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A hiring manager's LinkedIn post revealing 500 applications for one job opening has gone viral on Reddit, with commenters from the other side of the hiring desk confirming the numbers are even worse than that, and AI agents are making it harder for everyone.

A Senior Software Quality Engineer with 25 years at Adobe has gone viral after announcing he is starting over as a school bus driver after a year of being ghosted, filtered out, and discriminated against by the tech industry he gave his career to.

A viral Reddit post suggesting unemployed job seekers should stop applying and start a company together has struck a nerve, and the comments range from deadpan humour to a genuinely thoughtful proposal for decentralised worker organisations.

A Reddit post arguing that younger workers aren't lazy but are simply doing math that no longer adds up has resonated widely — with mid-career workers adding that the promised rewards of hard work have vanished for multiple generations, not just the youngest.

A job seeker who asked for a sign-on bonus after seeing a disappointing benefits package has been shamed by their recruiter for bad timing, and Reddit says the recruiter is wrong on every count.

People with years of experience say they are now applying for entry-level roles alongside recent graduates, making an already difficult first step into the workforce even harder.

The US national debt has reached about $39.9 trillion.

Another applicant with 15 years of experience said only three of 200 applications resulted in interviews.

A currently employed worker’s “Monday rant” about building side income and pursuing entrepreneurship has raised questions about whether self-employment can really offer an escape from an increasingly unstable job market.

A product manager in telecoms who has been out of work for seven months is asking Reddit how many others are in the same boat. The responses from workers in their 40s suggest the answer is: more than anyone wants to admit.

A job seeker who has been praised in every interview and rejected by every employer has declared they are "throwing in the towel"

A senior team member asked to be a reference for a junior colleague who didn't pass probation is wondering if they're the right person for the job. Reddit's answer is a fairly unanimous yes.

A viral tweet showing 108 applications yielding one interview captioned "the youth just don't want to work" has sparked a debate on Reddit about whether volume or targeting is the right job search strategy, and whether 108 is even a meaningful number anymore.

A young adult watching their 60-year-old Navy veteran father face homelessness after three years of unemployment in tech has asked Reddit if there is anything left to do

A 19-year-old on their first solo shift at a grocery deli stayed 20 minutes late unpaid to finish their tasks and asked Reddit if that was normal