40 Off-The-Wall Reasons People Were Not Hired

We managed to get in touch with PeepsAndTreats and they were kind enough to have a little chat with us about their post.

"I think I was job browsing and looking at the Anti Work subreddit [when I came up with the idea for it]," they told Bored Panda.

"I thought about throwing the question out there to let people vent."

Indeed, there’s no need to pretend everything is sunny all the time, said Liane Davey, a Toronto-based industrial-organizational psychologist.

According to her, it's not a good idea to vent to your boss, or to colleagues below you in the org. chart — this will just spark fighting between teams. Instead, try to pick someone you trust, who isn't already entangled in the situation that triggered you.

Focus the most revealing parts of your rant around yourself and how you are feeling. Keep your comments about co-workers and bosses objective. For instance, instead of saying, "Bob was rude," highlight that Bob interrupted you, and that made you feel like he doesn't have any confidence in your work. Davey believes expressing yourself that way ensures you come off as mature and not just flinging blame.

After going through the discussion they have started, PeepsAndTreats said some of the most common topics revolved around people being offered a job and then it being jerked away from them, as well as disorganized companies.

"It's sad and scary," they noted, adding that quite a few also sympathized with managers who are swimming in an overwhelming body of applications.

The Redditor believes applicants and recruiters have such a complicated relationship largely because, again, of the disorganization on the employer's end as well as their lengthy hiring process, including excessive interview rounds.

"For people looking for work, you're (likely) going somewhere you've never been to meet someone you've never met before and try to impress them enough that they think you're good enough to work for them... That's pretty stressful and difficult," they said.

"You're often left in the dark. You also never know if you've sent your application into a black hole or if you'll actually hear from someone. Some of the job postings can be ridiculous in what they want. Getting hired by some companies is a marathon, phone or video interviews, plus in-person interviews, plus drug tests, plus whatever else they feel like."

Many would agree with them. A global survey of over 1,200 HR professionals and 3,700 job seekers by Sterling found that a third of those who dropped out said the hiring process was too complicated, with 22 percent expressing an issue with the background screening process.

However, only 9 percent of the surveyed HR professionals thought that candidates would find their hiring process complicated.