We've all known that it has been happening for decades, but it hits different when you're on the inside and have first-hand knowledge of their incompetence.
I know an HR Director who earns nearly $200k annually and can't type a paragraph without multiple obvious typos. She brings nothing to the table beyond filling a seat. All the heavy lifting is done by employment lawyers. Her and her ilk produce lame happy hour games and other bullshit that any 6th grader could match.
I've been with smaller company for quite a while now, but we got acquired and now I'm seeing the inside of one of the tech giants. It's even worse than I thought.
Every call has 12+ women doing the work of 2 competent men.
I'm exiting soon enough, and I'm not in HR so it doesn't impact me directly. It's just frustrating on a primal level almost. These worthless cunts walk around thinking they're doing something great. I feel really bad for Gen Z men. Pick a random dude off the street and he could step into these $200k HR roles tomorrow and crush it, but they'll never get the chance because they have a penis.
If I were starting my career today I think I'd say I'm trans because you can't beat this level of discrimination. You can start your own thing or find a small firm who isn't big enough to play the DEI game yet. But if you apply to a large corporation and you're a white man? Don't bother unless you say you're trans.
Just wanted to rant a bit. I know this isn't news to anyone here.
It's not worth degrading yourself for any amount of money
I get where you're coming from but I wouldn't view it that way. You're only degrading yourself if you care what the people hiring you think. In this case, the HR team and hiring manager at Faceless Mega Corp mean nothing to me. If I'm 25 and need to start building up my wealth, and I don't have similar options elsewhere, I'd at least try it. Fuck em.
They can't mention it ever anyways so besides knowing the cunts in HR would gossip about it who cares. And I think it goes without saying, but I wouldn't dress as a woman or do anything to appear trans. Their own rules say that isn't required.
Thankfully I don't have to resort to such tactics but I wouldn't blame Gen Z men for gaming the system however they can.
It’s worth a try because I agree with you that the system is rigged, but it needs to be said: the rules are not fixed in stone, nor are they accurately articulated. They’ll claim the rule is, “we accept everyone” but I suspect the actual rule is, “fuck white men” and if they realize that’s what you are, I doubt they’ll stick to their stated rule on principle.
So, at the very least you might have to trans it up for the first round of interviews.
Yeah, I agree with you that it's not a sure thing by any stretch.
Unfortunately you're playing their game for personal benefit. You're lying for money.