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It seems like a good idea to avoid hiring people who won’t talk with women. But it seems so unbelievable that this was a common problem as this is something I’v
by prepend 5y ago
It seems like a good idea to avoid hiring people who won’t talk with women. But it seems so unbelievable that this was a common problem as this is something I’ve never witnessed in probably hundreds of interviews that included women interviewers.
I once worked for a company that had a Japanese client and the client wouldn’t interact with women leadership. This was back in the days when software was delivered on cd and they wouldn’t accept the cd from a woman. It really skeeved me out and I refused to be part of the ceremony.
- fknorangesite 5y ago> this is something I’ve never witnessed Ask the women in your life if they have.
- prepend 5y agoGood suggestion, I should have been more thorough and said “this is something I’ve never witnessed and all of the women in my life I’ve talked with have not witnessed.” I’ll also add that it’s pretty easy to tell if someone is making eye contact or not. What I have witnessed, and been reported to me by women colleagues, is people being dismissive and redirecting to males. But they still looked them on the eye as they then directed the conversation away from women to men. It’s the eye contact thing that stood out to me as being odd.
- metalforever 5y agoReally? Because I am a woman tech interviewer at a large tech company and this happens to me a lot.
- prepend 5y agoReally, I confirm my earlier observation. It’s interesting how people can have such different experiences but that’s part of what makes the world so wonderful. I’m sorry you’ve experienced this and wish you worked in the companies I did as I guess we were just lucky with our applicants. Or you were unlucky with yours.