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She had interviewed and met both remotely and in person, this guy was merely an HR drone confirming her documentation. I was a little bent when she told me he had asked her to remove her blur filter "to have a look at her working environment, make sure it's not cluttered" (something along those lines). No one else at this company requested such. Was he way out of line?

I should note, this is my PC in our living room and not where she will be working from. And this guy wants a look around our home?! Told my wife to bring this up once she's settled in, ask HR if this is policy. She started today!

She thinks it's a racism thing. I'm not so sure, but I don't have any other explanation.

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[-] zcd@lemmy.ca 22 points 4 months ago
[-] Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone 22 points 4 months ago
[-] zcd@lemmy.ca 13 points 4 months ago
[-] Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 4 months ago

I initially read it as someone saying 'Arab' in a stereotypical Southern drawl, and I was confused.

[-] sudo_shinespark@lemmy.world 14 points 4 months ago

I don’t know if they’re all bastards, but HR is absolutely not your friend. Human Resources <> protections for employees. Instead, Human Resources = protection for the company

[-] bizarroland@fedia.io 10 points 4 months ago

Technically anything that is a "resource" for a company is something that is meant to be exploited for profit.

[-] Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 4 months ago

I don’t know if they’re all bastards

As it's not likely that all people who work in HR have unmarried parents, it's probably less literal language that labels them as belonging to a group of people who would harm you if it suited their interests.

All the HR people I've known who were not like that eventually left their job, because what they were asked to do went beyond their moral boundaries. Leaving HR to be the ones who were, indeed, those who didn't feel such qualms.

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