I was honestly blindsided, especially as she'd introduced it as a "fun activity". My subsequent comments were still critical, but reasoned.
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At this point, we'd already completed the actual testing portion of the interview: this part was meant (I assume) to test group socialising.
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So being told "I think you should go" after 2 hours - as in, *no longer be considered a viable candidate for government work* - was WHOAH.
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Her rationale for asking me to leave was that "you're not going to be able to do it" given my objections. Meaning, she wouldn't discuss it.
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I held my ground & stayed, because I want a goddamn job and actually do enjoy - and am good at! - government work. But I didn't participate.
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It was at this point that the more senior dude, the one who listened to & reassured me subsequently, came in to oversee the exercise.
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Again, to this guy's credit: he noticed that I didn't speak, saw that I was visibly upset on departure, and invited me to give criticism.
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After 20 minutes of talk about which disabilities disqualified usefulness & the "fertility" of breeding women, I was pretty fucking shaken.
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That group exercise is clearly longstanding practice.
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Here is the QLD State Government webpage stating their commitment to "building an inclusive and diverse workforce". https://www.qld.gov.au/gov/inclusion-and-diversity-commitment …
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I really hope that nobody in the government departments using TactiCall signed off on that group activity as part of employee screening.
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Until I was able to respond at the end in private, I was strongly made to feel that objecting to the content had cost me work opportunities.
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I spoke up first out of shock, then out of principle, and then became silent out of practical necessity. I wonder how many others have, too?
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