[Malaysian law firm posts recruitment ad:
Only pretty girls are hir?!] Netizens angrily express: Gender discrimination! Is this a modeling agency?
post by Chloe Chan
by Chloe Chan
Mar 9, 2021 Post at 8:40 AM
“Females only, must be good-looking” Can you imagine a sentence like this appearing in a job ad?
Don’t be surpris, because this actually happen, and it happen in a law firm in Kuala Lumpur, our country.
Recently, a FB user nam Aidil Khalid found such a job advertisement on a website. The job advertisement was post by a mium-siz law firm locat in Sungai Besi, mainly recruiting legal assistants.
When Aidil Khalid found the jaw-dropping sentence “Female only, must be good-looking” in the “Qualifications and Requirements” column of the job advertisement, he immediately took a screenshot and posted it online.
Companies you may be interested in
“What kind of job ad is this? Is this true?” Aidil Khalid said in disbelief in the caption of the screenshot. He later said that the job ad was changed an hour after he saw it.
Aidil Khalid’s post received a huge response online, with more than 600 reposts as of press time. Many people left angry comments on the job ad.
“What the hell is this? This is taking sexism to another level!”
“It was a smart move on his part Thailand Phone Number List to post something like this on International Women’s Day.”
“Is this a law firm or a modeling agency?”
Later, several female netizens Albania Phone Number List shared their shocking actions by the company manager when they applied for jobs at the firm.
One female Twitter user said: “Four years ago, I went to this company for an interview. The other party actually asked me if I minded wearing something sexy to work, and even said that he wanted to go shopping with me to buy new work clothes. Of course, the other party’s inappropriate remarks were not limited to these.”
Another female netizen also shared her experience: “At the beginning of the year, I applied for a job at this firm. They asked me directly if I could use my home as an office and conduct the interview at my home. They even asked
