I’ve been unemployed for 6 months now, thanks to my ex-employer who decided to eliminate my position and terminated me the day I returned from maternity leave.

Anyway, I recently had a recruiter reach out about a job I’d applied to. Told me their hiring process, which consisted of a “test case” (aka free labour). This was a red flag but my desperation got the better of me. They also mentioned that it had no time limit - another red flag I ignored. I took 10 business days to complete said test case because I had to learn a few things on my own and had kinda lost interest in it tbh. I finished and submitted it on Friday.

This morning, the recruiter emails me back saying they already decided to go with someone else. WTF!!! I’m just pissed bc I wish they’d have just let me know they already chose someone else instead of wasting my time! UGH, I hate this. I’m never doing free labour for these BS companies ever again. I’m just done. Thanks for listening (or rather reading) my rant.