It's probably a couple of factors why people are such homers for Cara joining GB.
I like her writing, but more importantly, she seems to "fit" well with the rest of the staff, if you want to argue with that GB culture in mind the way people do about Dan. Also she speaks Japanese and is probably one of the hottest voices in freelance right now. If she wasn't a foreigner, she'd have the job already
It's probably a couple of factors why people are such homers for Cara joining GB.
I like her writing, but more importantly, she seems to "fit" well with the rest of the staff, if you want to argue with that GB culture in mind the way people do about Dan. Also she speaks Japanese and is probably one of the hottest voices in freelance right now. If she wasn't a foreigner, she'd have the job already
Assuming she'd want it. Which is probably a huge assumption, given what she does isn't really what GB does. I'd really enjoy for her to be on GB full time, would make GBEast much more awesome, but I just don't see it happening.
- They need to finally hire a woman, ANYBODY that's not a straight white guy because they are currently 100% comprised of those
- Cara has talked about now that her Embed With project is ending she needs a new job, and she'd like to actually have stable employment for once instead of her usual work, which is very much a day-by-day sort of thing
- Cara has also been a guest on Giant Bomb East stuff and has a nice rapport with Vinny and Alex
- She would very very easily slide into the role Patrick held of bringing lesser-known games into the spotlight
I would be shocked if they weren't actively trying to bring her on board, she is absolutely a perfect fit
They don't absolutely need a woman. They absolutely need whoever is the best fit for the job req they opened. If that happens to be a woman then that's great. If not, they still ought to hire whoever best fits their need.
I'm not arguing that diversity is unimportant. I'm arguing that fulfilling business needs is more important. For example, assuming 2 equally qualified people apply for the position except for that the man speaks Japanese and the woman does not they absolutely should hire the man because they felt that fluency in Japanese was important enough to put in the job req.
And it's not like they never have women on their shows or that CBSi is a male-only workplace. If they could snipe Mary Kish from GameSpot that'd be pretty great (for me) because I think she fits in well, but if what she brings to the table isn't what GiantBomb needs then she wouldn't be a good hire.
if a woman who does not meet the job qualifications applies they shouldn't hire them
i don't think that's what anyone was saying
Then we should stop saying things like "they absolutely need a woman" when based on the job req we have a list of what CBSi thinks are the real list of required attributes in their new hire.
I'm reading it that way because that's how it is being written. Gender doesn't matter, and no two applicants are going to come in as ideal candidates with only their gender to differentiate them. To consider the gender of the applicant at all is counter to good hiring process.
Further, diversity (at least in the corporate sense) covers more than color of skin, gender, etc.. It also includes things like unique past experience an applicant brings to the job.
I'm reading it that way because that's how it is being written. Gender doesn't matter
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That was the first thing posted by @Mr. G. He said "They need to finally hire a woman, ANYBODY that's not a straight white guy because they are currently 100% comprised of those".
So I'm pretty confident I read that as written. Further, GB is a small subset of CBSi. Gamespot is also part of CBSi. Being on a small all-male team doesn't make CBSi, as a whole, full of exclusively straight white guys. They are what, 10 people, out of the entire company?
It doesn't matter who they hire. There will be a portion of their fanbase that will be pissed off about it regardless.
If you're just interested in ticking off checkboxes for diversity's sake, I'm sure they can find a disabled, mixed-minority race, transgendered gamer with ADHD who's fresh out of rehab out there somewhere. ALL THE CHECKBOXES!
Nah, one of the job requirements should be being different than the rest of the cast as to bring something new to the table.
Being a different gender or having a different cultural background is definitely a plus. An actually bullet point to be taken into consideration.
If two people applied with the same qualifications, except one was a straight white dude that knew German but was exactly like Brad, and the other was a woman who knew only English but had her own take on things the woman should get the job.
Nah, one of the job requirements should be being different than the rest of the cast as to bring something new to the table.
Being a different gender or having a different cultural background is definitely a plus. An actually bullet point to be taken into consideration.
If two people applied with the same qualifications, except one was a straight white dude that knew German but was exactly like Brad, and the other was a woman who knew only English but had her own take on things the woman should get the job.
Nah, one of the job requirements should be being different than the rest of the cast as to bring something new to the table.
Being a different gender or having a different cultural background is definitely a plus. An actually bullet point to be taken into consideration.
If two people applied with the same qualifications, except one was a straight white dude that knew German but was exactly like Brad, and the other was a woman who knew only English but had her own take on things the woman should get the job.
She'd be more qualified.
You literally cannot do what you're describing.
Why not? Is speaking German an actual benefit to the job moreso than being someone who brings something new to the personality set of this cult of personality site?
You can't discriminate based on race, sex, creed, religion, color, or national origin. Giving somebody an edge because of where they are from (the cultural background or nation of origin you mentioned) is discrimination. Considering gender is, obviously, introducing discrimination based on gender.
You can't discriminate based on race, sex, creed, religion, color, or national origin. Giving somebody an edge because of where they are from (the cultural background or nation of origin you mentioned) is discrimination. Considering gender is, obviously, introducing discrimination based on gender.
Well I don't care. They should absolutely choose the more qualified applicant, which in that case would be the woman.
You can't discriminate based on race, sex, creed, religion, color, or national origin. Giving somebody an edge because of where they are from (the cultural background or nation of origin you mentioned) is discrimination. Considering gender is, obviously, introducing discrimination based on gender.
Well I don't care. They should absolutely choose the more qualified applicant, which in that case would be the woman.
You can't discriminate based on race, sex, creed, religion, color, or national origin. Giving somebody an edge because of where they are from (the cultural background or nation of origin you mentioned) is discrimination. Considering gender is, obviously, introducing discrimination based on gender.
Well I don't care. They should absolutely choose the more qualified applicant, which in that case would be the woman.
For a job based around personality I'm pretty sure that is.
It's really not. CBS Interactive is an equal opportunity employer. They have to follow the laws when it comes to non-discrimination. http://www.eeoc.gov/employers/
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I like her writing, but more importantly, she seems to "fit" well with the rest of the staff, if you want to argue with that GB culture in mind the way people do about Dan. Also she speaks Japanese and is probably one of the hottest voices in freelance right now. If she wasn't a foreigner, she'd have the job already
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Yeah I don't remember anything particularly interesting about her any of the times she has been around either.
Assuming she'd want it. Which is probably a huge assumption, given what she does isn't really what GB does. I'd really enjoy for her to be on GB full time, would make GBEast much more awesome, but I just don't see it happening.
- They need to finally hire a woman, ANYBODY that's not a straight white guy because they are currently 100% comprised of those
- Cara has talked about now that her Embed With project is ending she needs a new job, and she'd like to actually have stable employment for once instead of her usual work, which is very much a day-by-day sort of thing
- Cara has also been a guest on Giant Bomb East stuff and has a nice rapport with Vinny and Alex
- She would very very easily slide into the role Patrick held of bringing lesser-known games into the spotlight
I would be shocked if they weren't actively trying to bring her on board, she is absolutely a perfect fit
I think they 100% do, they are the least diverse major games site on the entire internet and it's kind of embarrassing
You can think that's not as important, and I will not stop you, because this argument goes nowhere but in circles
They absolutely need a woman.
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And it's not like they never have women on their shows or that CBSi is a male-only workplace. If they could snipe Mary Kish from GameSpot that'd be pretty great (for me) because I think she fits in well, but if what she brings to the table isn't what GiantBomb needs then she wouldn't be a good hire.
if a woman who does not meet the job qualifications applies they shouldn't hire them
i don't think that's what anyone was saying
Then we should stop saying things like "they absolutely need a woman" when based on the job req we have a list of what CBSi thinks are the real list of required attributes in their new hire.
"i hope a woman is picked above all the qualified applicants"
instead of
"among all the qualified applicants, i hope a woman is picked"
i dunno man, that's on you
Further, diversity (at least in the corporate sense) covers more than color of skin, gender, etc.. It also includes things like unique past experience an applicant brings to the job.
Yeah, that's right!
#lifeunderarock
That was the first thing posted by @Mr. G. He said "They need to finally hire a woman, ANYBODY that's not a straight white guy because they are currently 100% comprised of those".
So I'm pretty confident I read that as written. Further, GB is a small subset of CBSi. Gamespot is also part of CBSi. Being on a small all-male team doesn't make CBSi, as a whole, full of exclusively straight white guys. They are what, 10 people, out of the entire company?
Also, let's not get into this circle jerk again
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Then I hope she gets it - it sounds like she's well-qualified for the job.
The multiplayer was awesome.
If you're just interested in ticking off checkboxes for diversity's sake, I'm sure they can find a disabled, mixed-minority race, transgendered gamer with ADHD who's fresh out of rehab out there somewhere. ALL THE CHECKBOXES!
/sarcasm (because it wasn't already obvious)
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If they fill the requirements for the position, no.
If you're only hiring them because you want diversity points, yes?
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good talk tho
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Being a different gender or having a different cultural background is definitely a plus. An actually bullet point to be taken into consideration.
If two people applied with the same qualifications, except one was a straight white dude that knew German but was exactly like Brad, and the other was a woman who knew only English but had her own take on things the woman should get the job.
She'd be more qualified.
You literally cannot do what you're describing.
Why not? Is speaking German an actual benefit to the job moreso than being someone who brings something new to the personality set of this cult of personality site?
Well I don't care. They should absolutely choose the more qualified applicant, which in that case would be the woman.
For a job based around personality I'm pretty sure that is.
I don't think cara ellison is the hired news editor because she doesn't really break news
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