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 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.