Left a large financial company to go to another for a 50% raise. Didn’t work out at the new company so I tried to go back. The director even said “door is always open”. I was always a top performer. Too bad the hiring manager changed to literally the one person I hate at the company. She is also one of the dumbest people I’ve come across. So they denied that role. I applied to a different role and had old managers reach out to the hiring manager in the other department. I had a 2.5 hour interview and just crusher it. They denied me that role so I applied for a position two lower than I had when I left and they just shoot me a generic email, saying they have more qualified candidates, which is a lie. I really want to find out if that one manager is just running my name through the mud. Some people are just horrible. Luckily I accepted a job offer at another firm last week.