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0 pointsAmadou12y ago0 comments

The bias goes like this:

If a man is married with kids - then he's got more commitment to work because he's got the responsibility of a family depending on his income.

If a woman is married with kids - the she's got less commitment to work because she's got the responsibility for the well-being of a family depending on her attention.

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pseut12y ago· 1 in thread

It's not just that, but more about why the applicant thinks that "married with kids" is important information on his or her resume. Why does he or she want to broadcast that fact (especially given that, in the US at least, it's illegal to ask a job applicant if he or she is married and has kids because of the possibility of exactly this discrimination)?

But, of course, if the applicant is qualified I should try to figure out why in the job interview, not by projecting some made up story on the resume.

Spooky2312y ago

I drop that sometimes as a invitation to discriminate when I don't know alot about the organization.

If you're going to be giving me dirty looks for working less than 50 hours, have an unspoken mandatory happy hour attendance policy, 24x7 oncall, etc, I don't want to waste the time of both parties by interviewing with you.

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