I don’t know where the “today” came from, considering how common this sorta thing has been since the beginning of writing. Compootors may make us less forthcoming, honest, spontaneous, communal, or whatever, in many ways. But imagine what it used to be like in more rigidly hierarchical times. Do you think a boot black and his “guv’na” had genuine exchanges, or was there more empty formality than we can ever imagine?
Nice boilerplate!
And you're right: The author is a fool. No company wants to cite the true reasons ("affirmative action" etc.) for not hiring someone, which would open the door to litigation, and they have to write something, so they send platitudes.
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