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Re:Surveillance company harassed female employees using its ... by bsder on Tuesday October 27, 2020 @05:59PM (#24912441)
> I asked our VP Engineering if she was a fit. He replied "Did you see the guys around her? If I hired her, we'd get nothing done around here!" I was appalled.

Erm, I actually don't think that's an undue assessment necessarily if the guys really were acting like idiots. Hiring a female employee into that atmosphere would be suicidal. And the candidate is lucky she doesn't work there.

The problem is the VP of Engineering not trying to fix his employees acting like jerks around a female candidate. Eventually that's going to bite the company in the ass.

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Re:Surveillance company harassed female employees using its ... by JoeAltmaier on Wednesday October 28, 2020 @12:33PM (#24920801)
That startup could have been sunk if she had heard his rationalization. Illegal discrimination.

Its time to stop excusing guys and blaming the women.

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