There is a bank in Austria that only hires Taurus Leo Capricorn and one other sign. They say that those signs work best in their bank. What are your thoughts on this?
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1 :
i think that is stupid and in a way racist :D
2 :
that's just horrible! I mean, honestly.. if I was a manager who was hiring someone, and they were aquarius like me- and I LIKED them.. that might put them at a slight advantage. But I would never NOT hire someone that showed potential just because of their zodiac sign!
3 :
Well that's discriminatory.
4 :
I would hire someone to work for me based on their character, references and work experience.
5 :
How is that even legal? That's ridiculous seeing that not all Leos, Capricorns, and Taureans will work and act the same. I can't believe they're able to get away with that kind of thing. Personally, no I wouldn't hire someone based on their sign. I wouldn't even look at their birthday on the applications anyways. If they happened to mention their sign to me and it's one that I get along with I would be a little happy about it but it wouldn't sway my decision. I can't believe there are actually companies out there that hire based on astrological signs. That's crazy!
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This is not legal in the United States. You are not allowed to discriminate due to race, color or creed, and astrology is a belief system, ergo it is a creed. Personally, I did not use astrology when I had to hire people for my department. I didn't even ask them their birth dates, but I am a Capricorn and I ended up hiring a Virgo and two Capricorns. So...
7 :
That makes no sense whatsoever.
8 :
That's rediculous, that is just getting to rediculous.
9 :
I would hire a lucky Sagittarius.
10 :
yea thats descrimination !
11 :
Funny and If i did not like the way my boss behaves, then id just seek another job; in reality they don't harass, humiliate or otherwise beat up people based on the sun sign, they just select employees of 4 sun signs. Considering that astrology is built around beliefs, i don't expect the majority of Autralian banks to end up hiring only leos and tauruses with relevant data to back up their point of view :).
12 :
haha! I hope not, because if that were the case, they would make me turn right back around as soon I told human resources I was a Libra
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Amy Elric: Racism is when you are prejudiced against someone because of their race. How the hell is that racism? Personally, I find it interesting. I've always wanted to know how it would be to have people of a certain sign working in different parts of a company. I mean, there's no law against discriminating because of someones astrological sign.
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Geez. Well it's a bit extreme, but it's not "racist" (as someone just mentioned) because the zodiac signs are not "races"... Technically it's not illegal (because it's never been challenged, and the legal definition of "astrology" as a belief system might stand to challeng, only because date of birth is not one of the current"protected" areas of law : race, age, sex, nationality, disability, or religion (1). If taken to court there may be some possible credence to going after the "age" angle, but only a little. (of course, this is the US law, not the Austrian law, which varies only slightly (2) As for morally, the people doing this are rather short sighted, since other aspects in a person's chart can better determine fiscal responsibility and the ability to conform within the corporate structure. A person with the 8th or 2nd in Scorpio or Taurus might do just fine in that environment, for example. My personal thoughts are purely practical. The employers here are missing out on a significant pool of talent by leaving out other Suns, and are setting a slightly frightening precedent by implementing such as hiring strategy. **I wonder if psychics hold grudges. oops. guess so. So much for being a christian.**
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No I would never hire some one to work for me based on their astrological sign because it is discrimination. I would only hire some one to work for me based on their character, references and work experiences.
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My sign is represented, yes! Nah, j/k. I heard japan hires (or used to) by blood type. Certain blood types are better for managerial positions, I think it's B?
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No,that's discrimintory. Plus,not everyone is just the characteristics of their sun sign,that's only the tip of the iceberg...so it'd be really naive to hire someone because their a Capricorn and supposedly hard-working and rational to find that they aren't meerly that what so ever.
