Am I overreacting for quitting before I even started?
I (21F) got hired for a key holder position at a store (I originally applied for a sales associate position), and the whole process has been a mess. It took them a bit longer than expected to get back to me after my first interview, but I brushed it off. When they finally responded, they offered the key holder position, but I didn’t mind since it had a higher pay. My onboarding information was sent in without doing the second interview I was told I had to do, and the onboarding link they sent didn’t even work. After some back and forth trying to figure out the issue, the store manager said I was showing up in the system as a rehire, even though I had never worked for this company or any related stores before. Without acknowledging that I had never worked with them before, the store manager said their regional manager had “confirmed” that I previously worked at one of their locations in Ohio, a state I have never worked/lived in or even been to. I’m pretty sure it was a name mix-up in the system (my name isn’t very common in the US, but there are still people that have the same exact first and last name as me), but I didn’t see the point in explaining that since they already decided that I had, in fact, worked there before.
Reddit consensus: NOT OVERREACTING (NOR) (100% confidence)
Top comment: “NOR. This manager is a dunce to start. They should have handed off your onboarding and call back to someone else since they were headed on vacation. Then whatever this snafu is with previously working for them?
They did a background check and your name was flagged. There are at least 3 more steps of verification they could have gone through before making the accusations.
Notable explanation: “NOR. Solid response, very professional.
I wouldn’t let the Ohio thing go though. My dad was the victim of identity theft. Somebody not eligible for employment used his social security to work several states away and the IRS nearly took everything from him until he got a police report and affidavits proving the theft”
Originally shared by AsleepDiamond7864 on r/AmIOverreacting on July 16th, 2026 at 1:06 AM UTC. Credit to u/OSTBear and u/CantankerousOrder for the quoted comments.
