Brisbane hiring manager’s Welcome to Country at job interview ‘weird and unnecessary’

A Brisbane hiring manager’s Welcome to Country during a job interview has been labelled ‘weird and unnecessary’. VOTE IN OUR POLL

Opening a job interview with a Welcome to Country has been labelled “weird and unnecessary”.

A candidate for a customer service position at a Brisbane insurance company says they were left shocked when the job interview opened with a Welcome to Country.

Posting to Reddit, the candidate explained how the hiring manager “took it upon himself to do a Welcome to Country”, labelling the experience as “weird and unnecessary”.

“I wanted to get others’ opinions on this as I thought it was peak Australian corporate culture,” the wrote.

“At the time I didn’t give it a second thought but in retrospect it’s pretty weird and unnecessary.”

One person commented “Do that s**t and I am walking right back out the door”.

“This was for an customer service role within an insurance company. It was at the start of a very small group interview with less than five candidates. The hiring manager took it upon himself to do a Welcome to Country.

“I understand companies doing these for big/important meetings with higher-ups, but at a job interview it just felt pointless.”

More than 300 people have commented on the post, with many stunned by the use of a Welcome to Country.

“Do that s**t and I am walking right back out the door. Interview be damned,”

Schnoodle321 wrote.

“I’m not going to work somewhere full of virtue-signalling woke leftist bobbleheads..”

“Cringe. Did he get up and sing the National Anthem too? Stinks of virtue signalling,”

purpleautumnleaf wrote.

“Virtue signalling has no boundaries,” Midnight_Poet wrote.

Welcome to Country ceremonies are now standard at most major public sporting, political and entertainment events, while most Australian airlines incorporate the acknowledgment into their landing announcements.