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submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by mulcahey@lemmy.world to c/workreform@lemmy.world

This happens a lot: I apply for a job and they ask for my complete address. Why? I would understand if they just want to know what city/town I'm in: That has bearing on how easily I can get to the office.

But why do they need to know my street address?

The only thing I can think: Indeed/LinkedIn/take-your-pick is building a profile of me based on this info, using my street as a proxy for my income, credit score, or, ultimately, for my social class.

From now on, when they ask me, I'm just going to put a rich person's address. For this one I used a Brooklyn townhouse where Maggie Gyllenhaal and one of the Saarsgaards lives.

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[-] PunnyName@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

Sounds like they need to step up their game by housing the homeless in every way possible. Especially if it guts corporations.

[-] GBU_28@lemm.ee -3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

As I said, they have zero ability to do so, as individual entities, outside of the humans involved voting, which is a default action, although.outsude this hiring scenario.

It's not a "low" ability, it's "zero". So there's no "step up" because there's nothing to step.

Work reform, and housing reform come from government action, which is achieved through activism and voting.

Edit down votes from those expressing idealistic, unfocused, unhelpful behavior. Preaching platitudes does nothing

[-] PunnyName@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago
[-] GBU_28@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

A prospective hire is going to start lobbying, to change the system, to get an address, to get hired? This is what I'm talking about, y'all keep proposing efforts to create systemic change, which the players in the scenario neither have the time or ability to complete.

And lobbying is structured activism (via advocacy), which I mentioned in general.

this post was submitted on 05 Mar 2024
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