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I have a friend in his early 60's that I recommended for a Hadoop job recently, and he was excluded due to age, despite being very qualified for the role. It h

I have a friend in his early 60's that I recommended for a Hadoop job recently, and he was excluded due to age, despite being very qualified for the role. It happens, and I've seen it :(

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rhizome 10y ago
Have you provided your friend with the evidence so that they can pursue a discrimination claim?
- behohippy 10y ago
  I'm not sure this is an normal response to these kinds of things, but maybe some context will help: A customer of mine asks for a recommendation on people who could do the job. I gave him a list of names, of which the top recommendation was my older buddy. Customer immediate filters out my buddy due to age but continues through the list eventually contacting and hiring another good choice (also a friend). I didn't tell my older friend that he was being considered, I just knew he was on the market. He doesn't know any of this exchanged happened, and due to his skill/experience level had already found something else in the meantime. No harm was done to anyone in the exchange, but obvious age discrimination was observed.
  - rhizome 10y ago
    Gotcha. That's tough, a kind of preliminary discrimination. Maybe the only way to combat it is to only refer that friend to that person in the future. Ugh, but then that's just using your friend as a weapon against the guy, which isn't fair.
    - behohippy 10y ago
      Nah, he's doing fine now. I figure this company will just miss out on a bunch of good people because of the attitude. As a whole, they're not known for a good corporate culture or even retaining people long term. The more I think about it the more I wonder if I'm the bad guy now for suggesting my friends work here :)
      - rhizome 10y ago
        As Roseanne Barr once said, "The object of business is to keep your buddies working, even if they're fuckin' idiots."[1][2] 1. http://classic.esquire.com/what-ive-learned-roseanne/ http://classic.esquire.com/what-ive-learned-roseanne/ 2. http://archive.esquire.com/image/spread/20010301/100/3 http://archive.esquire.com/image/spread/20010301/100/3

I have a friend in his early 60's that I recommended for a Hadoop job recently, and he was excluded due to age, despite being very qualified for the role. It happens, and I've seen it :(

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rhizome 10y ago

Have you provided your friend with the evidence so that they can pursue a discrimination claim?

behohippy 10y ago
I'm not sure this is an normal response to these kinds of things, but maybe some context will help: A customer of mine asks for a recommendation on people who could do the job. I gave him a list of names, of which the top recommendation was my older buddy. Customer immediate filters out my buddy due to age but continues through the list eventually contacting and hiring another good choice (also a friend). I didn't tell my older friend that he was being considered, I just knew he was on the market. He doesn't know any of this exchanged happened, and due to his skill/experience level had already found something else in the meantime. No harm was done to anyone in the exchange, but obvious age discrimination was observed.
- rhizome 10y ago
  Gotcha. That's tough, a kind of preliminary discrimination. Maybe the only way to combat it is to only refer that friend to that person in the future. Ugh, but then that's just using your friend as a weapon against the guy, which isn't fair.
  - behohippy 10y ago
    Nah, he's doing fine now. I figure this company will just miss out on a bunch of good people because of the attitude. As a whole, they're not known for a good corporate culture or even retaining people long term. The more I think about it the more I wonder if I'm the bad guy now for suggesting my friends work here :)
    - rhizome 10y ago
      As Roseanne Barr once said, "The object of business is to keep your buddies working, even if they're fuckin' idiots."[1][2] 1. http://classic.esquire.com/what-ive-learned-roseanne/ http://classic.esquire.com/what-ive-learned-roseanne/ 2. http://archive.esquire.com/image/spread/20010301/100/3 http://archive.esquire.com/image/spread/20010301/100/3