The lie of equality, diversity, and inclusion! 🤥

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Published: March 23, 2024

The Lie of Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion

We should probably stop pretending to care about diversity, inclusion, and "equality" when things like citizenship, gender, and even religion matter in our hiring processes... 🤥

I am wondering why a Danish shoe manufacturer (not even a sensitive domain like space or military) should consider the citizenship of a candidate for a "Technology Solution Architect" role.

From my experience in the past ~7 years, these things used to be common only among small startups, but these days, even large corporations and big brands openly ask such questions with no hesitation...

I still remember the times I was asked in a few interviews in this country (Denmark) about what my religion is, just because I come from Iran, and they wanted to make sure I am NOT a Muslim! Or my Danish colleague who kept telling me that I am not "as white as him" so that I am different! Or the one time that my contract was ended by the CTO of a startup during my probation period just because I reported my Danish colleague to HR, who one day during the lunchtime told me in the face that all people from the Middle East (knowing that I am from Iran) are low IQ stupids who have caused all problems in Europe, and we should all go back to our sh*tty countries! The CTO simply said: "I need that guy, so if he doesn't like you for whatever reason and you don't like his comments, you should leave now!"

& the list goes on and on...

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