reasonable request- job posting
Nov 27th 2014 | 2:01 am
#16
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Nov 27th 2014 | 2:05 am
#18
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Re: reasonable request- job posting
the notice board is in my office. I have already been consigned to the basement next to the dark room where noone can find my office without a gps unit.
it used to be a store cupboard
it used to be a store cupboard
Nov 27th 2014 | 2:11 am
#19
Slob
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Re: reasonable request- job posting
Sounds delightful. Presumably you finish the day blinking like a pit pony when you emerge from the building?
Nov 27th 2014 | 2:59 am
#20
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Re: reasonable request- job posting
something like that. I do actually have a window. it is designated as our 'alternate exit"
it has bars on it.
it has bars on it.
Nov 27th 2014 | 3:04 am
#21
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From: Sarnia, Ontario
Re: reasonable request- job posting
Zoe, your office sounds like Mulder's in the "X-Files". Hope you do something secretive and exciting down there. Funny poster by the way.
Nov 27th 2014 | 3:11 am
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Nov 27th 2014 | 4:31 am
#24
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Re: reasonable request- job posting
It depends on the role. If it were to do accounts, then being vegetarian is irrelevant. But if it's any kind of marketing or sales, then being vegetarian gives better insight and adds to credibility. I imagine that this is common in the charity sector.
Nov 27th 2014 | 4:56 am
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Re: reasonable request- job posting
I just happen to be browsing the latest job offering on Charity Village.
One caught my eye. an events coordinator for the Toronto Vegetarian Association.
As well as the usual list of requirements for the job, this one got me thinking
Must follow a vegetarian diet (free of meat, fish and poultry or the flesh of any animal).
Now I can accept that you are organising events that are for vegetarians and that serving up a steak would probably be considered quite tactless. I can even accept that you wouldn't be able to bring your ham sarnies into work, but insisting that you are a total vegetarian?
What would they do if they catch you eating bacon on your day off? fire you?
One caught my eye. an events coordinator for the Toronto Vegetarian Association.
As well as the usual list of requirements for the job, this one got me thinking
Must follow a vegetarian diet (free of meat, fish and poultry or the flesh of any animal).
Now I can accept that you are organising events that are for vegetarians and that serving up a steak would probably be considered quite tactless. I can even accept that you wouldn't be able to bring your ham sarnies into work, but insisting that you are a total vegetarian?
What would they do if they catch you eating bacon on your day off? fire you?
One can discriminate if it would cause financial hardship on the company or is necessary requirement to do the job, such as a job requiring heavy lifting and the applicant could not lift due to a disability.
Nov 27th 2014 | 5:11 am
#26
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Re: reasonable request- job posting
Would they insist on non leather clothing and purses etc? The shame of being seen with a non leather handbag
Nov 27th 2014 | 5:14 am
#27
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From: St. John's, Newfoundland
Re: reasonable request- job posting
Sounds like a job interview one should wear one's sealskin hat and boots for.
Nov 27th 2014 | 5:43 am
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Re: reasonable request- job posting
What about one's personal integrity. You would probably need to lie to get the job. I think that's a fireable offence in itself. It would be the same as working in say, an accounting role when on your application you "ticked" no to the question "have you ever been convicted of a criminal offence" when, in fact you had.
Totally different scenarios. They can ask that you not have a criminal record for bonding purposes, etc. But to insist that someone be vegetarian or vegan? There is no justification for that and it would never stand up in court.
Nov 27th 2014 | 5:56 am
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From: A Briton, married to a Canadian, now in Fredericton.
Re: reasonable request- job posting
It's slightly different, but Weight Watchers here were looking for a receptionist and they had an add that said applicants should have a healthy BMI and I wondered if they could get away with that?
