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It’s so silly that you’re prevented from hiring whatever gender you want. A bunch of guys want to start a video game company and now they are forced to hire a w
by a-user-you-like 4y ago
It’s so silly that you’re prevented from hiring whatever gender you want. A bunch of guys want to start a video game company and now they are forced to hire a woman which throws the whole vibe of the company off.
- brigandish 4y agoWho is preventing whom from hiring whomever they want, and where is this happening? A few more specifics would be nice.
- a-user-you-like 4y agoIt would be highly illegal in the US if that company said they were only going to hire dudes to keep the culture the same.
- brigandish 4y agoBeing able to hire who you like and openly declaring an intent to discriminate based on sex are not the same thing. One is a subset of the other.
- a-user-you-like 4y agoAnd if what you like to hire is only dudes to keep the culture the same? Like I said, illegal.
- cercatrova 4y agoIt should be illegal. Why do you think it shouldn't be?
- a-user-you-like 4y agoBy nature, dudes will want to work with dudes. It takes immoral legislation to force them into doing something different.
- kybernetikos 4y agoThat's a very odd thing to believe and it doesn't match my experience.
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- cercatrova 4y agoDon't bother, looks like their entire account history is predicated on the "trad-wife" mentality.
- brigandish 4y agoThe reason it's illegal is because it wouldn't just be companies like the one you are outlining that would discriminate, it would spread to all companies, because women are given special considerations like maternity leave. Hence, a company that discriminated against them would be avoiding, in essence, a tax that would then fall on others and thus lead to others deciding to avoid that competitive disadvantage even if they had found women applicants and workers to be perfectly suited to the work at hand. If there were no unintended consequences (I hope that you do not intend this widespread discrimination) then I would be fine with you running your company that way as I would be happy with there being less competition for all the excellent women applicants, and I believe that a mixed sex workplace will outperform a solely male one. A belief I find much easier to hold than dudes prefer working with dudes or some such nonsense.
- a-user-you-like 4y agoYou cannot rebuild the traditional family, or a normal society with these laws in place. They’re evil as they’ve traded the family for more GDP. I know you probably think you’re doing a good thing by championing these laws, but in reality, your support is aiding the degredation of the natural family. It’s a terrible tradeoff we’ve made, but it can be reversed.
- brigandish 4y agoI haven’t championed anything, I’ve stated a fact. There do exist family subsidies, there do exist laws that protect against discrimination. The principle that these should apply fairly is one that doesn’t always make it into law, legislators being the easily corrupted we know them to be, but in this case every business needs to comply. On top of that fact I’ve given my own opinion - that I would be happy to employ women and that I believe a mixed workplace can outcompete ones wholly made up of men. Nowhere did I mention rebuilding the traditional family nor any other corollary. I think you should stick to the arguments presented to you instead of inferring too much, much like the inference that because a guy might prefer working with other men that he’d prefer to work solely with other men. If you want to know my intentions it’s best you ask but I can tell you that they go as far as “I can outcompete you” and “I think you’re wrong” but no further.
- claudiawerner 4y agoMaybe the "bunch of guys" ought to reconsider why they will or do reproduce this "vibe" which is so inapplicable to the opposite sex, to what effect, and for what purpose.
- a-user-you-like 4y agoFine, do that at your company. Leave these guys alone. Don’t buy from them if you don’t like their vibe.