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[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 58 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (10 children)

Also see the recent "anti-DEI" backlash.

I tried to get hired at an "anti-DEI" company pre-pandemic, for an intern position. They asked my brother if I had "unexplainable" fits of rage that would lead to destroyed equipment and bitten coworkers. Then in the second round they asked if I knew how much is 2 + 2, in a joking manner. Finally they instead tried to hire those who actually cheated the entry tests (they had to be let go), they had the best luck with reeducating a Javascript dev into a Java one. All because they though all disability that isn't coming from amputation is "severe intellectual disability", because joke made at the expense of the intellectually disabled.

[–] edinbruh@feddit.it 21 points 2 months ago (8 children)

And what was the severe intellectual disability that got you this treatment?

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 41 points 2 months ago (7 children)

Autism. Did not tell them, but they found out.

[–] F04118F@feddit.nl 20 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I feel your pain, that absolutely sucks.

But I also feel Schadenfreude for the company: refusing to hire a dev because they are autistic is just hilariously incompetent HR.

If you exclude autists, ADHD, trans people and furries, the only thing that has a severe disability is your company's IT skills hahaha

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 7 points 2 months ago

Make Computers Great Again

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