Yeah, I loved the ageism too. Honestly, reminds me a sweatshop. A place where they hire young mediocre devs and just burns through them. You can pay them less, but get them to work exceptionally hard.
I can't think of a job ad that has made me not want to work at a company as much as this one has, in a long time.
It's possible that "young" is a euphemism for a lifestyle that's either party-centric or bohemian. However, since I've worked with shops that actually are bohemian, age really doesn't matter. 45-year old hippies, dads that occasionally winter in France. Pulse's about page really does look very young; maybe a warning to those looking for more traditional workplace ideology.
I'm sure the executive team will be grads from top-tier schools with good GPAs. But they're not interested in hiring people with the credentials they've achieved themselves, or people who might know better. They're looking for cheap hardworking undifferentiated labor -- at least that's my takeaway from the ad.
Mentioning the average age is useful information. I read it more like a warning than discrimination. Now that I'm old, I don't want to be around 25 year olds, unless they are also attractive women.
Thanks for the feedback. We have made edits to our post.
We'd like to apologize for any perceived age bias in the blog post. We merely wanted to provide information about the team that potential applicants would be working with. Our goal is to hire the best and brightest and obviously potential applicant's age is irrelevant and will not be considered in any way.
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[ 2.9 ms ] story [ 75.5 ms ] threadNote: I'm asking because it's annoying when a company's blog doesn't have an obvious link back to their main/corporate site.
Here's a link to our product page: http://www.alphonsolabs.com/products
Our main site is here: http://www.alphonsolabs.com/
"You're working around highly energetic, incredibly passionate, young people - our average age is 25."
http://www.dfeh.ca.gov/DFEH/default/
I can't think of a job ad that has made me not want to work at a company as much as this one has, in a long time.
Like you said, it probably means sweatshop.
..and you'd better be happy with them, because you'll work so much you won't see anything else.
(And no pancake breakfast?)
> You're working around highly energetic, incredibly passionate, white people - almost everyone in our team has European roots.
Doesn't sound so good, does it?
That said, it's probably an oversight and they didn't mean it in a malicious way.
And it's been removed from the page now.
We'd like to apologize for any perceived age bias in the blog post. We merely wanted to provide information about the team that potential applicants would be working with. Our goal is to hire the best and brightest and obviously potential applicant's age is irrelevant and will not be considered in any way.
"We don't care much about your college, your major or your GPA."
we don't care much? I daresay this is the first time these people have ever applied or recruited for jobs..