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Yes, let's take it in context: >Brian Halligan, explained to the New York Times that this age imbalance was not something he wanted to remedy, but in fact some
by xiaoma 11y ago
Yes, let's take it in context:
>Brian Halligan, explained to the New York Times that this age imbalance was not something he wanted to remedy, but in fact something he had actively cultivated. HubSpot was “trying to build a culture specifically to attract and retain Gen Y’ers,” because, “in the tech world, gray hair and experience are really overrated,” Halligan said.
Had he said that he'd actively cultivated a race imbalance and was "trying to build a culture specifically to attract and maintain white and Asian employees", would you still be cool with that? This seems pretty open and shut to me and it's pretty discouraging to see people defend an openly bigoted statement.
- marcosdumay 11y agoThat phrase literally means "I think younger people are discriminated against, so I'm making a company that hires them at bargaining prices". That may be true or not, but is not discriminatory by itself.
- xiaoma 11y agoSo you think it's cool to offer "bargain prices" (i.e. lowball) when hiring people from discriminated groups? I understand the moneyball angle, but in this case it's not one I'd be comfortable with.
- Lawtonfogle 11y agoIt is one of those behaviors where we think it is cool to do it, but uncool to admit you are doing it. In a lot of human interactions, there are things that are fully accepted and cool to do, but if you try to point it out (or if you can't naturally do it and poorly attempt to emulate it), it becomes very uncool if not downright creepy.