Virginia-based Arthur Grand Technologies has been forced to shut down its website and social media pages after a barrage of criticism in response to their recently posted job opening seeking only “white US citizens.”
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An ad for the vacant position (now deleted) of a business analyst for a long-term contract was published on the American job search site Indeed. A note was added to the text “do not report candidates” and “only considering white US citizens”.
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Commenters on Reddit suggested that candidates of any race and ethnicity should apply, and then report the company to the Federal Contract Compliance Office for an investigation.
There is an official response from Arthur Grand Technologies on LinkedIn, which claims that a former employee took the company’s ad and reworked it. The man added “discriminatory language” to the text and reposted the vacancy on the site from his account. Currently, the company filed a lawsuit against the ex-employee.
Here they are on LinkedIn — instead of blaming the old windbags they throw some poor recruiter under the bus who was just following orders from Omaha!!! pic.twitter.com/NOvvn0ElA2
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However, Vice journalists noted that the company’s comment had been redacted – it was previously blamed on a junior employee, who was later fired. So there was some confusion as to whether anyone lost their job due to the job posting. Indeed’s terms of service suggest that only a verified employee of the company could post the ad, but perhaps the already fired professional didn’t have time to take away access.
In a later statement, Arthur Grand Technologies called the ad “offensive” and said it did not authorize its publication.
In an archived version of the website, the firm describes itself as attracting “the best talent to serve” its clients, which include the Internal Revenue Service and the Department of Veterans Affairs, as well as commercial clients such as cable operator Comcast, bank holding company Capital One and one of the largest US mortgage agencies, Fannie Mae.
The specialist wanted in the ad was to serve HTC Global Services and Berkshire Hathaway.
Source: Ars Technica
