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ZombieHorde

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1. I have a friend who used to hire people for restraunt jobs.

Reply to tridim (Original post)

Sat Jan 21, 2012, 06:28 PM

Jan 2012

He told me he wouldn't hire people who were too smart or too educated because they would leave at the first opportunity. He said the best employee was the one who was just smart enough to do the job.

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Blue collar job discrimination. Is this common? [View all] tridim Jan 2012 OP

I have a friend who used to hire people for restraunt jobs. ZombieHorde Jan 2012 #1

I've been told that dozens of times by potential employers. tridim Jan 2012 #2

Can you honestly say that you would stay at the survey job kelly1mm Jan 2012 #4

Absolutely, it's a good paying job with great benefits. tridim Jan 2012 #6

Agreed alcibiades_mystery Jan 2012 #16

The biggest discrimination I've run into is being "over-qualified". HopeHoops Jan 2012 #3

There are costs and hassles with hiring employees and having employees leave. kelly1mm Jan 2012 #5

I can walk into pretty much any job and do it within a few hours. HopeHoops Jan 2012 #9

Sometimes companies don't want to hire people "too smart" for the job... TheWraith Jan 2012 #7

Precisely. It's discrimination. tridim Jan 2012 #8

The third is that the boss is worried about their own job. xmas74 Jan 2012 #11

I have been laid off many times from a job in a steel mill represented by doc03 Jan 2012 #10

Many want a malleable starter. Not some we did it this way. WingDinger Jan 2012 #12

Again, textbook discrimination. tridim Jan 2012 #13

Even when a job is listed as requiring "no experience" ... surrealAmerican Jan 2012 #14

There's nothing wrong with that. tridim Jan 2012 #18

Having a set of criteria for what makes a successful worker alcibiades_mystery Jan 2012 #15

He hired my brother, who had no "outdoor" experience short of being a caddy one summer. tridim Jan 2012 #17