She had interviewed and met both remotely and in person, this guy was merely an HR drone confirming her documentation. I was a little bent when she told me he had asked her to remove her blur filter “to have a look at her working environment, make sure it’s not cluttered” (something along those lines). No one else at this company requested such. Was he way out of line?
I should note, this is my PC in our living room and not where she will be working from. And this guy wants a look around our home?! Told my wife to bring this up once she’s settled in, ask HR if this is policy. She started today!
She thinks it’s a racism thing. I’m not so sure, but I don’t have any other explanation.
Ok, I have some.corporate insight here. One reason some of our clients have started to do this is because they have had instances where Indian talent companies have been interviewing with highly qualified candidates impersonating someone else. It’s a cool strategy because not everyone interviews well, even if they know their stuff. Unfortunately the bait and switch involves some “workers” that can barely work a mouse, much less do the job they were hired to do. So, because of this short sighted greed, now every candidate has to be visually verified, sometimes at random.
Some assholes ruined it for eveyone.
The post was about being asked to disable background blurring specifically.
Oops. Thanks for the heads up. I completely misread. That’s what I get for multi-tasking.
She had already met them in person and will be working in the office 3 days a week. I understand the concern, but this is not that.