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I recently joined TCS but I was moved into very different project which was told during hiring. Also they told me for joining incentive but later after 65 days of joining they didn't give saying your business aproval got rejected. I really want to be with TCS but due to project dissatisfaction, I am looking for different job. I am not sure if I can leave the organisation soo soon(4 months) and it should not effect my carrier.
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Rather than addressing in the interview, address it with the committee including your reservations about working with someone who expresses these views but also apparently lacks the judgment to sensor publicly available social media. That's a bigger issue frankly. I don't care about someone's political views but I need everyone I work with to consider how their public expressions could affect the firm.
Yeah, it's not just that A has these views it's that they posted them publicly in the first place. And I feel like now the cat's essentially out of the bag and simply telling A to button up their social media presence wouldn't address the issue of cultural fit within the firm or the risk that clients might sense some internal eye-rolling on A's part during an intake.
Nope nope nope. Who would willingly work with a person who's intolerant or ignorant and is oh so proud of that
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I would screen her out based on using poor judgment in her posts. No upside to ignoring what you legitimately know about her.
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I would do it before the interviews. They may choose to cancel the interview.
UPDATE: talked to the partners and showed them the posts. They were as turned off by everything as I was and are not going to hire A. They said the fact that the posts were so public showed poor judgment on A's part, and felt like some of the posts were just very at odds with their values. Rather than canceling the interview last minute, we're still interviewing A tomorrow but they're just going to say it's not going to be a good fit. Unclear if they'll bring up basic social media decorum with A just as a professional courtesy.
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Good outcome. Thanks for sharing the update. You handled this situation very well.
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Be careful! You can’t always tell if the person on FB is the same person you’re hiring, and some jurisdictions have rules about this.
It's 100% the same person. Do you know which jurisdictions have rules against simply looking up a prospective hire on social media? I didn't attempt to friend request A or ask for their social media credentials specifically so that I could look them up or anything.
I would cancel the interview if it were me. I expect people to have more common sense if they are going to represent a company/firm. At least have a private profile. If you want to be outspoken, cool, start your own business or find a job that fits your views. This goes for either side from full on MAGA to an Antifa supporter. I keep my social media private and even then assume every interview i go to at least tried to search my socials to see what I’m all about. I’m not very political to begin with but i will post the occasional meme or gif if it makes me laugh. I frankly would never want my colleagues to know who i vote for or where i stand on issues. To me, that’s too personal for the workplace. These aren’t my friends. Sometimes it’s easier said than done...
(Cont.) that someone who has been so public about these views so recently would truly be capable in not letting these views inform how they deal with people. And frankly, now that I know how A really feels about these subjects, I don't know that I'll really be comfortable working with them myself.
A3 agreed, that was super jarring to read. Much of the country loved and mourned this woman; totally understand not agreeing with her views but very very strange to talk about celebrating someone’s passing especially one that caused widespread sadness. I have friends who are still grieving.
Someone’s personally held beliefs are not always indicative of how they behave at work. I deal with people I disagree with all day. It’s called professionalism.
I would say that the way you posted this shows that you might be intolerant of A’s beliefs. To be fair to the process, you may need to extract yourself from the committee if you’re going to let A’s personal views expressed outside of work impact your thoughts about how the person will do the job.
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The condescension in your posts is intolerable, and a huge reason why there can be such a huge turnover in firms.
To OP: I think certain Facebook posts are entirely fair to raise with a hiring committee; I ALWAYS vet the social media of potential hires as it can help indicate how responsible an individual may be. While I would never exclude an individual from consideration simply for support of a particular candidate or party, I think there are certain posts that would lead me to exclude a candidate. For example if they’re choosing to attack a particular group through their posts or aren’t showing proper decorum. While social media isn’t work material, IT IS how an individual chooses to conduct themselves in a public setting albeit virtual.
I don't think I'm the only one who'd like to know some specific examples of these "fairly intolerant/ignorant" posts.
You never know how many degrees of separation there are in a forum like this so I don't want to get too specific but I will say the most egregious posts had what I'll call "spicy" takes on racism, abortion, and women's rights in general and went beyond simple declarations of personal opinion.