gotta vent… years ago I got scammed when applying for jobs. I got an interview and upon researching the company, the scammers used the real website, letterhead, etc. I spoke with multiple people in multiple interview steps, got to the end right before I sent my info for W2, and something felt off. I asked to zoom call to confirm they’re real people, and they denied it and said only after I sent the info in. turned out, it was a huge scam going around. they used photos of other people off google for all their company photos. it was so detailed and so scary.
cut to today- i’ve been applying for honestly hundreds of jobs since I lost mine in september. I also lost my unemployment last month because the allotted amount ran out, so I now have $0 income and I have yet to hear back from a real job for an interview, I only get scammers reach out to me. but… i’m honestly lucky that I previously got scammed, because I would have fallen for a few of these fakers.
i’m also strictly looking for remote work because after being laid off from my last job due to tariffs, I found out i’m pregnant, so I think it’s just way easier to scam. they’re clearly preying off of the desperation from job seekers in this fk’ed up economy, and it is so frustrating.
I waited for 3.5 hours to talk to unemployment when I found out they dropped me from it, and the lady i spoke to said this is the worst she has seen in her years working at the unemployment office, and that it’s now worse than 2020 as far as the sheer number of unemployed people.
all to say, good luck out there everyone. if anyone is having a similar experience to mine, i’m sorry, because this is awful. and make sure you’re reallyyyy researching these companies to make sure it’s legit.