HR team fired after manager’s resume was automatically rejected within seconds

A shocking discovery led to the firing of an entire HR team after a manager uncovered a critical flaw in the company’s applicant tracking system (ATS). Designed to streamline hiring, the system automatically rejected all job applicants, including the manager’s test applications. The manager shared his experience on Reddit and revealed that the HR department struggled to find suitable candidates for three months without being aware of the systemic problem. He then decided to launch an investigation.

He created a pseudonym, submitted his resume, and was shocked when it was automatically rejected within seconds. He wrote on Reddit: “I created a new email and sent them a modified version of my resume with a fake name to see what was going on with the process and guess I was automatically rejected.” Despite his With impressive qualifications, he was immediately rejected without any human oversight. “I was automatically rejected. HR didn’t even look at my resume,” he shared.

This discovery led to a startling realization: the company’s applicant tracking system was automatically firing candidates without evaluation.

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When he presented his findings to upper management, the consequences were swift and severe. “In the following weeks, half of the human resources department was laid off,” said the manager, referring to the seriousness of the situation.

Specifically, the position required Angular expertise, but the system filtered for AngularJS, a standalone and outdated framework. “The problem was that they were looking for an AngularJS developer while we were looking for an Angular developer (different frameworks, similar names). Such stupid mistakes must and can be fixed in a few minutes, and since the CVs automatically rejected profiles.” Without AngularJS, we lost all possible candidates. The really annoying thing was that I kept checking with them about progress and they always told me that they had some candidates who didn’t pass the initial selection tests (which was wrong). “People who work in HR are incredibly mediocre and lazy,” he explained on Reddit.