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This comment just implies that you assume any minority candidate that HR failed to screen is a diversity hire. And of course now every minority employee at you
by wonnage 4y ago
This comment just implies that you assume any minority candidate that HR failed to screen is a diversity hire.
And of course now every minority employee at your company has to excel or else they might torpedo the entire diversity hiring initiative.
- BobbyJo 4y agoI'm not getting that implication. They are saying that, on occasion, HR tries to shove a resume down his throat on the basis of race/sexuality when the applicant is lacking experience. That, in no way, leads me to extrapolate any kind of volume one way or another.
- wonnage 4y agoHR is literally not allowed, legally, to do that. Given that their entire existence is predicated on not getting the company sued I’m sure they’re well aware of that. So either OP should file a lawsuit or they’re imagining things.
- crackercrews 4y agoWhat law would HR be violating by pushing certain resumes based on favored traits? IME this pretty common at all sorts of big companies. People don't whistle-blow because its obvious you'll get buried if you do. Just ask James Damore.
- throwaway5959 4y agoNo, that’s your assumption. The parent comment didn’t say it happens all the time, only that it does happen.
- wonnage 4y agoNah, it’s pretty obvious. Maybe you need to learn to read between the lines.
- brippalcharrid 4y agoOr perhaps our unconscious bias is providing a motivation to project meanings onto other people's words.
- wonnage 4y agoNo, it’s a clear statement with clear implications that you’re willfully ignoring.
- matt-attack 4y agoWell that's sort of their own doing. When you formalize the process of prioritizing individuals based solely on their attributes that have no relation to merit (skin color) then you must necessarily accept that people will presume that skin-color alone played a role in their hiring.
- wonnage 4y agoHN is always complaining that tech hiring is broken and that whiteboard/leetcode is a waste of time. So it’s not like the current interview process has relation to merit either. Just filtering for people who have time and resources for dealing with bullshit, which given the demographics of the US serves as a nice racial filter as well.