This has happened 4 times now.
A job is posted, you submit a qualified referral for it and upload the resume. HR reaches out to the candidate and tell them that “the position they were referred for no longer exists but here’s a new position submit for that one”.
Upon looking at this “new” position, its the same job post with the same hiring manager for the same location. The ole HR switcharoo was to keep from having to pay you the referral fee as the new job posting has a new jobID number. I’ve gone as far as to screenshot the job posting to compare. They are exactly the same with the only difference is the jobIDs.
I should not be surprised though. Gotta do something to recoup all those fines and still ensure that upper mgmt still maintain their high salaries.