My boss prefers hiring people with kids. He thinks it means they're more stable and less likely to leave a job.
Less likely to quit a crappy job.
Doesn't matter that we took him off that boat, Shepherd, it's the place he's going to live from now on.
Mal ,'Bushwhacked'
Natter 36: But We Digress...
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Cashmere - Jun 29, 2005 12:38:35 pm PDT #5630 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
JenP - Jun 29, 2005 12:42:24 pm PDT #5631 of 10001
Adding doors on bathroom stalls in school to the list of things I never even knew I should be grateful for. Wow.
JohnSweden - Jun 29, 2005 12:44:34 pm PDT #5632 of 10001
I can't even.
My boss prefers hiring people with kids. He thinks it means they're more stable and less likely to leave a job.
A friend of my father's once told me after I was married and had a mortgage that I was only having a kid away from him considering that he might hire me. He ran a small industrial refridgeration and air-conditioning company, and I'm an English major, but sure, I guess that was a snub.
Topic!Cindy - Jun 29, 2005 12:51:15 pm PDT #5633 of 10001
What is even happening?
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Topic!Cindy - Jun 29, 2005 12:52:29 pm PDT #5634 of 10001
What is even happening?
My boss prefers hiring people with kids. He thinks it means they're more stable and less likely to leave a job.
Does he hire female people?
Wolfram - Jun 29, 2005 12:52:50 pm PDT #5635 of 10001
Visilurking
Less likely to quit a crappy job.
Exactly. Did I mention I'm looking for a new job?
Wolfram - Jun 29, 2005 12:53:35 pm PDT #5636 of 10001
Visilurking
Does he hire female people?
Yup. But they never last. Because he's an ass.
Topic!Cindy - Jun 29, 2005 12:57:16 pm PDT #5637 of 10001
What is even happening?
I only asked, because I've heard that theory before, of hiring "family types" because they're more stable. In a two parent family that includes children, if both spouses are working, one or the other (or a rotating combo of both) is staying home with sick kids, etc. And it seems to me that the so-called pro-family bosses, are the ones with the least patience for, "Yes, I was out with Ben's strep throat this week, but Julia has it this week," realities of "stability".
DavidS - Jun 29, 2005 12:57:49 pm PDT #5638 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I not only sounds out the entire WTF, it has a trace of annoyance and I hit the "F" hard.
I always love freaking out new male co-workers by telling them about the couch in the ladies room. They don't have one theirs. Between that, and the fancy lounges in department store ladies rooms, I think that women have it pretty good, bathroom-wise.
Wolfram - Jun 29, 2005 12:59:03 pm PDT #5639 of 10001
Visilurking
And it seems to me that the so-called pro-family bosses, are the ones with the least patience for, "Yes, I was out with Ben's strep throat this week, but Julia has it this week," realities of "stability".
Bingo. It doesn't help that he's a confirmed bachelor with few personal responsibilities.