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[–] 57 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (10 children)

Also see the recent "anti-DEI" backlash.

I tried to get hired at an "anti-DEI" company pre-pandemic, for an intern position. They asked my brother if I had "unexplainable" fits of rage that would lead to destroyed equipment and bitten coworkers. Then in the second round they asked if I knew how much is 2 + 2, in a joking manner. Finally they instead tried to hire those who actually cheated the entry tests (they had to be let go), they had the best luck with reeducating a Javascript dev into a Java one. All because they though all disability that isn't coming from amputation is "severe intellectual disability", because joke made at the expense of the intellectually disabled.

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  • [–] 21 points 1 year ago (8 children)

    And what was the severe intellectual disability that got you this treatment?

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  • [–] 40 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    Autism. Did not tell them, but they found out.

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  • [–] 19 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    I feel your pain, that absolutely sucks.

    But I also feel Schadenfreude for the company: refusing to hire a dev because they are autistic is just hilariously incompetent HR.

    If you exclude autists, ADHD, trans people and furries, the only thing that has a severe disability is your company's IT skills hahaha

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