Spar IFSC: Female Sandwich Makers Needed. Sausages need not apply.

Fukuyama · 06-03-2014 1:36pm #1

Lovely bit of sexism from the SPAR branch in the IFSC.

It's grand though, its against men.

06-03-2014 1:38pm

Surely it's against equality legislation to specify gender (except in some very limited cases, I think)?

And of course it's not ok when it's against men.

phasers · 06-03-2014 1:38pm

That's illegal isn't it?

You can discriminate all you want in private but don't put it on the feckin sign!

Riskymove · 06-03-2014 1:38pm

Cannot be real....if it is...it's illegal and the sign will be down soon enough

Fukuyama · 06-03-2014 1:39pm

Riskymove wrote: »

Cannot be real....if it is...it's illegal and the sign will be down soon enough

Anyone walking by the Spar IFSC branch can take a look. Just took the pic not five minutes ago.

Duggy747 · 06-03-2014 1:41pm

Lets start a Facebook campaign and fill it up with "boycotting Spar" and death threats!!

Riskymove · 06-03-2014 1:42pm

phasers wrote: »

You can discriminate all you want in private but don't put it on the feckin sign!

You're a HR Manager, right?

Gavin "shels" · 06-03-2014 1:42pm

Duggy747 wrote: »

Lets start a Facebook campaign and fill it up with "boycotting Spar" and death threats!!

Nah, the lefties would only be doing that if it said "Men only".

bumper234 · 06-03-2014 1:43pm

wazky wrote: »

The position is more suited to a female though.

Why?

phasers · 06-03-2014 1:43pm

Riskymove wrote: »

You're a HR Manager, right?

Legally you can't ask me that because you might discriminate against me.

So yes.

Balmed Out · 06-03-2014 1:45pm

Ching ching im getting on to my solicitor

The Diabolical Monocle · 06-03-2014 1:46pm

Doing a mick O'leary maybe.

wilser · 06-03-2014 1:47pm

Well the last place I worked had to sack the deli lad cos he was putting his Mickey into the meat slicer.
but tbf they sacked her as well....

BOOM!!!!

Crann na Beatha · 06-03-2014 1:47pm

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kneemos · 06-03-2014 1:50pm

The proprietor.

omahaid · 06-03-2014 1:50pm

But discrimination against men is legal afaik.

notnumber · 06-03-2014 1:51pm

jescart wrote: »

Biologically their smaller brains are more adapted for simple, repetitive tasks like working at a deli.

Cue the Harry Enfield video..women know your limits!!

elfy4eva · 06-03-2014 1:51pm

wazky wrote: »

The position is more suited to a female though.

Men make much better sambos, less skabby on the filling.

kfallon · 06-03-2014 1:53pm

Looks like my local Spar in IFSC!

EyeSight · 06-03-2014 1:57pm

this does not surprise me. I once went for a job interview in a Hallmark store and towards the end of the interview she said "well we have a policy to only hire women here so i don't know how you would fit. hmmm. I'll call you"

eviltwin · 06-03-2014 2:00pm

It's illegal to advertise jobs in that way. I'm surprised Spar would make such an error.

kneemos · 06-03-2014 2:00pm

kfallon wrote: »

Looks like my local Spar in IFSC!

That's where it is so chances are good.

Fukuyama · 06-03-2014 2:02pm

eviltwin wrote: »

It's illegal to advertise jobs in that way. I'm surprised Spar would make such an error.

@SparIreland just tweeted back to me when I sent them the pic. They said they'll get onto the store. So chances are the sign will come down sharpish - but there's very obviously a sexist manager working there so you have to ask whether the hiring process will change behind the scenes.

Holsten · 06-03-2014 2:02pm

They will just remove the sign and discriminate anyway.

Messed up situation.

anncoates · 06-03-2014 2:03pm

Maybe the position is for a tampon bin emptier.

The Backwards Man · 06-03-2014 2:05pm

I know a farmer that put an ad in the local buy and sell

WANTED

MAN TO HELP WITH LAMBING

Handy woman considered

Specialun · 06-03-2014 2:05pm

Dean0088 wrote: »

@SparIreland just tweeted back to me when I sent them the pic. They said they'll get onto the store. So chances are the sign will come down sharpish - but there's very obviously a sexist manager working there so you have to ask whether the hiring process will change behind the scenes.

hello snip

lets not bring real names in here thanks

Knex* · 06-03-2014 2:08pm

The current bunch in there are hopeless anyway. Pretty much refuse to put the fillings in before the chicken, or whatever. Quite simply, its madness, Ted.

anncoates · 06-03-2014 2:08pm

Dean0088 wrote: »

@SparIreland just tweeted back to me when I sent them the pic. They said they'll get onto the store. So chances are the sign will come down sharpish - but there's very obviously a sexist manager working there so you have to ask whether the hiring process will change behind the scenes.

On behalf of all beleaguered internet males chafing under the yoke of feminist oppression, I'd like to thank you for your diligence in this regard,.

The_Kew_Tour · 06-03-2014 2:08pm

Used to work near it and the staff there were poor enough.

Male or Female

seamus · 06-03-2014 2:09pm

I wonder with it saying "females only" is the person in charge of hiring not a fluent English speaker?

A fluent English speaker would know that the correct word in this situation is "women", but it would also explain perhaps why the person doesn't understand how big a deal it is to discriminate in this way if they were raised outside of the EU.

My name is URL · 06-03-2014 2:09pm

I don't know when the last time I saw a male work at a deli counter was

tritium · 06-03-2014 2:10pm

An ad like that is pretty demeaning for both sexes tbh

kneemos · 06-03-2014 2:13pm

seamus wrote: »

I wonder with it saying "females only" is the person in charge of hiring not a fluent English speaker?

A fluent English speaker would know that the correct word in this situation is "women", but it would also explain perhaps why the person doesn't understand how big a deal it is to discriminate in this way if they were raised outside of the EU.

I would have said female.

smemon · 06-03-2014 2:15pm

i love how they reduced the font size on the 'female only' bit... it's as if they didn't want to highlight that bit but by making it smaller than the rest, they actually draw more attention to it because it looks like they're trying to hide it.

Son Of A Vidic · 06-03-2014 2:17pm

Anybody should be perfectly entitled to drop in with their female dog, goat, sheep, rabbit, horse ect, ect and apply for that job.

It said 'Females only' but it never specified a Species.

naughtysmurf · 06-03-2014 2:17pm

Women make smaller dainty sambo's, use less fillings so more profit for the owner

Men make sambo's to eat, stuffed to the gills with all the good stuff

Makes financial sense really

sopretty · 06-03-2014 2:17pm

My name is URL wrote: »

I don't know when the last time I saw a male work at a deli counter was

There's loads of them locally where I am anyway!

anncoates · 06-03-2014 2:17pm

kneemos wrote: »

I would have said female.

Female could technically mean any age too actually.

Maybe they're looking to hire toddlers.

Whisko · 06-03-2014 2:19pm

Big titted woman only.

All Hail President Murphy · 06-03-2014 2:20pm

I have emailed Spar and the Equality Authoruty.

Doubt anything would be done though.

I can GUARANTEE you that if the sign said Men only, there would be uproar and then they would hire a female just to make themselves look good. Doubt this will be the reverse in this case.

EyeSight · 06-03-2014 2:21pm

Even if they remove the sign, the attitude is still there. I can guarantee they will only hire a woman

MonstaMash · 06-03-2014 2:22pm

Moomat · 06-03-2014 2:22pm

phasers wrote: »

That's illegal isn't it?

You can discriminate all you want in private but don't put it on the feckin sign!

My wife went in with her CV to a well known fast food resturant on O'Connell St. She's originally from outside the EU but had full residency/work rights etc.. Asked for a manager and he took a look at the cv, asked her where she was from originally and then handed her back the CV while telling her that the job was for an Irish person preferably, maybe a European but definetly not a non EU person. All this from an lad of Aisan appearance and accent!

I'm pretty sure his boss said try to get an Irish person if possible but the gobsh!te should never be communicating that to the applicants. You'd wonder how these people make it into management roles.

All Hail President Murphy · 06-03-2014 2:23pm

EyeSight wrote: »

Even if they remove the sign, the attitude is still there. I can guarantee they will only hire a woman

If the sign said "Men only', they would issue an apology and a woman would be hired a "affirmative action", apology etc. his won't be the reverse case for men.

They'd also be fined for saying this against women, but won't be against men.

GLaDOS · 06-03-2014 2:23pm

My name is URL wrote: »

I don't know when the last time I saw a male work at a deli counter was

I see men serving at delis all the time

sopretty · 06-03-2014 2:25pm

I'd say they will take this seriously to be honest. It's clear discrimination.

All Hail President Murphy · 06-03-2014 2:26pm

sopretty wrote: »

I'd say they will take this seriously to be honest. It's clear discrimination.

Doubt it.

sopretty · 06-03-2014 2:27pm

All Hail President Murphy wrote: »

Doubt it.

They'll have to. I see the equality authority doesn't respond to tweets. But someone has emailed them yes?

My name is URL · 06-03-2014 2:33pm

ScienceNerd wrote: »

I see men serving at delis all the time

Well it's ages since I last last encountered it, and I do be on the road quite a bit. Obviously I'm not saying it's unheard of, just not common in my experience.

Riskymove · 06-03-2014 2:35pm

sopretty wrote: »

I'd say they will take this seriously to be honest. It's clear discrimination.

at this stage a sign went up, I imagine people will be informed and the sign will be removed.

They will probably get a telling off by the EA but I doubt anything else can really be done.

Spar IFSC: Female Sandwich Makers Needed. Sausages need not apply.

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