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Re: Health IQ Careers

#21

Post by paulddraper »

DamonHD wrote: post #2

Should think that "Only fit able-bodied should apply" is simply illegal in many jurisdictions. Would medically-overweight wheelchair-bound black gays be rejected and on which grounds? At least one or two might prevent them entering the "wall sit time" competition... None should be relevant factors for hiring.

In the US, you cannot discriminate in hiring based on race, religion, sex, age (though IIRC you can discriminate against, if under 40), religion, disability, pregnancy, genetic info, or citizenship. https://www.eeoc.gov/laws/types/ Unless one of those is intrinsically necessary for the job function (e.g. actor, manual labor, military).

It's one thing to restrict sugar at the office, it's another if they actual hire for office jobs based on age, disability, or genetic testing.

Obesity, FYI, has not been classified as a disability. http://time.com/4883176/weight-discrimination-workplace-laws... https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=a2bcd2c9-9e60... In most of the US, "Must have BMI 18-24" is a legally permissable (albeit unwise) employment retirement.

Also "employer" in this context requires 15+ employees.

Re: Health IQ Careers

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Post by wyas »

First time I'm hearing of these guys, however I'm not sure where -- if anywhere -- it says that only fit able-bodied should apply. In fact, the words "fit" and "able" aren't even anywhere in the page. The title of this post is incredibly misleading.

The company seems to have a culture of being incredibly health conscious. I'm very health conscious myself, but yes, to be honest, their method turns me off. However, I'm sure there's people out there that share the culture and values of this startup, and would work well here.

This post just seems to be meant at instigating online fights.

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Post by jxub »

rainbowmverse wrote: post #20

Why does a life insurance salesperson need to be fit and able-bodied?

To avoid dying and taking advantage of some loophole in his life insurance, raking millions for his family and leaving the company bankrupt ;)

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Post by rainbowmverse »

wyas wrote: post #22

First time I'm hearing of these guys, however I'm not sure where -- if anywhere -- it says that only fit able-bodied should apply. In fact, the words "fit" and "able" aren't even anywhere in the page. The title of this post is incredibly misleading. The company seems to have a culture of being incredibly health conscious. I'm very health conscious myself, but yes, to be honest, their method turns me off. However, I'm…

Treadmill desks.

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#27

Post by IntronExon »

oh_sigh wrote: post #11

You can be disabled and still health conscious. Health consciousness is about maximizing your body's health potential - not sidestepping physical realities such as a disabilities. In fact I would say it is probably more important for disabled people to be health conscious than able bodied people - at least there are probably worse health outcomes for disabled people who are also not health conscious vs abled bodied p…

Can you be disabled and “able-bodied” though? I mean.. dis-abled... it suggests something else. Even if this is totally legal though, it’s still psychopathic levels of creepy and cultish.

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Post by [deleted] »

friendly_chap wrote: post #12

While I agree with the drive to stay healthy these dudes sounds like they are incredibly detached from reality. Candy will be thrown away? Dude, take it or leave it, no one is forcing you to eat crap in any office. Logging back to the computer at 8/9? Sure, man, that sounds extremely healthy.

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Re: Health IQ Careers

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Post by acrefoot »

oh_sigh wrote: post #11

You can be disabled and still health conscious. Health consciousness is about maximizing your body's health potential - not sidestepping physical realities such as a disabilities. In fact I would say it is probably more important for disabled people to be health conscious than able bodied people - at least there are probably worse health outcomes for disabled people who are also not health conscious vs abled bodied p…

Though I'm not sure I buy into their "winners have always won" hypothesis, I do find the "success by association" part interesting. This usually is discovered in the interview process, but how can it be better discovered in the screening stage?

Re: Health IQ Careers

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Post by wyas »

rainbowmverse wrote: post #26
wyas wrote: post #22

First time I'm hearing of these guys, however I'm not sure where -- if anywhere -- it says that only fit able-bodied should apply. In fact, the words "fit" and "able" aren't even anywhere in the page. The title of this post is incredibly misleading. The company seems to have a culture of being incredibly health conscious. I'm very health conscious myself, but yes, to be honest, their method turns me off. However, I'm…

Treadmill desks.

I'm sorry, I don't follow. They are just saying they have treadmill desks that you can use. Not that all desks are treadmill desks.

> Our conference room is made up of 4 treadmill desks that face each other so you can do a walking meeting while seeing a presentation, rain or shine.

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