Well... it can be desk rejected. Which I've actually had happen because the paper was already on ArXiv, even though it wasn't against the journal's policy. Took

Well... it can be desk rejected. Which I've actually had happen because the paper was already on ArXiv, even though it wasn't against the journal's policy. Took 4 weeks to resolve and then got desk rejected again for "not citing the correct works", with no further information... I don't submit to that journal anymore...