Facebook removed post by ex-manager who said site 'failed' black people

Re:Facebook removed post by ex-manager who said site 'failed... by busterarm on Thursday December 06, 2018 @10:38AM (#18618882)

I have unfortunately twice been involved in hiring decisions where we had interviewed very qualified black engineers who were good culture/team fits, but the company decided to go with a different candidate because someone else on the team 'got along with that other candidate better'. Both times that other candidate didn't work out (like, they were straight up terrible people to work with). It's frustrating and I can't imagine how frustrating it is on the other side of the table.

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Re:Facebook removed post by ex-manager who said site 'failed... by denverkarma on Thursday December 06, 2018 @10:54AM (#18619047)

Unfortunately it cuts both ways. I’ve been in hiring meetings where people from underrepresented backgrounds applied but really didn’t have the required skills, they got hired anyway because the company wanted to feel good about hiring diversity, and then the people really struggled down the line - in one case the person got fired, in another case quit.

I don’t know how we get there but we eventually need to just get over skin color. When we interact with other people we generally don’t even notice or think about what color eyes or what their nose shape is. We should be able to get to that point regarding all aspects of physical appearance.

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Re:Facebook removed post by ex-manager who said site 'failed... by busterarm on Thursday December 06, 2018 @01:02PM (#18620426)

I can't help but read your post as intentionally inflammatory and honestly it's a bit hard to respond to, but yes I did discover in one of the instances that my boss at the time was a bit of a bigot.

That boss also didn't stay my boss either.

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