Employment discrimination question - is this legal?

[MrPrena]

It is not just non-vet, but company quietly filters out people by marital status, age, ethnic/nationality, previous work, etc.

why is it not illegal? Let's see some example.

ethnic/nationality-
EXAMPLE (MADE UP)
ba&f, D@imler,B@ayer - "person who can speak German fluently. who can understand slang, and business and engineering terminology"
&@msung- "person who can speak Korean fluently, incl. business and engineering, telecomm terminology"
Ren@ult- same shit
NTT D0c0m0- same
&ant@nder- same

Age-
"Oh, you speak French fluently? How many years did you study French? Your accent sounds like you learned it from France"
After telling the interviewer how many years they live in France as a brag.
"How long have you speak English?"

You just gave out the estimate age


marital status-
Ring, get suckered in by talking about kid from looking at interviewer's family photo with special occasions.


Some companies asks illegal questions directly. Age. One of the most odd question was
"We require our employees to take the clients out to dinner/drinks. What is your tolerance level on drinking?"

After I got the job there, I drank so much that I had more than 10 gout attack.....

[jerrymrc]

One more thing for those that may not understand the system. Jobs have to be listed but almost everything that has a short window IE 7 days or less is going to be a promotion and a "Hire by name".

When I got my promotion a few years ago my new job had to be listed and was a VRA but it was a "Hire by name" and was closed a few days after it opened. So although you may see a job listed it may not be available. One needs to be able to read between the lines when it comes to .gov jobs.

[USMC_5-Echo]

So here is a question; I got a Secret clearance in the Corps, does it never go away, and you always have it? Or do I need to do something to maintain it?

Unless you got out of the Corps in the last couple of years it has expired. You have to certify that you are still doing a job that requires the clearance every couple of years. If I remember correctly I believe the TS is every 5 years and a Secret is 10 years, but I've had to renew my Secret several times over the last 6 for my current job.

[Great-Kazoo]

One more thing for those that may not understand the system. Jobs have to be listed but almost everything that has a short window IE 7 days or less is going to be a promotion and a "Hire by name".

When I got my promotion a few years ago my new job had to be listed and was a VRA but it was a "Hire by name" and was closed a few days after it opened. So although you may see a job listed it may not be available. One needs to be able to read between the lines when it comes to .gov jobs.

Correct, job position has been written for a person or persons , that dept would like. They have to do transfer, or open enrollment before they can hire the person already slated to fill that job. Advertising a job is merely a formality to CYA with EEOC, HR and anyone else who has an axe to grind.

[tmleadr03]

Unless you got out of the Corps in the last couple of years it has expired. You have to certify that you are still doing a job that requires the clearance every couple of years. If I remember correctly I believe the TS is every 5 years and a Secret is 10 years, but I've had to renew my Secret several times over the last 6 for my current job.

Yup. At one point I had a Yankee White clearance. No longer. Probably for the best.

[stevelkinevil]

I am completely OK with this, and having not read the whole thread (don't judge I have s**t to do) I can only imagine the OP was being facetious.

[MED]

I run into this a lot with Digital Security/Information Assurance jobs. On one hand I am disappointed, but on the other I respect the sacrifice that vets made so I don't get upset about it.

[Dave_L]

I am sure you will disagree with this but I am all for it. For those that have given service to this country and sacrificed so much.. preferential treatement is justified. While they are in the service, they are under paid, often disrespected, work hours that most civilians can't imagine, many times [when they are 'off'] either have a crappy bed or no bed, are away from home for months with little to no communication in many cases, and generally are working in the ovens, freezers or any other hell holes of this world. These are not even necessarily the guys on the front lines being shot at, blown up, deep under water, flying high on dangerous missions or in some cases are behind enemy lines.

Ya.... Do your time, get out.... You should get head of the line privledges for protecting all of us so there is a job to be worked.

If you served and are reading this..... Simply, Thank you.

If you don't like it... Join up. Nobody is stopping you.

^This. Anyone can go serve and get this "preferential" treatment.

[Ronin13]

Considering that veterans' unemployment rates are usually much higher than everyone else- I have no issues with this.

[kfd82]

^This. Anyone can go serve and get this "preferential" treatment.

Not true.