EDIT: I’ve got enough of the recorded meeting in a video, and I have screenshots of the comments from the senior engineer, which is actually the most important part. I will likely be chatting with an attorney today.
...
In the meeting, the head of HR (a White female) said, “We get a lot of applicants for our jobs, and they all look the same - you know what I mean. ... As of now we will be pausing the hiring of non POC until we find applicants who fit the racial mix we want in the company.”
Now here’s the crucial part. A leading engineer posed a question through the meeting chat. He asked for clarification on this since it’s difficult to find qualified candidates. The HR gal verbally responded that yes they’d delay hiring Whites In favor of POCs.
And the engineer then asked for further clarification stating that this means we’re effectively not hiring White people since a company has a short window within which to hire a good candidates (meaning they’ll get snapped up by another firm).
HR gal did not respond to this as I think it treads on illegality.
Can anyone confirm this? Also, what can I do about this? As I said the meeting was recorded.
view the rest of the comments →
[–] dummythicc 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
For being in the same situation I'll give you some advice.
First things first, make sure your company knows that your the type of guy that doesn't take shit or blame for something they didn't do, this is a double sided sword however and you always own up to your own mistakes without being forced to.
Secondly make damn sure that any form of "teaching" or "training" wording is not on your resume. That is not the same getting a new coworker up to speed on how your company does stuff. This is being forced to take a jr. employee and basically train them how to do their job.
I had that happen to me twice now, they hire some fucking moron who should have never stepped foot in there and they try and plop them off on me. I instantly go to my higher up and utterly refuse to work with the fucking idiot. I tell them flat out to pull up my contract and show me where it says "teaching". And follow up that with if I wanted a teaching job I would have gone that route. Make it very, very fucking clear your not going to do it and they are going to have to fire you if they have a problem with it.
How did that work out? One place removed the jr. employee and dumped him on someone else. The other place had a problem with it, tried to keep pushing but I never backed down, ever. Long story short they ended up fired me for bullshit reasons. They knew it, I knew it, but they essentially paid me off to go away. Funny thing was I was about a week away from quitting having made the final round of interviews somewhere else.
[–] Secret555 ago
Thanks for the response. I do believe the idea of training in the workplace has gone askew. Yes, being a co-worker with a little more seniority does not necessitate the need to be a trainer. Especially when there is no financial benefit. Also, insubordination is something I am quite accustomed to having been in the military. The disdain and utter insurbordinate attitude of the younger generation is utterly offensive.
Like I replied to another user I have moved on. I now work on a strong team of independent workers who assume responsibility to ensure their employment. I might be a little old school in nature but I would have it no other way. We live in a perpetual clownworld and I will just have to adapt. As always and forever until I depart.