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Why Canonical keeps asking for high school grades in their job applications?

5 pointsby aredirect11 months ago
I find it very silly to ask me about my grades 20 years ago? and marking that as required? While I already have Bachelor of Engineering?

3 comments

coldtea11 months ago
A FOSS company that is supposed to be created with the spirit of &quot;ubuntu&quot; (the notion) in mind, should lead the community in humane practices in those areas.<p>Not be corporate creeps like that.
eschneider11 months ago
I noticed that when I applied there during my last job hunt. I took it as a hint that &quot;We&#x27;re not interested in hiring older workers.&quot;
navjack2711 months ago
&quot;Hey canonical, hire me! I failed every single class in high school including gym. You want me to explain why or not? It&#x27;s incredibly relevant to how I operate as a 36-year-old today.&quot; I said in a monotone voice dripping with sarcasm.<p>&quot;Yes actually could you explain why your grades were so bad?&quot;<p>&quot;Well my mother was going through a mental health crisis for most of my teenage years and was abusing my father mentally and essentially driving him to attempt suicide multiple times unsuccessfully. I was going to a special school at the time, actually I was being shuttled through multiple special schools. I didn&#x27;t feel like doing homework. I didn&#x27;t feel like participating in gym. I had a lot of other shit going on. So, are you going to remove these silly silly questions from your job applications? Because now you&#x27;ve made me extremely sad and unmotivated and uncomfortable and honestly Linux sucks so I&#x27;m going to go apply at Microsoft now bye!&quot;
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