| Comment | I think any decent employer these days would recognise the value of diversity in a workplace. I've always been very wary of the modern 'techbro'-type companies that seem to insist on you fitting into their stereotype (which in practice often means very restrictive working practices) rather than the idea that people can bring more than just what's in the job spec. I've applied for jobs at companies and removed my application just on the basis their recruitment process is poor and I don't want to work with the kind of people its biased towards.
Some areas of work are going to be inherently biased towards a certain age/gender profile, but a company that is uniformly that profile should be viewed with suspicion.
Also, in my experience, the mother returning to work after the 10-year childrearing gap, or the burnt out accountant wanting to do something different, are far and away the most driven employees, because they've figured out what they want to do.
But fundamentally, if 2 people have the same relevant skills on paper but want very different salaries? Yeah, that's only going to go one way. |
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