Why Banking HR works so bad?

I applied for the GS Off-Cycle 2023 in August 2022. I received some rejection emails in June this year.
Today (end of November 2023) received another email (rejecting me obviously, something I knew since January/February)
Why does HR in this banks works so bad and they are allow to continue doing their job? I do not care about the rejection, but can't they send a generic email to every non selected candidate as soon as they fill all spots?
Please give me your experiences or opinions about this…

 

It’s not just banking HR, it is all HR. 

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

Honestly, I agree with you. But banking/high finance HR prides itself of selecting the best candidates and of having the sharpest selection process. It looks to me, that they can’t even meet deadlines

 
Robinson_Crusoe

Honestly, I agree with you. But banking/high finance HR prides itself of selecting the best candidates and of having the sharpest selection process. It looks to me, that they can’t even meet deadlines

The superior way is to have a contact within the firm to push through your application. So first you get the job and then have to deal with HR. 

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

They’re seen as a cost center and an afterthought. The numerous inefficiencies in the system are features, not bugs. Just another bullshit hoop to jump through. Last month I was rejected for a job I applied to over two years ago…

 
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Because it's HR. No one ever accused the department of karens and kyles of being good at their jobs.

"The obedient always think of themselves as virtuous rather than cowardly" - Robert A. Wilson | "If you don't have any enemies in life you have never stood up for anything" - Winston Churchill | "It's a testament to the sheer belligerence of the profession that people would rather argue about the 'risk-adjusted returns' of using inferior tooth cleaning methods." - kellycriterion
 

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