Virgin Atlantic faces racial discrimination accusation over job rejection

[joebloggs]

A refugee from West Africa who settled in Wales 10 years ago is accusing Virgin Atlantic of racial discrimination after his application for a call centre job was rejected.


Read more: Wales Online http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wa...#ixzz2JY8YWJvD

[Dedworth]

I've read before about a stani in Bradford who does this repeatedly

[Terpe]

To be honest this sounds odd to me as well.
On the face of it he appears to have a good case.

I've plenty of experience in terms of being on the receiving end of age discrimination

[bigmarco]

Difficult one although under the Welsh name he said he had worked for 3 organisations in customer service role which would make him a suitable candidate for interview.
He'll probably have Cherie Blair representing him at tribunal so should be in for a fortune
I don't know about any others on here but I work for a large organisation and tend to find that they tend to operate the opposite to what this guy is suggesting. The more boxes you tick the more you seem to progress .

[Dedworth]

I don't know about any others on here but I work for a large organisation and tend to find that they tend to operate the opposite to what this guy is suggesting. The more boxes you tick the more you seem to progress .

Next time I'm on the Tube Marco I'll try to ascertain if the driver is a disabled, transvestite, albanian asylum seeker

[grahamw48]

Hopefully he'll be accepted back into the new and welcoming Liberia now....then he won't have to tell lies on his job application forms, and the rest of us will no longer be paying to support him, and presumably his irresponsibly created family too.

[Cold Spud]

Ha! Ha! Though I feel like sobbing with my present situation, I could not help laughing on this very clever story

Hopefully he'll be accepted back into the new and welcoming Liberia now....then he won't have to tell lies on his job application forms, and the rest of us will no longer be paying to support him, and presumably his irresponsibly created family too.

[bigmarco]

Next time I'm on the Tube Marco I'll try to ascertain if the driver is a disabled, transvestite, albanian asylum seeker

Ded they're not driving mate they are sitting in offices telling us what to do. It's very entertaining sometimes particularly as they know nothing about railways but they've got a degree from the University of Nairobi. I always ask them to write their instructions down now after one of them denied saying something to me once.

[grahamw48]

It's bad enough trying to understand what some of these Indian callcentre people are saying, nevermind Liberian/Welsh Patois.

"Look mate, you can't have a job on the TELEPHONES in our CALLCENTRE because no bugger can understand what the hell you're talking about ! OK ? "

[Dedworth]

Hopefully he'll be accepted back into the new and welcoming Liberia now....then he won't have to tell lies on his job application forms, and the rest of us will no longer be paying to support him, and presumably his irresponsibly created family too.

Grubs like this parasite should be forcibly repatriated

[andy222]

I remember somebody saying once. Britsh jobs for british workers. What does a british person look like? Any ideas? Show me a filipino and it would be easy to tell.

[grahamw48]

I guess somebody who's great great grandparents were born here ?

Then again, my son is British...ah, but at least SOME of his great great grandparents were born here.

[Dedworth]

I remember somebody saying once. Britsh jobs for british workers.

A famous quote from the man who wrecked Britains economy Gordon "Bottler" Brown.

I wonder if the people of Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath realise the Invisible Man is still trousering a fat salary and expenses purporting to be their Member of Parliament

[Arthur Little]

Gordon "Bottler" Brown.

Oh dear, things are getting out of hand ... next thing we know, someone with a name like his - who's Scottish - will be suing for racial discrimination for being called Brown!