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.

    • DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      4
      ·
      edit-2
      10 months ago

      Academics, not really. Too many, but not that many.

      Faux intellectuals with a bachelor’s degree and the arrogance to pretend that makes them an expert in a field, yes.