'Discrimination on race?': US company faces backlash for seeking only 'White' candidates in job posting

A United States company is facing backlash on the internet for posting a job advertisement that many have dubbed 'racist'. The Dallas-based IT company Arthur Grand Technologies posted a job offer for a business analyst in its Salesforce and insurance claims team on the job portal Indeed. The company had a peculiar demand for the desired candidates and that they needed to be 'white'.

''Only born US Citizens (White) who are local within 60 miles from Dallas, TX [Don't share with candidates]," read the job vacancy posted. The racial specification was not meant to be shared as suggested by the parenthetic note. However, one of the employees fumbled and posted the entire message online.

Screenshots of the job post instantly went viral on social media platforms and since then, the company has come under heavy fire for discriminating against applicants based on their colour and ethnicity, even in 2023.

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One netizen took note of the post and tweeted Warren Buffett whose company Berkshire Hathaway apparently uses the services of Arthur Grand Technologies.

"Hi @WarrenBuffett ! Looks like one of Berkshire Hathaway's vendors... Arthur Grand Technologies Inc... has some problematic hiring processes Discrimination on race and national origin reduce a company's competitiveness, besides being a bad look," read the tweet.

Meanwhile, another said, "I hope they are being investigated by @USEEOC @EEOC_OFO, because obviously, this isn't due to one "junior recruiter," and suggests the company has illegal hiring policies."

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After the controversy snowballed, the company came out with a statement on LinkedInsaying a junior recruiter had erred in the job and posted the offending vacancyoffer.

''At Arthur Grand, we do not condone or engage in any type of discrimination based of race, colour or religion," read the statement.

"We conducted an internal investigation and discovered that a new junior recruiter at our firm was responsible for the offending job post. We have taken immediate action and terminated their employment for violating our policy."

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However, the internet was not amused as many called out the company for throwing a junior employee under the bus.

“Bravo to the ‘junior’ staff member being blamed for this. They obviously blew the whistle on this company by posting the job req as-written," said one Twitter user.

The company provided another update later saying there was no job vacancy and that the 'former employee' took an "existing posting and added discriminatory language".

(With inputs from agencies)

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