# Two Years, Nearly 2,100 Applications — Then a Ten-Minute Walk to Work

**[WIN]** — by Candidate · via r/recruitinghell

Two years ago they were laid off. Since then: freelance work to keep the lights on, and applications sent out like a job in themselves — nearly two thousand one hundred of them. On Tuesday they start somewhere new. The pay is half what they used to make. The job is a ten-minute walk from their apartment. After that many applications, that was the detail worth mentioning.

*Source: [r/recruitinghell · viral post](https://www.reddit.com/r/recruitinghell/comments/1x39xzf/2_years_and_nearly_2100_applications_later/)*
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