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submitted 6 months ago by Stopthatgirl7@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

A Black man has filed an employment discrimination lawsuit against a hotel in Detroit, Michigan, alleging the hotel only offered him a job interview after he changed the name on his resume, according to a copy of the lawsuit obtained by CNN.

Dwight Jackson filed the lawsuit against the Shinola Hotel on July 3, alleging he was denied a job when he applied as “Dwight Jackson,” but later offered an interview when he changed his name to “John Jebrowski.”

The lawsuit alleges Jackson was denied a job in “violation of Michigan Elliott Larsen Civil Rights Act.”

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[-] DmMacniel@feddit.org 38 points 5 months ago

Also, we are always advertising that we are hiring so that we have a fresh set of resumes to choose from if we need someone immediately

So, you aren't hiring then.

[-] LordGimp@lemm.ee 27 points 5 months ago

Louder for the moron publicly outing his own scummy industry practices.

[-] DmMacniel@feddit.org 12 points 5 months ago
[-] UmeU@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Sir this is a Wendy’s, if you shout at the staff we will not hire you.

[-] UmeU@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

It’s called capitalism buddy, there are plenty of worse things to complain about then some small business trying to stay staffed up properly.

[-] LordGimp@lemm.ee 9 points 5 months ago
[-] UmeU@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

I will gladly shill for the sliver of small business left, against the mega corps who own everything else.

[-] LordGimp@lemm.ee 9 points 5 months ago

The problem is that this is a megacorp tactic designed to keep up with the massive turnover shit companies have. Mom and pop shops don't have this problem when they treat employees with even basic levels of respect.

[-] UmeU@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

We have very low turnover, and we are a small mom and pop. Part of the low turnover is being prepared for the occasional open position so that while we are looking for a real good hire, we aren’t burdening the existing staff with picking up the slack… we have a stack of applicants and can get a solid replacement immediately. We are transparent about the process with the applicants, I don’t see the problem.

[-] UmeU@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Correct, we advertise that we are hiring so that we have fresh resumes, and then when someone quits or gets fired, we call the resumes and hire someone. Most businesses do this.

[-] DmMacniel@feddit.org 13 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

And the prospect already got employed at a different business that had an open vacancy, congrats you've got NOTHING by hiring in advance and you also wasted the prospects time.

Just because there are other businesses that do this scummy tactic doesn't mean it's right or less scummy.

Also, hiring on advance because someone would quit or would be fired so you need to have a roster to replenish them, says A LOT about your business and its climate.

[-] daltotron@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

And the prospect already got employed at a different business that had an open vacancy, congrats you’ve got NOTHING by hiring in advance and you also wasted the prospects time.

no no, you see, it's ethical, because there's always a revolving door of unemployed people, who somehow don't have bad hygiene, and are always dressed appropriately, and this tactic works because they exist, and we're just doing them a service, really. don't ask questions as to why or how that revolving underclass of desperate unemployed people exist, that's not allowed.

[-] UmeU@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Having fresh resumes is a tactic that allows us to be more flexible with employee schedules. With a staff of 20 people, maybe two per year turn over. I don’t know what you mean about hiring in advance… We hire when we need someone and we have a good number of people to choose from, that way we aren’t stuck with hiring the first applicant that comes along, which inevitably causes more work for the rest of the employees when we don’t get a good hire.

We don’t have that problem because we keep a fresh stack of resumes.

[-] DmMacniel@feddit.org 10 points 5 months ago

We don’t have that problem because we keep a fresh stack of resumes.

Dude FFS those are actual people, not just resumes.

[-] UmeU@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Yea I know, and when we hire them we take good care of them. What’s the problem?

[-] DmMacniel@feddit.org 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

so much good care that you need to prepare for them to spontaneously quit the job or have to fire them? Yeah sure...

[-] CandleTiger@programming.dev 4 points 5 months ago

The problem is that sending in a resume and applying for a job takes effort. If you invite people to spend time and effort and mental energy to get a thing (job) when you know you won’t give it to them, then you are wasting their time and effort and mental energy, which I can tell you as somebody who fucking hates looking for jobs, that mental energy can be in serious short supply for people looking for work.

That “fresh pile of resumes” is definitely good for you when you want it, but the giant stale pile of resumes that you keep throwing away is not free for the people sending them in.

[-] UmeU@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

The people that are emailing us their resume each month know that it might be 6 months or a year before we call them, we are super transparent about that.

A lot of people want to work for us and we only have a limited number of positions which do not turn over very often.

We generally only accept emailed resumes, not paper resumes.

[-] UmeU@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Wasted whose time? It’s not like we are constantly interviewing people. When people put their resume in we tell them that when a spot opens up we will call them. We encourage them to put a resume in once a month so that when we need someone they will likely get a call. I don’t understand your term ‘hiring in advance’.

How is accepting a resume when we aren’t actively hiring a scummy tactic? People ask to work here every day and we tell them that we aren’t actively hiring but we would be glad to accept a resume. The real persistent people who really want the job keep following back up and eventually they get hired and stay for years and years.

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