In any medium + sized business anyone who isn't a white man can't be fired for cause without basically bribing them not to sue you. It has been that way since at least the 90s.
That is why there are mass firings where some low performing or internally disliked white men are sacrificed so the dead weight can be trimmed without triggering discrimination lawsuits.
Had an interesting experience interviewing candidates for a technical job a few weeks back. Probably would have done great in the job but I sense I may have dodged a bullet.
Video interview starts and she's got light neon green problem glasses. No other red flags. A bit haughty as the interview goes on so I like to push buttons to test people out when I see smoke. So I've pushed a little here and there just to get hackles up a bit. I then inform her, as I do all female candidates, that this is a male dominated workplace, as some might be uncomfortable with that. She says very snippily "Will that be a problem" and I respond very matter-of-factly "Not if I hire the right candidate". Hehe, I could tell that clenched her cheeks.
Anyway, I did end up offering it to her but, as I sensed based on the give and take, she turned it down.
So you offered her the job anyways, and the only reason she didn’t become a leftist landmine at your place of work is that she decided not to be one. If she had been 1% more insidious, you might have a gigantic problem on your hands.
You should have nixed her the moment you saw the glasses.
I do have to have to refrain from irrational bias, and I did not see enough to warrant not hiring, especially when two others were in the session and aren't going to necessarily see what I see. I'm just sharing an anecdote and will stick with my decades of hiring experience, thanks.
In any medium + sized business anyone who isn't a white man can't be fired for cause without basically bribing them not to sue you. It has been that way since at least the 90s.
That is why there are mass firings where some low performing or internally disliked white men are sacrificed so the dead weight can be trimmed without triggering discrimination lawsuits.
Had an interesting experience interviewing candidates for a technical job a few weeks back. Probably would have done great in the job but I sense I may have dodged a bullet.
Video interview starts and she's got light neon green problem glasses. No other red flags. A bit haughty as the interview goes on so I like to push buttons to test people out when I see smoke. So I've pushed a little here and there just to get hackles up a bit. I then inform her, as I do all female candidates, that this is a male dominated workplace, as some might be uncomfortable with that. She says very snippily "Will that be a problem" and I respond very matter-of-factly "Not if I hire the right candidate". Hehe, I could tell that clenched her cheeks.
Anyway, I did end up offering it to her but, as I sensed based on the give and take, she turned it down.
So you offered her the job anyways, and the only reason she didn’t become a leftist landmine at your place of work is that she decided not to be one. If she had been 1% more insidious, you might have a gigantic problem on your hands.
You should have nixed her the moment you saw the glasses.
I do have to have to refrain from irrational bias, and I did not see enough to warrant not hiring, especially when two others were in the session and aren't going to necessarily see what I see. I'm just sharing an anecdote and will stick with my decades of hiring experience, thanks.