You are missing my point, i did not say i was discriminated against, nor that i agreed other people were , just that i can understand why they might (mistakenly or otherwise) think they were. My point was i had a dmi and did not get a job with a toc, did not think too much to it , but did wonder if, not think or believe i was, merely wonder if any discrimination was present. Then i get another dmi with a toc , but the difference was i did not get a position out of two hundred with toc one , and did with toc two out of forty positions with a toc that required higher psychometric passes, additional tests and a more comprehensive interview. And despite you saying i dont know how it went, er yes to the extent i struggled and floundered with three questions, which did not happen with toc one. Summary could not get job with the toc that had lesser scores, less comprehensive interview and less tests, got job with a toc with a more difficult and comprehensive process. Did i think i was discriminated by toc one .. NO, did i wonder, yes crossed my mind. My point was Just that i can understand why some posters might feel that way, not that i think they are right. However we do not live in a perfect utopia, as we see in Hollywood, sexism, in say a famous broadcast company, gender pay bias. But judging by some posters on here , no driver managers have ever used discrimanatory measures during an interview process, really they are the only group in the world, where at least one isnt discrimanatory .
Ok going back to the beginning then ..... why would failing an interview immediately put the thoughts of discrimination in people’s heads? Why can you understand it?
That kind of reaction in the first place says more about the candidates personality than anything else. Looking at the sheer paranoia and cynicism on display on here it actually makes me think that they have far more pressing things to worry about than discrimination!
I don’t know these people but it’s safe to say that if a sniff of these negative personality traits came across in an interview then sod discrimination! I’d say it’s more a manager trying to keep his/her team positive!
At a former toc we had a guy who came In every day whinging and moaning about how the world was against him and how the system was corrupt and conspired to hold him back! To the point other people would get up and leave!
If people can’t hold their hands up and admit they’re wrong, that they’ve fallen short, that they’ve made a mistake without it being a conspiracy or someone else’s fault then They won’t last long on the railway anyway.
Maybe there are driver managers that use discriminatory tactics but then again maybe their aren’t! I just don’t feel that failing an interview then spouting conspiracy with no actual evidence in a public forum is the way to do it!
Being trigger happy on social media like some have done on here has got no end of people in bother! I just don’t feel that people questioning the integrity of others already employed in an industry they’re desperate to get into will do them any favours!....as a manager I certainly wouldn’t infect me team with that character trait no matter how high a score they got in relation to the questions.