Report Shows Resumes with They/Them Pronouns More Likely to be Passed Over
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March 10, 2023Yeah, so. . . here in Reality, this headline is a no-brainer. There may not be hard data to back it up, but I think we can all reasonably conclude that someone who not only uses they/them pronouns, but also insists you know that before you ever even meet them, is probably a person whom HR is going to get to know really, REALLY well. And not for good reasons.
The report in question, which was released by Business.com, begins, “Today, approximately 1.2 million LGBTQ+ adults in the United States identify as nonbinary in terms of gender. Most of these individuals are under 30 years old, which means many are embarking on their professional careers” (emphasis added).
The writer’s already hit on like, half the point here, but he remains blissfully unaware of that fact as he goes on to describe and lament the blatant bias that the LGBTQ community faces in the workplace.
Look, let me make something clear: Discrimination based on characteristics over which you have no control is wrong. I obviously include sexual orientation among said characteristics; I’m even happy to include transgenderism. Grown ass adults being who they be is just life, and that’s fine.
What’s NOT a protected characteristic is how big of a pain in the ass you are to management. And starting off with nontraditional pronouns (again, BEFORE EVEN BEING INVITED FOR AN INTERVIEW!) is like the aura before a migraine. You’re immediately branding yourself as someone who will feel discriminated against if people are weird or even just forgetful about an identity that is brand-new to society– not to mention one whose demographics may very well represent a generational fad more than an actual fact of life.
Most of society is used to there being men and women, full stop. We could go back and forth all day about whether that’s a good or bad thing, right or wrong, fine or in need of change, but none of that affects this particular question. When you’re applying for a job, your entire goal is to demonstrate that you will provide more value to the company than it will cost them to employ you. You could have every qualification an employer could dream of, but if they think you might pose a heightened risk for a lawsuit? Game over. Get over it.
I hope, with time and life experience, these young people will come to understand this. It’s a harsh yet inevitable truth that you will only be valued in society according to the value you bring. All this progressive hokum about people “deserving” the world is only setting kids up for despair. You get back what you put out. That’s the way it was, is now, and forever shall be.
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Dealing with frivolous HR complaints is expensive for a company, even when legal settlements aren’t involved. Investigations, time dealing with it, loss of work time for the employees involved in the complaint (both sides,) friction in the workplace and lost production due to it as a result of the complaints, HR employees having to draft nonsense policies to appease the whiners and then deal with the complaints about those….etc., etc., etc. I can’t blame hiring managers for wanting to cut back on the drama before it can even enter the building. Sorry kiddos, this is the real world.
Yes, some complaints are legit (there are always at least some legit harassments, etc. issues out there,) but the total of those is a fraction of the complaints about racism/sexism/harassment/-phobic/etc. issues that only exist in the minds of the complainant (or are outright false.) HR is like a military Drill Sergeant….if they know your name shortly after you arrive, it’s probably NOT a good thing!
I saw a meme the other day that said, “I identify as Badass. My pronouns are try/me.
That’s my new favorite response to these lunatics.
“Discrimination based on characteristics over which you have no control is wrong. I obviously include sexual orientation among said characteristics; I’m even happy to include transgenderism.”
Too much of our modern world has forgotten the difference between things you do and things you are.
Sexuality requires interaction with the world and transgenderism at least requires an assertion about what you are versus what is observable without your own actions.
The acceptance of this blurring of the two is why we are losing ground rapidly.
Yep, I always knew there would be those who are beyond confused out there, but I also hoped they would not use my tax money to support it, but they are.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/03/03/smithsonian-planning-include-trans-women-upcoming-museum-american-women/
Both my wife and I are in HR. As a group, human resources is a pretty conservative group when it comes to hiring strangers with social justice notations on their resume. Even my far-left-leaning spouse rejects “woke” applications. Employees with an agenda historically become our problem children. We don’t have to wait long after completing their I-9 and orientation brief to regret offering them a job.
If I’m reading something, or hearing someone speak, and they have to tell me their pronouns, I tend to shut down.
What I don’t understand is why they need to tell me the pronouns of their language, but then proceed to use English pronouns when speaking.
If they identify as “they/them” would they be taking separate vacations or all go at once?
A coworker once told me about what happened at a previous employer. A man had interviewed for a job, wearing a normal business suit. He was hired. On his first day of work he showed up wearing a dress. Bet that caused a lot of confusion in the workplace.
From what I heard yesterday, it was only an 8% difference. So while it is nice to think there are people out there not bowing to the crazy, it isn’t that many.
A better question is are they not bowing to the crazy or are they recognizing that these people are very poorly educated in the grammar of the English language and should never be hired for anything.
I think it is recognizing “the crazy” is going to be a huge HR nightmare for years to come.
>Grown ass adults being who they be is just life, and that’s fine.
You just lost the argument with that.