Mentioning children at interview

Tenyearstogo

capeverde wrote: »

absolutely not, that would be wrong, but the fewer women the better.One week every month theyre in a good mood as god got most of your periods reversed and then you might decide to have a few kids and expect me to keep your job open answering the phone!! thankfully the retraining isnt that challenging x

What does that mean?

Poppy9

capeverde wrote: »

I appreciate its different in the public sector where waste is justified as it provides employment to more of societies weak and useless.

Tell that to the doctor, nurse, paramedic treating you one day. I'm sure they will be thrilled to be told how inferior, weak and useless they are to you ! You are lucky that they are professionals else I'm sure they would recommend a few extra tests for you without any pain relieving drugs!

gwen80

Quizzical_Squirrel wrote: »

I know women who have gone for a bikini wax before interviews so that they feel good about themselves with no reserves! I think it's beyond a self-esteem boost for confidence, I think it's so that there's no 'fault'.

So many women think that their whole personality, their whole self, is up for judgement at an interview and they have to make themselves as likeable and perfect as possible.

That's why she's worried about 'looking normal'. She wants approval for the whole package not just her skill.

This is very interesting. I've never known anyone like this before, but it does make sense with my friend. This could explain why she wants them to know about her child, how can they approve of her totally if they aren't aware of everything? Interesting.

Valli

Tenyearstogo wrote: »

What does that mean?

It means the poster who has popped up to troll the thread is a misogynistic piece of work.

ILW

Poppy9 wrote: »

Tell that to the doctor, nurse, paramedic treating you one day. I'm sure they will be thrilled to be told how inferior, weak and useless they are to you ! You are lucky that they are professionals else I'm sure they would recommend a few extra tests for you without any pain relieving drugs!

Doctors tend to be self employed.

ntb1

If she brought up the children voluntarily I'd be worried there's big issues. Best not to mention it as not applicable to the job.

duchy

capeverde wrote: »

Of course they can and whilst I may ask these questions they wouldnt be the deciding factor in my choice. One of the biggest things for me, as we offer ongoing training is my perception of their ability to fit in with my current employees. Attitude and flexibility I also rate highly. I have both single and married people work for me.

Definite troll - No-one employing at the moment could be that uninformed about their legal obligations and the risk they'd be taking asking questions like that.

duchy

capeverde wrote: »

Youre talking nonsense. If a one armed man walked in should I where a blindfold beforehand?

You might need a dictionary rather than a blindfold.....It is "wear" not "where".

Georgiegirl256

duchy wrote: »

You might need a dictionary rather than a blindfold.....It is "wear" not "where".

Lol! Exactly what I said, but he's all me me me that it appeared to go right over his head!

capeverde

It didnt go right over my head at all, but what do you want me to say because I made a typo in an online debate near midnight. Im still waiting for you to back up your claims that its against the law to ask a persons marital status and if they have children during an interview.

On another point everyone is attacking my common sense approach and calling me a a terrible boss / idiot / child / troll because of my point of view. Does it really upset you that much?

I have stated that I and many others will factually discriminate during interview. I admitted that single parents would struggle getting a position with me because of child care issues. Unless they have very solid back up I cannot take that risk. For example our local primary doesn't have an after school club so what happens here, we live in a rural area. Then we have the numerous holidays. There are that many options available I would always choose a person in a relationship where one of the parties didnt work, assuming a similar skills level.

The other comment I made was about disabled people, I said it would depend on the disability, which I would have thought is obvious.

I would also add religious discrimination. I have first hand experience in as much as a person came for a job with dreadlocks. I informed him as he would be meeting customers on occasion I wasnt willing to compromise my rules on appearance and I would happily employ him if he got his hair cut. He wouldnt as he said it was part of his religion so that was the end of that. I would also include here facial piercings, visible tattoos etc. I dont want that and nor do many of my customers. Its hard enough building a companies image without it being harmed by some feral youths latest fad.