[Help] Is this job ad legal or even moral ?

[Murray's Mint]

Nah! Just turn it off and on again!

It worked with Jesus.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

I'm currently looking for my next role and have found one which fits perfectly and which I'm well qualified to do.

It's working for a set of Christian run care homes as Head of IT. Then I get to this statement in the job ad :

• Applicants must be evangelical Christians (This role has an Occupational Requirement to be filled by a Christian under the provisions of the Equality Act (2010)).

I'm not a evangelelical Christian. I'm not applying to be some preacher - just someone that can run the IT systems.

How is this actually legal to descriminate against someone of no religion ? Despite their quote of the Equality Act I can't see how this is actually allowed.

Does the interview involve an over night stay? If so, walk into the care home reception, put 3 nails on the counter and say "Can you put me up for the night?"

 

[cheshunt seagull]

I’d have thought that being an evangelical Christian would be a "nice to have" rather than a "must have" for a role like this. The number of evangelical Christians who happen to be capable of managing a multi-site IT system, and also looking for a job, must be very small. Much better to get a shortlist of competent IT professionals first, and then look for the right personality type — active Christian or not.

You could always have something like 'experience of working in a faith-based organisation' as desirable. It's quite reasonable to want evidence that someone will be sensitive to the type of organisation in which they will be working. I think it's less reasonable to exclude anyone that doesn't believe in talking snakes.

 

[Super Steve Earle]

And when they ask you in the interview how would you retrieve documents that had been corrupted by a virus you tell them : ’Jesus Saves’

Saw that pencilled on the wall under the stairs in my first house. Followed by 'and Wardie knocks in the rebound!'.

 

[Weststander]

Watch for the trick question …

“Are you prepared to work the occasional Sunday?”.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Watch for the trick question …

“Are you prepared to work the occasional Sunday?”.

Brilliant!

 

[Sussexscots]

Watch for the trick question …

“Are you prepared to work the occasional Sunday?”.

Just say that you have a Swedish car that you always wash on Sunday because it's the Saabbath.

sorry.

 

[Chicken Run]

Does the interview involve an over night stay? If so, walk into the care home reception, put 3 nails on the counter and say "Can you put me up for the night?"

You’re on fire today son

 

[WATFORD zero]

Does the interview involve an over night stay? If so, walk into the care home reception, put 3 nails on the counter and say "Can you put me up for the night?"

You’re on fire today son

Well I never knew and wouldn't have guessed in a million years.

 

[Chicken Run]

Well I never knew and wouldn't have guessed in a million years.

That’s ok Granddad

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Thank you for all the typically 'witty' NSC replies ! I'm going to apply anyway and see how far I get.

What's the worst that can happen? They tell you to go to hell?

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

It's a crappy world out there, but thank heavens for NSC

 

[el punal]

I once worked for a Catholic organisation in an admin capacity and there was no religious requirement. I used to say: 'I work there 40 hours a week, they can't have my soul as well'.

This is sort of relevant to religious establishments - well, very tenuous to say the least. When I was a teenager (13/14 years old) I had an after school job of delivering meat (no tittering) for a local butcher to his customers. This meant riding near and far on my trusty butcher’s bike. One of the establishments on the round was a convent school. The timing of my delivery coincided with the girls playing netball. Needless to say I would hang around and watch this sporting activity with avid interest - not quite Aqualung mode, if you know your Jethro Tull, but the girls did wear maroon knickers! This reverie was short lived as a couple of the nuns scolded me for my improper behaviour but welcomed my package of meat.

 

[TWOCHOICEStom]

Maybe they want someone to turn their water into wifi?

 

[Chicken Run]

If you get the job @Westdene Seagull it will be a true testament to your IT skills

 

[bhafc99]

So how did the interview go…