I came to USA 12 years ago, at that time I always able to get a job if I do well in the interviews! Nowadays I can clearly see that I can be rejected even though I am fully qualified for the job, purely based on favoritism towards respective races, if you have Asian manager from China, then they will hire most likely their own race or close to that, and if it's Indian manager, they will more likely favor their own. This is basically hurting the diversity and inclusion America used to provide. And sometimes I feel like, I need to move elsewhere now, as more and more IT departments are getting crowded with foreign nationals, they are bringing same practices they used to have in their own countries. How can we deal with this? Am I the only one feels like that?
Or maybe you are rusty. In any case, there are always challenges to overcome and there is no fair system. So you just need to try harder. Also wait until you hit 40+ as an IC, that's when shenanigans begin.
I agree, it's becoming more of cartel like system. Everyone brings their people and if you're not part of them, you have no chance.
Well, what you’re seeing is called diversity.
Discrimination on the basis of race is unlawful. The way to deal with it is to report it.
Gender, age, and more, too. I point this out not to take away from your point but to reinforce it. Report unlawful discrimination, no matter who you are.
In my experience I tend to see more discrimination against people over 40. Not much race, although managers tend to chose from their own trusted network which often is closed to their culture.
These interviews should be recorded, and should be subject to audit to avoid racism, favoritism and all other shits that destroy the fabric of our society
What you are saying does happen in some team, but not all. There are indeed Sr managers who really want to hire a diverse mix by giving every candidate the option.
What BS. I’ve seen so many cases where American developers move out of a workplace because there are too many fob engineers. So that is one reason why you see that many Indian or Chinese people because of their willingness to adjust. Also, as a manager I’d like to hire people who will follow orders and adjust and not some arrogant employee who wont really care because he does not need to worry about work visa issues.
So as a manager you’d rather hire someone you have some leverage over? You should try reading a little about leadership because it sounds like you may be failing there.
@edElric as a manager you want people who have constant worry about visa? So that you can take advantage of the their situation, what kind of sick metality is this? Are you really real for this...?
America did not used to be more diverse and inclusive.
Disagree.
I think many African Americans from our parents’ generation would challenge you on that. Other problems exist today, sure, but we have far less institutionalized racism or discrimination and statistically, far more diversity of background than in the past. Still a lot more to be done, though.