Fake job alert: American Tower

Like so many unethical companies in Stinkassachusetts, American Tower is always advertising for a senior designer. Here's the latest, posted on April 19, 2017:

I first applied back in July 2015, and was met with dead silence. Five months later, in December, they advertised it yet again. Instead of applying, I sent them a little email (addressed to recruiting@americantower.com which, like American Well's, is probably not administered by a human being). Note the part where I mentioned that a recruiter actually reached out to me about this job:

Last July I applied for the position of senior designer via your website (confirmation forwarded below). I am a designer with 17 years of experience in the field, and I met every qualification in the job description. Yet, I was not even worthy of a telephone screening from your HR department. I was also contacted by a recruiter “about an awesome design opportunity in Woburn,” and I told them that if it’s American Tower, don’t bother because they rejected me (the recruiter was shocked by this).

I see now, five months later, that this exact same job is being advertised yet again on your website as well as on LinkedIn. I find this quite strange.

I have begun collecting unemployment and, as a requirement, had to meet with a career counselor at the local job center. I laughed when he demonstrated the job search results on their website’s job search tool which included the above-referenced position in the listings. I pointed at it and told him that I applied and received zero response from you. He suggested I call your HR department and ask why. Of course, I laughed at this archaic advice. But, in this age of quick communication via social media, I have decided to take his advice and reach out to you and ask you specifically why you so quickly and easily rejected my application.

I told the career counselor that you most likely rejected me due to my advanced old age ("between 4-6 years of experience required" means nobody over the age of 30 need apply), but I will give you the chance to tell me otherwise. I await your response which I am going to share with him when we meet again in a few weeks. I’d also love to hear why it’s taking HALF A YEAR to fill a simple design role, especially where there is no shortage of designers looking for work.

Needless to say, I received no response. [This waltz down memory lane also triggers lovely memories of my experience dealing with the state of Rhode Island's dismal and dated unemployment office. I keep attempting to write about it in a separate post, but my shock/anger/disbelief at the level of cluelessness and incompetence in that place continues to cloud my ability to coherently put my memories into words (and it doesn't do my blood pressure any good). Maybe one day I'll summon the strength to document what I experienced and observed there (along with the equally useless/inept "One Stop Career Center" in neighboring Stinkassachusetts).]