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Job application hell (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/facepalm@lemmy.world

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[–] Gowozilla@lemmy.blahaj.zone 77 points 2 months ago (30 children)

Assuming this in America, I love how illegal this request is.

[–] BigBenis@lemmy.world 43 points 2 months ago (19 children)

I've been asked illegal questions, like "what is your current salary" in job applications before. I like to respond by calling it out and leaving a link to a source. I've never gotten a response from those applications though...

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago (13 children)

That's illegal? The income question was on every single application I filled out when I was younger. When did it become illegal?

[–] BigBenis@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It is in CA, which is where both I and the company I was applying for were based at the time

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Hmm, I lived in California for a long time and companies definitely asked on a regular basis. Do you know when it was made illegal?

[–] BigBenis@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

According to the link I posted in a different reply in this thread, at least since 2018. But also just because something is illegal doesn't mean companies won't do it.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Ah okay, this was long before 2018.

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