Last week I went to an interview where everything seemed fine while interviewing with the HR manager. We had a nice little discussion and even talked about a second interview with an office manager for the branch I would possibly be working for. After the interview session the HR manager wanted me to meet some people in the corporate office. (remember this is on the way out of the building because the interview was completed) I met 4 or 5 people before she took me to see the President of the Company.

This is where I feel I got discriminated against.

The company's owner was nice and the atmosphere was pretty relaxed so telling jokes was expected. We had a short conversion and he asked where I was from. I replied originally I'm from Kentucky but live in **** Ohio now. Instantly the mode kind of changed (not sure why because he has offices in Kentucky) but I didn't think anything about it at first. He asked me if I could write a letter and I replied of course I can write a letter. ( I thought it was a joke and wrote a big single letter on the paper) Then he replied in a Joking manner "No lets write a letter". I thought it was a joke because this had never happened before plus I was on my way out the door. I sit down wrote a no formal letter about a short vacation trip my wife and I had made. Didn't really worry about the grammar because I thought it was a joke. After I got finished I went to tell the HR manager and the President that I had finished my little letter. As I was walking up to the room I hear the president asking the HR manager "How old is he? Is he Married? Does he have Children?" Then I stepped in and told them I had completed the letter. He told me to go get the letter so we can read over it and I did but once I got it and handed it him the HR manager took it and tossed it on her desk and started to walk me out of the area and I spoke up and said aren't we going to read it? The President expression changed and said no I think she has other things for you right now... ( remember I was leaving) and she walked me out of the building and explained to me that he had never did that before. She committed on something about her hiring people that can't read or write. I still didn't think anything of it and she told me she would call me on Friday to set up the second interview. I left and once I got driving back to the house I was thinking about the situation I started to get really upset because I think the whole reason for him making me (only me never happened before) is because I had a slight southern accent and I was from South Eastern Kentucky. (people here in Central Ohio sometimes make fun of Kentucky people which is all good and everything but this could have cost me a job and that is not funny at all) I was upset about this whole thing because I explained to HR manager I was currently going back to College and for the last 3 semesters I have maintained a 4.0 GPA. So I fell really degraded and embarrassed because of what happened. Plus I never got the call on Friday to set up the second interview.

I don't if this is Discrimination or not but thing is for certain I'm really PO'd over this now. I want to write a formal letter to the CEO explaining my feelings and requesting a explanation of the incident.

Please let me know. Thanks to all

Nothing in your post remotely suggests illegal discrimination. Being from the south is not a protected class under the law.

That’s what I thought. I guess all I can do from here is to address the Company and let them know I was uncomfortable in the end of the meeting and would like to withdrawal my entry as an applicant. I want to make sure address the President personally because this was uncalled for. My resume speaks for it's self.

Why expend the energy of writing to the president of the company? Move on it's not worth it. They probably wouldn't read it anyway. Put your time into finding a position.

There are some who think discriminating against southerners is a good thing. Just like some southerners would never hire a yankee. And they use the word yankee with derision. My boss thinks Abraham Lincoln was an idiot for not negotiating a surrender to the Confederacy, seeing as it took the south 150 years to win the war, but they finally won and now control the nation. Under a settlement at the time of the start of the war between the states, we could have negotiated an agreement for two countries. One free and fair, the other not. I dunno, I just think General Grant was an idiot for winning Gettysburg, had we lost we would have then negotiated a peace instead of suffering another 100 years of war and then finally losing.

so, no, regional discrimination is not protected.

curt j.

Hello,
I'm sorry that, that happened to you. I would NOT waste any more of your time with ungreatfull idiots. You should be glad you did not get the position because if you would have started working there who knows in a month or 2 or 3 and the president found out where you are from it would have been just as unpleasent of an experience then and it was in your interview. Be thankful
you found out before you started working there is what I mean.
It's there lost. Spend your time looking for another job and good luck to you..




Last week I went to an interview where everything seemed fine while interviewing with the HR manager. We had a nice little discussion and even talked about a second interview with an office manager for the branch I would possibly be working for. After the interview session the HR manager wanted me to meet some people in the corporate office. (remember this is on the way out of the building because the interview was completed) I met 4 or 5 people before she took me to see the President of the Company.

This is where I feel I got discriminated against.

The company's owner was nice and the atmosphere was pretty relaxed so telling jokes was expected. We had a short conversion and he asked where I was from. I replied originally I'm from Kentucky but live in **** Ohio now. Instantly the mode kind of changed (not sure why because he has offices in Kentucky) but I didn't think anything about it at first. He asked me if I could write a letter and I replied of course I can write a letter. ( I thought it was a joke and wrote a big single letter on the paper) Then he replied in a Joking manner "No lets write a letter". I thought it was a joke because this had never happened before plus I was on my way out the door. I sit down wrote a no formal letter about a short vacation trip my wife and I had made. Didn't really worry about the grammar because I thought it was a joke. After I got finished I went to tell the HR manager and the President that I had finished my little letter. As I was walking up to the room I hear the president asking the HR manager "How old is he? Is he Married? Does he have Children?" Then I stepped in and told them I had completed the letter. He told me to go get the letter so we can read over it and I did but once I got it and handed it him the HR manager took it and tossed it on her desk and started to walk me out of the area and I spoke up and said aren't we going to read it? The President expression changed and said no I think she has other things for you right now... ( remember I was leaving) and she walked me out of the building and explained to me that he had never did that before. She committed on something about her hiring people that can't read or write. I still didn't think anything of it and she told me she would call me on Friday to set up the second interview. I left and once I got driving back to the house I was thinking about the situation I started to get really upset because I think the whole reason for him making me (only me never happened before) is because I had a slight southern accent and I was from South Eastern Kentucky. (people here in Central Ohio sometimes make fun of Kentucky people which is all good and everything but this could have cost me a job and that is not funny at all) I was upset about this whole thing because I explained to HR manager I was currently going back to College and for the last 3 semesters I have maintained a 4.0 GPA. So I fell really degraded and embarrassed because of what happened. Plus I never got the call on Friday to set up the second interview.

I don't if this is Discrimination or not but thing is for certain I'm really PO'd over this now. I want to write a formal letter to the CEO explaining my feelings and requesting a explanation of the incident.

Please let me know. Thanks to all