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RHEL's avatar
May 28Edited

Thank you. But this doesn't really work. Down season on the oil field. Thought I'd apply at the local grocery stores and MANY other places waiting for the winter season to kick back into gear. Got the interview!! Then another one, and another one, and another.. and another... and finally the managers stopped showing up to the interviews.

Job: Grocery Bagger

Total interviews before getting ghosted by management: 5

Terminal End: Yes, you can get an interview, but you can't get a job.

Extra hilarity.

First interview was with the hiring manager of a 'rival' grocery store across town that got a call and was very confused as to why she was there.

Second interview, the hiring manager showed up 30 minutes late, and wasn't the hiring manager, wasn't even a manager, was instead some random that was friends with the person that should have showed up.

Third interview: interviewed at a store across town, for the position at the grocery store near me, by someone that hadn't been told about the interview, and was surprised that I'd even showed up.

Fourth, Repeat of interview 3, same person too.

Fifth interview: Called by 'senior regional manager of <grocery store>' asked to show up at some ridiculous time that was clearly fake, like 3:23pm on Wed. Realizing this was just a game to them, I went in and pretended to be shopping, and went to the counter and asked for 'name of person.' They responded that that person doesn't work there, and everyone else was in a meeting. Police showed up, and started walking towards the counter, and I decided that it was time to leave.

I still have no idea why the Boomers keep complaining about how lazy the young peoples are, when hiring people is some sort of game of humiliation the store managers engage in for sport. But then again, the Boomers never cared about any of us, and listening to their children was never on their list, so why would listening to their grandchildren (assuming they even have any) be a priority.

Stephanie A's avatar

What if they direct you to their retard AI gate kept "application" online? Once online your smiles means nothing and you're basically back to square one.

I applied at my local grocery store chain twice (they have huge banners saying Hiring!) no response.

The Appalachian Gorilla's avatar

Walk in and go to the customer service counter. I spoke on this.

Steven Work's avatar

I think that is a standard keep the hired workers they have on their toes, because if they have all the shifts filled - it suggest they are planning to fire a few once they get some good applications, and perhaps they are, so if your 'genders studies' PhD $150K student loans are on your back like the crack-monkey can be, the employees make sure that at least they look like they are working and skip the lunch breaks.

Also, the corporate-gov coordinated fraud is to list for jobs that don't exist or never intending to hire for, that increases the gov numbers, so it looks like the economy is health(er) then the crawling zombie it really is.

Tyler, the Portly Politico's avatar

The author’s girlfriend had no problems, apparently. Follow up with them. The author’s advice to go to the customer service counter is spot-on.

Ra'hb's avatar

There are no jobs left, but also no one wants to work anymore, immigrants/DEIs get all the jobs, and AI will shortly automate all the jobs away, and half the job ads are fake anyway, and education is not preparing kids for work, and I just saw another article saying Americans can't find jobs because they don't like paperwork

Sam Ursu's avatar

I literally used to walk around strip malls, asking every single business if they're hiring. Sometimes, face to face really works best

NatSocToday's avatar

Solid advice!