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As an Minority I check for: 1. Negative if has a "diversity" panel or ombudsman (will explain more below). 2. If all VPs and "big shots" came from the same un
by superflit 7y ago
As an Minority I check for:
1. Negative if has a "diversity" panel or ombudsman (will explain more below).
2. If all VPs and "big shots" came from the same university
3. Power Ranger Factor (negative factor)
If #1 is present and there are several examples the Company is more cautious about the virtue signalling and to avoid fire the bad "minority" will allocate them on a "non work" club.
Mostly "push paper" tasks or trivial tasks that will not have direct impact on revenues. No good position to be it as I want to make an impact.
#3 If in all communications there should be All "races" all the time like Power Rangers again feels fake.
I never set my hiring forms as minority and try to best to blend in. I just hate when people get too touchy about something from my culture or country and don't want to touch the subject.
So I have to came forward and say:
"Heyyyy I escaped from there I know how it works and how to deal with that... So please lets be frank XX will not work maybe we should do Y" and that is it.
There are bad actors in All races. There are bad actors in Asian companies, in Indian companies in European companies. The question is how much they hide or fire them.
Great companies don't look your name, age or school. They look at your CV, portfolio and ask questions about your work and your skills. They test you and bang you are hired.
They don't care about my political affiliations or if I got to the church.
- bwb 7y agoThank you for sharing! Is Glassdoor helpful at all or just in a general way? Do you try to get a reference or insight from someone at the company who is a minority or anything like that to vet it?
- superflit 7y agoGlassdoor is like reading reviews for Condoms. You can only grasp what happened with a person in a certain moment and mood. One of the companies I worked for in Glassdoor was the hell on earth for me was the best job. So it is a case of "bad ex" .
- julius_set 7y agoI generally agree with you but let’s play devils advocate, at what DOES political affiliation matter. If you know a candidate has ties to Al-Queda do you hire them, given that their work so far and resume indicate they would provide a 100X increase to your teams output? This would be an extreme example
- superflit 7y agoI follow the laws of US. No ties with terrorist organisations or embargoed countries. That should clear the real bad ones.
- Spooky23 7y agoHow do you screen for this? How do you identify an Al-Queda member? And what is the standard? If a potential employee is affiliated with the Socialist Worker's Party or the Right to Life Party, are they disqualified? How about Democratic party? Unless the job is a germance policy making position or includes tasks that anathema and where good conscience would impair their ability to perform work, it's none of your business.