So we (boyfriend and myself) applied to a certain company found on Indeed recently for 2 different positions. My boyfriend and myself both having the exact qualities/experience needed for both positions. Boyfriend goes on 1st and 2nd interview which he claims went very good and lasted well over their estimated duration. He also mentioned that this company provides product to 2 major retailers and the interviewer did in fact say ” You dont have to worry about being laid-off if hired.” Finally, the company gets back to him after his 2 follow-ups and says pretty much “while your skillset is indeed impressive, you have not been selected for the position.”
In my case, I was interviewed and told right then and there, “If you don't hear back anything in 1 or 2 days, please continue your job search.” I obviously heard nothing back at all.
Today my boyfriend was again job searching on Indeed and came across the same job posting for the position he applied to, posted 30+ days ago, and the one I applied to gets reposted every couple days, which in my mind means they never filled those positions at all. Granted these are not positions that require extensive education just experience pretty much.
Heres whats funny, my boyfriend who knows about the PPP and also the amount of fraud going on decides to do some research. He found that this same company with about 200 employees applied for the loan and received roughly around 200k. He also found out that this loan was forgiven by the big lender (not paid back.) To both of us, it seems like they “took the money and ran.” Companies are hiring…..but not REALLY.
To add, this was a warehouse type job and while we saw a few people come in and out of the warehouse area, we heard absolute silence while the door was open. In all the warehouse environments we have both worked at, NEVER was it dead-silent.
Just thought I would share this information/experience with this sub, (which i can say im a member of now.)