Reverse discrimination

[cathou]

What do you think of that situation :

I just finish a diploma to be an IT technician. In the company I work for, there was a opening for that, so I apply. We were two that asked for the job, and I got it. Last week I was moving my stuff to my new desk and the guy that I was in competition for the job with told me: "it's just because you're a girl, otherwise I would had the job".

My first reaction was to think, ok he's pissed off because I get the job, but after talking a bit with my coworkers and my boss, it turns out that he was right. I've got the knowledge to get that job and my boss tell me he's sure that I will be good at it, but the other guy have more experience than me, and the final decision was indeed make to put a girl in the IT department because there was none before, and that they wanted to show that they promote diversity in all the company departments.

Now I'm a bit furious because I don't know if my coworkers think i'm a good tech or if I'm just that girl that get the job because I'm a girl.

Do you think it's acceptable to use gender or race to determine who will get a job between two persons roughly equal otherwise ?

 

[Fayathon]

It's bunk, but it's how the world works.

Personally I could never run a company because all of my hiring would be based on aptitude with no bonuses for race/sex/whatever the fuck else is needed for "equal opportunities". I'd get in all sorts of shit from Affirmative Action because I don't believe that judging someone based on anything other than ability and willingness to do the job is acceptable.

But like I said, it's how the world works, not how it should work, and honestly I think it's shit.

 

[Smooth Operator]

Ideally we should all be treated equally, but the real world is never ideal.
Sometimes you get a lucky break and sometimes others do, take what you can and find your way.

And if you do a good job noone will have a reason to point fingers, not that this ever stopped anyone