We live in a strange world where everywhere seems to be short-staffed but no one can seem to find a job. For whatever reason the people who are doing the recruiting for all of these open jobs seem to be making it difficult for anyone to not only get them, but to even get an interview. There are so many stories lately of people applying to hundreds of jobs on Indeed and LinkedIn only to receive a generic rejection email or literally no response at all. It makes it really hard for anyone to get by especially with everything being so expensive.

Anyone who has a job that they like and that pays them enough to get by should feel super lucky. Because no one should want to have to go through what these users on Reddit's /r/recruitingh*** are going through. It's really, really rough out there. To see just what they're dealing with, here are 15 examples of just how frustrating it can be to get a job right now.