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This is getting worse and worse. I have been asked my full SSN, passport number, graduate and postgraduate diplomas and the funniest of them all - COVID vaccina

by akudha 4y ago

This is getting worse and worse. I have been asked my full SSN, passport number, graduate and postgraduate diplomas and the funniest of them all - COVID vaccination card, for a remote job. lol. 8 times out of 10, saying no to these ridiculous demands gets accepted. But I have had cases where the recruiter would simply say they cannot proceed without getting everything they asked for. I think it depends on your situation. Do you really need that job? If you're confident of finding another job, then it would make sense to tell them to get lost. I used to give them everything they asked for, I don't do that anymore. These shitty behavior can only be stopped if more people say no. What are they gonna do with a 20-25 year old high school diploma? Makes no sense, it is just some kind of power trip...

leephillips 4y ago
Well said. There is power in saying “no”, and it seems sometimes that we’ve forgotten that that’s an option. We are constantly on the receiving end of demands by entities that assume they have the authority to expect a cooperative response: “What is your race? What is your SS number? What are your pronouns? What is your phone number? Rate us on a scale of 1 to 5.” In most cases, “no” is the most polite response that you should consider supplying. I know that this response, the only dignified response, is unusual, and that troubles me. I know because of the reaction I receive when the cashier at the supermarket asks me for my zip code and I refuse to supply it, for just one out of many examples.
- akudha 4y ago
  I applied to a mega company on their careers website. In the first 24 hours, I got request for two surveys about their “hiring process”. The process hasn’t even started yet, other than the automated confirmation email that they got my application. Another recruiter asked for my address (I had already given them my zip) to “send laptop”. I asked them why they need it before even the interview, they had no answer. And on and on and on. If this is how people getting six figures in a hot industry get treated, how about the unfortunate people working for much less? Humanity can be very depressing sometimes

by akudha 4y ago

leephillips 4y ago

Well said. There is power in saying “no”, and it seems sometimes that we’ve forgotten that that’s an option. We are constantly on the receiving end of demands by entities that assume they have the authority to expect a cooperative response: “What is your race? What is your SS number? What are your pronouns? What is your phone number? Rate us on a scale of 1 to 5.” In most cases, “no” is the most polite response that you should consider supplying. I know that this response, the only dignified response, is unusual, and that troubles me. I know because of the reaction I receive when the cashier at the supermarket asks me for my zip code and I refuse to supply it, for just one out of many examples.

akudha 4y ago
I applied to a mega company on their careers website. In the first 24 hours, I got request for two surveys about their “hiring process”. The process hasn’t even started yet, other than the automated confirmation email that they got my application. Another recruiter asked for my address (I had already given them my zip) to “send laptop”. I asked them why they need it before even the interview, they had no answer. And on and on and on. If this is how people getting six figures in a hot industry get treated, how about the unfortunate people working for much less? Humanity can be very depressing sometimes