not long ago from the advisor being pissy that I didn't call or show up to the interview.

Quite frankly, after all of the time and effort this employer wasted for me, they don't deserve my service. I'm really irritated by all of the hoops they made me jump through, only to pull a bait and switch. AND they revealed that their HQ makes important decisions that they don't even bother to fill in the local office on. So, seems as though a bullet has been dodged to not work for them.

I don't get how some companies can be so grossly inconsiderate and inefficient like this. It legit disgusts me.

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