I have everything in friends only.. even friends list. I have a public twitter though. I see no reason why they should not hire a human being. We are all human and if they are clinging on to a 1950s view of Man then maybe I should not work there. I am quite professional and accomplished but I always speak from my heart.
My biggest gripe with HR is in their ability to understand transferrable skills. I may have x years and a masters degree in y but they are looking for y'.
I have faith that with my generation, politicians and businessmen alike will stop pretending they are "perfect" people. Then finally we can get past these old ideas of how everyone should exist.
That innocuous phrase "hire a human being" masks serious problems for a world without workplace privacy.
The modern world's move to capitalism from feudalism, circa 1800-1900 involved a move from dictators (feudal lords) who could demand anything from their vassals on a life-long basis to a world in which workers and professional entered into definite contracts with employers for limited purposes.
Capitalism, even according to its proponents, is an adversarial system. It's just hopefully a adversarial system to brings benefits to all concerned at the end of the day. But you don't get those benefits if you surrender in the middle of the day - "negotiate not and ye shall not receive..."
It's problematic if your employers has demanded to hire a "human being of their choice" rather than a human being who will competently accomplish a codified job in a competent manner.
Try the phrase "I don't see what's wrong an employer giving a human being a job evaluation" in contrast to "I expect to be evaluated based on my ability to accomplish a job" For a human being, "I didn't like their hair" might be legitimate as a complaint. But
Your employer is giving you something limited a wage. You owe them something limited too -
This is as much for the benefit of the employer as the employee. An employer who works according to objective criteria is going to accomplish their money-making tasks better than one that gives in to arbitrary criteria and demands. Sometimes it the employees who need to remind the employers of this.
My biggest gripe with HR is in their ability to understand transferrable skills. I may have x years and a masters degree in y but they are looking for y'.
I have faith that with my generation, politicians and businessmen alike will stop pretending they are "perfect" people. Then finally we can get past these old ideas of how everyone should exist.