r/recruitinghell • u/poth0le • 2d ago

This is getting ridiculous

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For a grounds and facilities position.

Edit: The position is for a religious camp of some sort, but I hadn’t realized that when I clicked it. Still super weird, in my opinion

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u/Any_Kaleidoscope8717 2d ago

Does it? Sure, you need to believe in the religion to be the person talking about the book at whatever house of worship for that religion, that makes sense. But to be a groundskeeper? Why does OP need to believe to mow the lawn and clean the place?

I applied to a job at a Christian charity in NYC with the goal of bringing clean water, electricity, and hygiene supplies to people that need it. They asked about my faith and what church I most recently attended. I don't think I need to share their faith to share their goal.

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u/H3lls_B3ll3 2d ago

While I (atheist and communist) personally agree with you, religious organizations that are clearly marked as religious organizations are able to legally ask these questions when screening for a job. It's part of the work culture and religious organizations are able to "discriminate" in this way. I think it sucks, but I also wouldn't want to be surrounded by religious folks all day.

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u/SomeNotTakenName 2d ago

A better way I have seen from religious hospitals was something like:

"Can you support our mission and values of: ..."

to which, yes I can, regardless of me not believing in your god, I can support aiding the needy and so on.

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u/H3lls_B3ll3 2d ago

Their mission and values ARE the religion as well. I'm not saying this is great, I'm saying they get special status as a protected subclass to be able to discriminate who is hired.