> added indignity

I feel like HR culture is to deliberately insert as much indignity as possible, into the process. HR is really all about being the "top dog," in the relationship. They don't want employees to have any agency.

I saw the company that I worked for, for almost 27 years, change. It was fairly slow. When I first joined, I felt as if they really wanted me. It was an honor, and I accepted a lower salary, because I really wanted to be part of a world-class organization, and that my work would make a difference.

By the time I left, I saw HR treating candidates like shit (I was a hiring manager, and saw it firsthand). I was a bit disappointed that candidates actually seemed to accept this treatment, but the culture has changed all around.

But the current climate, where even the most innocuous job opening gets spammed with -literally- thousands of unqualified (and sometimes outright faked) CVs, is a real problem.