Lost a possible job opportunity due to being a diver

[BenjaminF]

And what about those people that live in areas with palm trees? those coconuts are more dangerous!

Our health and life insurance also makes us pay higher premiums, but for a job, that's just ludicrous

How do the premiums differ in Jo'burg as opposed to Capetown? Or East London

 

[Kharon]

This is a weird one, and I’m not really sure where it belongs....

Anyway, I was approached on LinkedIn by a corporate HR type (not outside recruiter) about a job that looked interesting. I was given a link and asked to apply. Before I had a chance to do that, they requested I NOT apply.

Turns out they found my FB page (profile pic shows me diving, my page is locked down so you can’t see anything if you’re not a friend) and consider my hobby too dangerous to be considered as a possible employee. I thought that was pretty funny.

Who knows what they would have done if they knew the other hobby (which has suffered since I started diving)!

What is the other hobby?

 

[Marie13]

What is the other hobby?

Pew pew aka lead therapy.

 

[BenjaminF]

Pew pew aka lead therapy.

Automatic? Or long-range?

 

[KeithG]

This is a weird one, and I’m not really sure where it belongs....

Anyway, I was approached on LinkedIn by a corporate HR type (not outside recruiter) about a job that looked interesting. I was given a link and asked to apply. Before I had a chance to do that, they requested I NOT apply.

Turns out they found my FB page (profile pic shows me diving, my page is locked down so you can’t see anything if you’re not a friend) and consider my hobby too dangerous to be considered as a possible employee. I thought that was pretty funny.

Who knows what they would have done if they knew the other hobby (which has suffered since I started diving)!

Very strange. Why do these people think that hobbies have anything to do with work?

I would be very interesting to find out if the company CEO is aware of HRs screening process.

I can understand if this was about being a key spokesperson type role or a F1 driver where they limit your ability to do dangerous stuff like ski.

 

[Marie13]

Automatic? Or long-range?

Neither. Hand gun.

 

[rhwestfall]

Companies I've worked for had prohibitions on "high risk activities" in their employee manuals. Now, what/who defines high risk? Is it riding a motorcycle (to work)? SCUBA? Skiing? Mountain climbing? Base jumping?

 

[KeithG]

Companies I've worked for had prohibitions on "high risk activities" in their employee manuals. Now, what/who defines high risk? Is it riding a motorcycle (to work)? SCUBA? Skiing? Mountain climbing? Base jumping?

Living in the wrong neighborhood?

These things are meaningless. How do they think they can enforce them? Are they even legal?

 

[JohnnyC]

During one job, due to the nature of the job, I was classified as a "high risk" employee due to the nature of the work. I was told I would not be covered by our insurance plan for any diving activities outside of work, and was completely banned from shooting at all.

Some companies get squirrely about people taking part in what are considered high risk activities. ::shrug::

 

[drrich2]

It's only a 'free country' if you are independently wealthy. Or maybe unemployed and too poor to take anything else from. The term 'wage slave' exists for a reason. Social media has given some HR types another surveillance option for monitoring us; at least they're not bugging our homes (yet).

Richard.