Re:Are you a 'cultural fit' for your job? Machines can now tell
by tombert on Monday March 02, 2020 @11:06PM
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So a glorified facebook quiz is going to tell me if I’ll be a good fit?
I’d say that the likelihood that employers use this to justify racism or sexism (consciously or otherwise) is nearly 100%.
In fairness, the article does address the potentially of monoculture, but I feel like this isn’t going to work out for employers in the way that they hope; in small doses and properly managed, a toxic but talented person can be good for a team.
One of the most talented engineers I’ve worked with for the stereotypical mold of the “hyper-productive douchebag”. He definitely brought the team down somewhat, but I also learned a ton of useful things from him that I probably otherwise wouldn’t have, and the same can be said for the rest of the team I was on. This guy was eventually fired because of his toxicity, and while I understand why my manager did it, I can’t help but feel that the team lost something that day.
These systems probably do a decent job ensuring that you don’t hire jerks, but I don’t know that that is always going to work out in the company’s favor.
I’d say that the likelihood that employers use this to justify racism or sexism (consciously or otherwise) is nearly 100%.
In fairness, the article does address the potentially of monoculture, but I feel like this isn’t going to work out for employers in the way that they hope; in small doses and properly managed, a toxic but talented person can be good for a team.
One of the most talented engineers I’ve worked with for the stereotypical mold of the “hyper-productive douchebag”. He definitely brought the team down somewhat, but I also learned a ton of useful things from him that I probably otherwise wouldn’t have, and the same can be said for the rest of the team I was on. This guy was eventually fired because of his toxicity, and while I understand why my manager did it, I can’t help but feel that the team lost something that day.
These systems probably do a decent job ensuring that you don’t hire jerks, but I don’t know that that is always going to work out in the company’s favor.