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if i want to play devil's advocate here, i'd say you can't both - remark that throughout your carrer you've been pretty much the only female in your team, - n
by bsaul 6y ago
if i want to play devil's advocate here, i'd say you can't both
- remark that throughout your carrer you've been pretty much the only female in your team,
- note that you've been naturally assigned the role of greeting newcomers,
then
- be upset that a new candidate won't assume you're an assistant instead of a developer he'll work with.
He's just noticed pretty much the same things as you, and concluded the most likely job for that person that greeted him was an assistant.
- hodgesrm 6y agoThat's not quite what the author was getting at. She was making an important point that I support wholeheartedly. Any candidate who is a jerk to the person who shows them to the meeting room and provides coffee pretty much guarantees they will not be joining my company. It's a good sieve for people who won't work out on a team because they lack basic consideration for others.
- etrabroline 6y ago>That's not quite what the author was getting at Of course not, bsaul was making his own point with the facts presented by the author. The characterization of the candidate's choice of words as "being a jerk" is not a fact. Clearly he was making a joke.
- redis_mlc 6y agoNo need to play devil's advocate. I agree with you. It's the job of the greeter, regardless of title, to provide anything needed because the candidate is not allowed to wander the halls. In addition, she should have introduced herself as the manager. This woman set up a candidate, and then gleefully laughed when they spilled coffee on themself? Just imagine reversing the roles and hounding a female candidate out of the office for requesting coffee.