So let's start this off with a story from my sweat shop days at Robert Half where my work hole was smaller than the cockpit of a fighter jet; there I was making phone calls.
(you know how much I hate making phone calls.)
I dial the number of this junior programmer and he tells me right away he can't take any jobs right now because he's busy.
"Okay" I say, "no problem, my only option is to keep calling you once a week (to check availability) or to scrub the list of you for six months."
Silence; then "Nah, don't do take me off the list, I'm just having a rough time."
(Ugh, here comes the kvetching)
Silence; then "Nah, don't do take me off the list, I'm just having a rough time."
(Ugh, here comes the kvetching)
He says; "I don't feel like I fit in with the team members because I'm gay."
I ask; "are you being harassed because we need to report that."
I ask; "are you being harassed because we need to report that."
"No." he says, then punches a few buttons on his microwave while yelling at his cat to get off the counter. "They just treat me different, you know... and I dunno... what do you think I should do?"
Let's stop the story here, the guy's name I will fake for personal reasons but let's call him Jason..
Let's stop the story here, the guy's name I will fake for personal reasons but let's call him Jason..
He was lazy.
My boss knew he was lazy... the client knew he was lazy, everyone knew he had trouble completing piecemeal on time.
What Jason didn't know was that his inexcusable attitude for not getting shit finished and throwing the gay card was flat out despicable.
Why? Because the Client was gay.
That's right. The HMFIC was a Fortune 500 C-Level Queer Exec (did I mention prior Marine?) and Jason didn't even know it.
I really wanted to share this with him, but ultimately we ended up terminating our contract with Jason because he left his Admin password unsecured and a client's page was hacked (true story.)
The first thing you don't do in an interview (or after you've been hired for that matter) is use the gay card.
The first thing you don't do in an interview (or after you've been hired for that matter) is use the gay card.
It gets used often, and we see it all the time in recruiting.
"I need this job and I'm not getting work because I'm gay."
I find it unacceptable especially considering most gay professionals are some of the most diligent, OCD pricks I've met in my life. You think I'm a work-a-holic? You haven't met my buddy Stephen Stone from Channel. That dude never sleeps and he's a flaming fag. Stone urinates excellence, and he's always been an idol of mine in the Ad industry.
The second rule of thumb for gay professionals navigating the interview process is ... [continue]
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