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