>Of course you can't sue them and get enough money to retire on. They didn't destroy your life, they had a misconfigured form on their damn website. Most HR sy

>Of course you can't sue them and get enough money to retire on. They didn't destroy your life, they had a misconfigured form on their damn website. Most HR systems default to allowing a decline due to it being a legal requirement. I spoke to someone I know who worked HR in the valley for years - it requires quite a bit of effort to override that. So the issue isn't so much a minor mistake, it's purposefully reconfiguring a system in an illegal manner to aid discrimination. (And it is absolutely illegal to refuse to accept an application without this information)