Bitchin Dave's Newsletter - August 26th
Companies (large and small) tend to outsource their HR front end, relying on third parties to handle the voluminous applications that come into a job (in some cases it could literally be tens of thousands of applicants for a single job).
But these third parties may not be playing fair.
I read an article about a lawsuit against the "Workday company," who offer this service. The suit alleges that workday use some kind of automation (they refer to as AI, but I'm skeptical) to immediately (like within seconds) weed out candidates who the system determines are over 40 (based on years worked or degree dates or whatever).
The company defends itself by saying that it's legitimate automation and it's looking at skills and experience for a job, and the kicker is that since there's no human involved it can't be age discrimination!
And in today's world, who knows? They may be "correct" in that assessment.
But the bigger picture is that the companies that use these services (which is pretty much all of them) are complicit in their discriminatory hiring practices. The suit is about age, but the HR company builds their automation around what the hiring company wants, which may include other things beyond age. And because they're just a front end, it leaves the hiring company's "hands clean."
But that means that for the average person - especially an older worker looking for a job - it's literally impossible that any application they submit would EVER be considered.
The only real options to stand a chance are to network or use a headhunter. But then, of course, you have little control over the situation, or type of job that may be available. "The man" has control over all of it, and you have no choices.
Its all an elaborate illusion of work.
That's totally screwed up.
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I know people who would have taken less. Still, an amusing story. His nekkid butt was there for all to see...  |
It's always great to see our youth tackling problems that face us all. Fun, human interest stories that offer hope and tackle challenges are always worthwhile. Over three weeks, students formed teams and tackled pressing issues like carbon emissions, microplastics, e-waste, and heatwaves. The teams then turned their ideas into working prototypes under the mentorship of scientists, professors, and entrepreneurs at the institute. |
These are the kinds of stories that truly amuse me. There's a Disney+ show called "Win or Lose" that focuses on a fictitious baseball team called the pickles. But there's a real team in Portland called the pickles, and because Disney is selling merch with a pickles logo, the real baseball team sued for copyright infringement. They reached a settlement, and while we don't know the details, the outcome is dill-icious.  |
Yet another way we get screwed. Who needs to research and provide cures for things that can - and will - happen in the future? Who cares if everyone gets sick and dies? |
Da Vinci proposed a sort of screw as a propellor. And while theoretically it sounded interesting, no one was able to create one and test it. Until recently. Advancements in computers make it possible to build it in a simulated environment, and it can be created using more advanced printing techniques as a prototype. And so far the results are promising. Da Vinci may have been on to something. And was very much ahead of his time. |
Oh sure. The tool who holds another cabinet position unrelated to space or science was asked to *also* head up nasa because that's an easy job. And he just announces that there will be no more earth science conducted. Even though it's in their constitutionally mandated charter. I'm getting so tired of shining a light on the stupidity. Its insanity. |
Bonus: In his stupidity, the gov'na of Florida hates everything he considers woke. The definition varies a lot, but always includes anything in the LGBTQ space.
He and the legislature decided that there can be no rainbows displayed anywhere that he can control. (And I while I think he means related to pride, I suspect he's against rainbows because they signify happiness).
Anyway, outside the Pulse nightclub in Orlando (you know, where there was the shooting), there was a tribute added by the city: a rainbow crosswalk.
Dingleberry didn't like that and had his henchmen tell the city and club that it had to be removed.
They said no. He sent a team one night and just painted over it in black (like his soul).
But locals turned out to simply re-paint it. In broad daylight. With the media in tow.
He sent the team out again. And the locals repainted it again, only this time they saw that they were being watched... and of course within hours, the color was removed.
He and the legislature decided that there can be no rainbows displayed anywhere that he can control. (And I while I think he means related to pride, I suspect he's against rainbows because they signify happiness).
Anyway, outside the Pulse nightclub in Orlando (you know, where there was the shooting), there was a tribute added by the city: a rainbow crosswalk.
Dingleberry didn't like that and had his henchmen tell the city and club that it had to be removed.
They said no. He sent a team one night and just painted over it in black (like his soul).
But locals turned out to simply re-paint it. In broad daylight. With the media in tow.
He sent the team out again. And the locals repainted it again, only this time they saw that they were being watched... and of course within hours, the color was removed.
It remains a standoff of sorts, though the state probably has the upper hand. I'm sure he will start threatening people who defy him.
And here we are.
And here we are.
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