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Arguing she was misinformed is different that arguing she made a decision you don't agree with. What did the guidance counselor say that was incorrect? Her de
by hnal943 10y ago
Arguing she was misinformed is different that arguing she made a decision you don't agree with. What did the guidance counselor say that was incorrect? Her decision to choose a different career where she wouldn't have to worry about being considered a token is one of the tragedies of the politically correct insistence on diversity.
- arjie 10y agoWhich companies have stated policies of hiring without some test of skill? The guidance counselor's statement is myth.
- gambiting 10y agoDo you think any company has a written policy of "only hire women"? Of course not - that would get them in legal trouble. But I guarantee that I know companies where if there is an opening for a technical position, if there is 10 male applicants and one female applicant, the woman will get the position regardless of her skill, because they company is trying to hire more women no matter what.
- arjie 10y agoWhich ones? Sounds like a myth.
- gambiting 10y agoOk, are you saying that there are no companies that every hire women/minorities to fulfil a quota and appear more diverse? Even though companies like Amazon openly boast that they have certain % of black/asian/latino employees which is apparently meant to show how diverse they are? I mean, if I gave you names, what would you do? ring them up and ask if they have a preference for hiring women? You can say that all of this sounds like a myth as many times as you like, you are not going to change the world this way.
- arjie 10y agoI'm sure there are some sleazeball companies that do but I don't believe this sort of unspoken policy has any significant prevalence. If you name names, I can determine truth independently. If you don't feel comfortable doing so, that's okay too. I just won't know. And that's not the end of the world.
- hnal943 10y agoWhy do you think they'd have to be sleazeballs to do this? Everyone is screaming at them that the industry has a "woman problem" and that it's their fault for not hiring enough of women. It is more a case of the squeaky wheel getting the grease.
- arjie 10y agoHiring people without a skill test solely to fill a quota? Engineers are expensive so I'm suspicious of people who will just hire people like that. Also, it doesn't quite address the actual issue. It's a very superficial response.