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> hiring people based off of their skills is unacceptable as you say, how are people supposed to make hiring decisions? Hiring people based on skills is perfec
by notacoward 8y ago
> hiring people based off of their skills is unacceptable as you say, how are people supposed to make hiring decisions?
Hiring people based on skills is perfectly fine. Hiring people (or firing them, which is what this is about) and just saying it's about skills often is not. That's why I put "skills" in scare quotes. It's like when companies use "culture fit" to mean whichever races, genders, and fads the founders feel comfortable with. It's not that culture fit isn't a real thing, but much more often it's a shibboleth (or "dogwhistle" in current parlance). Similarly, "skills" is clearly the messaging IBM has chosen. Now it's up to them to prove that they were truly making efforts to optimize skills and not something else.
- dragonwriter 8y ago> Now it's up to them to prove that they were truly making efforts to optimize skills and not something else. Disparate impact analysis will require them to prove something closer to that they actually we're optimizing skills, not just making efforts to, at least presuming that the unequal impact prong is proven.
- Timmah 8y ago> It's like when companies use "culture fit" to mean whichever races, genders, and fads the founders feel comfortable with There you go with your vivid imgination and unproven claims again. "Faith based" debates are quite popular apparently.
- notacoward 8y agoPlease try to stay on topic and not just post personal attacks. Do you have anything to say about the actual issue of age discrimination?
- Timmah 8y agoYou're woefully confused about the meaning of "personal attack". Calling out unsubstantiated claims is anything but personal. Faith based arguments are irrelevant and unwelcome here. Stay factual with your accusations and you won't have this problem.
- notacoward 8y ago"There you go" with "your vivid imagination" is definitely and obviously a personal attack. > Calling out unsubstantiated claims Are you seriously not aware of how "culture fit" is used in the real world? Citations are generally not needed for common knowledge. Water is wet. 2+2=4. Asking for citations in such cases is just a harassing tactic. There's even a cartoon about it. https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/sea-lioning https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/sea-lioning You still have yet to address the actual topic. Stop stalking; start contributing.
- Timmah 8y agoHaha