u/Impressive-Visit3868

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Samsung started letting some employees go in the US earlier today.

My entire group of employees who had been there for many years were laid off. A few people were traveling for work, and it seems their corporate cards were shut off without any prior warning, which left them stranded and trying to sort things out while on the road.

I'm still not sure how widespread this is.

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Seven years of active duty service, three degrees, twelve years of work experience, 117 federal job applications, and I managed to sit there for a full four months before they fired me ILLEGALLY. And that's not even counting the non-federal jobs I also applied to over the past year. So 117+ applications, interviews, follow-ups, and tailoring resumes for every job, all just so my time could be completely wasted.

The crazy part is that I drove all the way to Chattanooga to get fingerprints done two days after the election, and cried in the parking lot because I knew this was coming. I understood exactly what was happening and was literally begging everyone around me not to vote for the man who very clearly looked like he wanted to snatch my new job offer right out of my hands. All I got back was "that won't happen" and "you're a veteran, they won't come after you." Okay. Look where we are now.

NEWSFLASH - they don't care about veterans. And they also don't care that qualified workers are being let go because of "DEI." Folks, I am the DEI. Veterans are literally included under Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion policies.

This is disgusting from every possible angle. I sent a message to my close family and ended it with, "the pain is worse because I didn't vote for this, but you did." They replied with thoughts and prayers. Great. Very helpful. I'll pay my bills with those.

I called my congressman, and I'm sure he won't do anything, because he's a MAGA circus seal clapping every time Rumpie or Dlon throws a new bucket of garbage onto working people. Or maybe I'll run against him in 2028 and take his FEDERAL JOB!

I emailed my union rep, and I'm looking into joining lawsuits. Honestly, I might just say screw it and go all in on law school before they decide the rest of my GI Bill is too generous and snatch that too. Fuck them.

Thank you for keeping me somewhat sane in the middle of this flaming garbage, Reddit. Does anyone have advice about filing for unemployment in Kentucky?

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I discovered this almost by accident about nine months ago, and since then I've told maybe fifteen people to try it, so I felt like it was worth writing about here.

Quick background: I was at a stage where I kept getting to advanced stages in interview loops, but in the end I wasn't getting the offer. The calls felt like they were going well, people seemed enthusiastic, and then they would either disappear or I'd get the usual "we chose another candidate" email. I couldn't understand what was happening between "I feel like that went well" and the rejection.

So I started ending every interview with a very direct question: "Before we wrap up, is there anything in my background or experience that's making you hesitant about me for this position?"

One of the first times I asked it, the interviewer paused for a second and said: "Honestly, yes. I saw that you led a team of six, but this job would have you overseeing twelve." I hadn't brought that point up because no one had directly asked me about team size. So I spent the next two minutes explaining how I had built systems that supported a much larger, cross-functional group in a previous role, and gave her a concrete example. It was clear she felt a bit more reassured. In the end, I got the offer.

Another time, the interviewer said she didn't have any concerns. And that was useful too. The way she answered quickly and without hedging made me leave the call feeling genuinely confident instead of sitting afterward replaying every answer in my head.

The reason this works, in my view, is that it takes the quiet doubt out of their head and puts it on the table while you still have a chance to answer. A lot of interviewers won't bring up their reservations on their own. They'll just note them mentally and evaluate them later. This question gives you one last chance to clarify something that might otherwise remain unanswered.

Not everyone will give you a real answer. Some people will keep saying "no concerns" no matter what. But from what I've seen, maybe a little under half will tell you something useful, and that useful thing is often exactly the point you needed to address.

I've gotten four offers in the past nine months since I started asking this question. I'm not saying one question magically did all of that, but I really do think it helped close gaps that could have quietly hurt me without me realizing it.

Does anyone else feel like they've been completely ground down by this market? I need someone to tell me I'm not losing my mind, because this whole thing feels absurd.

I have an MBA and about 14 years of experience in my field, and I've been stuck in the job-hunting grind ever since my department was eliminated at the end of February. I'm getting interviews, so I know it's not completely hopeless, but every job makes you feel like you're thrown into a pile with more than 700 other applicants, and your resume disappears into a black drain. Half the time, I feel like my experience and background are practically worthless.

I looked for work during the 2008 crisis, and I swear to God it wasn't this exhausting.

You go through multiple rounds, spend nights preparing, and then nothing. No rejection, no update, complete silence. Or they tell you later that they moved forward with an internal candidate after dragging you through the whole process. The thing that kills me most is when they suddenly "pause" the role, and then the exact same posting shows up again a month or so later.

Honestly, screw this market. The only jobs I keep seeing are junior-level roles with pocket-change salaries, while at the same time asking for 8 years of experience and a list of skills no normal human being could possibly have all of.

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