A retail worker with 6–7 years of experience who was hospitalised and lost their job is now being ghosted by McDonald's, Target, Walmart and Dollar Tree, and just learned there are 60 applicants for the US$12–15/hr position they applied for.
A hiring manager at a tech company shares what's actually getting resumes read, and what's getting them instantly binned, from someone who reads applications all day.
New data from the Joint Economic Committee shows Americans have paid US$56.4 billion more in gasoline costs since the US-Iran war began on February 28, with the average household spending US$477 more as national gas prices sit 30% above pre-war levels.
Trump's latest Section 301 tariffs on 80+ countries were challenged in court within hours of taking effect, with legal experts saying the administration is using the forced labour justification as a pretext to resurrect the global tariff regime the Supreme Court already struck down.
Donald Trump has imposed fresh tariffs of 10% to 12.5% on more than 80 countries under a forced labour justification, drawing immediate condemnation from allies including the EU, Canada, and Australia — and raising new questions about presidential overreach.
A 58-year-old job seeker's rant about the frozen US job market has drawn responses from workers of all ages confirming the same experience: this job market is bad across the board, not just for older workers.
A Reddit post about applying to 100+ jobs weekly only to see the same listings reposted has struck a nerve, with workers across industries confirming that the broken hiring cycle is not unique to any one sector or level.
A student about to start a CS degree asking Reddit what to learn for a software engineering job has received a mix of blunt career warnings, survival advice, and genuine uncertainty from experienced engineers.
A new CS graduate who landed a job as an international student shares what HR and directors at their company told them about the hiring process. The numbers were staggering.
