Would've been nice - a passive aggressive rant

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I smile pleasantly and thank you for your time,

Even though you clearly do not value mine.

It would've been nice to know,

That you'd be a no show.

I've answered your questions.

Rehearsed all my lines.

I've been here a million times.

The same old dance.

Same old story.

No glory.

I saw you reposted the same job.

A pity you didn't even bother to reject me.

What, was an automated rejection message too much hard work?

Human Resources don't make me laugh. You're all daft.

Did the job even exist? Was it you? Was it me? Was it just not meant to be? I feel like a date who has been stood up.

Tell me, when did professionalism die? Should I throw it a wake? Give it a little shake? Did I make a mistake?

Nice poem! Sorry about the lousy experience.

I can relate.

Reddit's  Malicious Compliance  sub often provides me with relief from incidents like yours.

I did eventually hear back from the application that inspired this poem. They told me that the junior position that I had applied to (and interviewed for) was now a senior position and that I should go apply for the new junior position that they had just made (which I saw posted online before they told me this, hence my frustration).

My application ultimately ended up being buried in the pile and I never heard from them again.

Personally, I think if you are a company looking to hire, then you shouldn't go around changing what the role is in the first place. I also wish she'd just put me through to interview for the new role instead of having me reapply.

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On another note, I applied to a job today where under the terms and conditions was information on who to contact if you wanted to contest being turned away at the online assessment stage. 'Candidates have the right to request human intervention if they wish to contest decisions made by our automated Applicant Tracking System'.

That's quite the clause to have tucked away in the fine print. It's annoying when jobs have you fill in everything manually that's already on your CV because then it's easier for the ATS system to filter out people. However, you may get filtered out by mistake or for something very minor. It's a nightmare, it really is.