The FAA’s Hiring Scandal

Post by cratermoon » Wed, Feb 05, 2025, 10:17 PM UTC

s3r3nity wrote: post #199

cratermoon wrote: post #121

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> So nepotism + networking = bad, but meritocracy also = bad...? The downsides of meritocracy invalidate the almost idolatrous worship of the idea seen in the tech field. Tolstoy wrote “It is principally through this false idea of inequality, and the intoxication of power and of servility resulting from it, that men associated in a state organization are enabled to commit acts opposed to their conscience without the…

Biggest issue with Democrats is learning that "People are born with different abilities." Biggest issue with Republicans is learning that "People are born with different abilities."

Post by teractiveodular » Wed, Feb 05, 2025, 10:29 PM UTC

scott_w wrote: post #352

teractiveodular wrote: post #347

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It's not performative outrage, it's a statement of fact. You didn't merely widen the net, you spearfished candidates of the right race and ignored those of the wrong ones. Regardless of your intentions, how is that not racist?

> Just for clarity, this was for a publicly posted job position, so non-target candidates were able to, and did, put in applications. They were assessed the same way target candidates were. Try again.

Post by macrocosmos » Wed, Feb 05, 2025, 10:31 PM UTC

ryandrake wrote: post #350

rdtsc wrote: post #341

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> Just looking at the Meta article: The article cites "pressure from conservative critics and customers" as the reason, not financial performance. The Meta representative was quoted pointing to "legal and policy landscape" changes. Nothing about if or how the initiative affected the company's bottom line. Of course they won't say it doesn't work. They'll cite external pressure or other reason. But they get pressure f…

If the real reason these companies dropped the policies was that they were unprofitable, and their bottom lines showed it, then why did they wait until exactly November 2024 to all drop them at once? Surely they could have discovered this many quarters ago. Did the policies just suddenly become unprofitable right as the next political administration was decided? Why would company directors across entire industries ju…

Post by DamnYuppie » Wed, Feb 05, 2025, 10:33 PM UTC

vichle wrote: post #384

There's a very high amount of political topics lately, and it's very uninteresting to non-US readers. Please stop.

Post by ImJamal » Wed, Feb 05, 2025, 10:42 PM UTC

tremon wrote: post #349

ImJamal wrote: post #297

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If I deliberately hire whites more than other races nobody would deny that is discrimination. If I deliberately hire more minorities than whites, that is not discrimination?

If your candidate pool is 80% white and you hire 25% minorities, is that discrimination? I have seen people argue (rabidly!) both ways on that question.