I just don’t like being rejected by some dumbass program before a human can look at my resume.

Right, it’s a tool companies use to automatically scan and reject resumes based on keywords.

I’ve been told ATS doesn’t work properly on PDFs and word is better for this reason. I used to uploads PDFs prior to this. Now I don’t know what to believe, my entire worldview has been upended!

I caught mine a few months later.

I had an issue the home inspectors missed. I called them, they sent someone out to verify, and they footed the bill for the repair. I would start there, and you may be in luck.