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Called this a week and a half ago. Anyone who's LGBT (or anyone period really) knows that there are reasons to keep things on FB private from friends, family, e
by drivebyacct2 15y ago
Called this a week and a half ago. Anyone who's LGBT (or anyone period really) knows that there are reasons to keep things on FB private from friends, family, employers selectively, etc. I had mentioned this was likely illegal for this very reason. Numerous states in the US have similar anti-discrimination laws. When I was interviewed at Microsoft they basically told me I couldn't talk about certain things and they were specifically trained to not ask questions that could reveal information that could lead to these sorts of suits.
I don't understand the downvotes? I've seen at least 4 people downvote this. Do you not believe me? And to edit for the people below, I was more or less hint-hint told that this was at least including not wanting to force someone to reveal that they were LGBT. I know that at least the group I was with, they were forbid from asking if "you have a girlfriend" and it wasn't for fear of an interviewer hitting on someone.
- excuse-me 15y ago> Anyone who's LGBT knows that there are reasons to keep >things on FB private from friends, family, ... See now if only people could keep it secret that they were; black, female, Jewish, etc as well there would be no problem of discrimination in the world!
- burgerbrain 15y agoI know that you're not serious, but I just feel the need to reinforce that having to hide a portion of your identity does not in fact shield you from discrimination. The simple fact that you have to do so is discrimination itself. Of course the idea is to eliminate a subset of discrimination, which arguably it does well, but to do so it introduces another sort.
- excuse-me 15y agoI think the point was rather that there should be no need to hide details of your sexuality from your friends in case your employer forces you to reveal it. Personally I hate stereotyping - and stupid Americans
- ShabbyDoo 15y ago"When I was interviewed at Microsoft"....Interesting given that MSFT has a long history of being a LGBT-friendly company.
- sukuriant 15y agothe "certain things" might have had nothing to do with LGBT
- drivebyacct2 15y agoOh I wasn't worried about them being antigay or anything at all, much more so that HR forces them to be that careful and tip-toey about HR practices during recruiting. edit: to be clear, they were specifically about being LGBT. And I don't necessarily think that sort of PC-ness should be absolutely required, but I'm unhappy to tell you that there are still plenty of discriminatory people out there.
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- vidarh 15y agoIs not having a policy that reduces the risk of interviewers intentionally or subconsciously discriminating against someone who is LGBT exactly the type of thing you would expect from an LGBT-friendly company?
- tallanvor 15y agoMicrosoft itself is very LGBT friendly, but that doesn't mean every employee is. Because of this, HR puts policies into place to try and prevent employees from making employment decisions based on that type of criteria.
- groby_b 15y agoWelcome to the club:) My general thoughts on this, plus the "called it" comment are here: https://plus.google.com/107226275692313566931/posts/L69x1jz8Wx6 https://plus.google.com/107226275692313566931/posts/L69x1jz8... I was focusing more on how to deal with it in a world where employers will do this, though, and less on the "here's how to hack it". After all, for many of us both saying "no" and "hacking" the process is not necessarily a valid option. Mortgages and kids need to be figured in occasionally. (I hope I'd still have the conviction to say "no", but I understand it's a sticky situation for many)
- paganel 15y ago> "you have a girlfriend" Why would anyone ask that in an interview totally beats me.
- mseebach 15y agoIt might accidentally come up in the course of normal conversion. Which is why interviewers are trained to avoid the patterns leading to there.