“If you are interested in becoming part of our staff, leave your CV inside the restaurant”. It looked like a job advertisement like many others, the one posted in the last few weeks outside the Burger King of the Cospea Village shopping center in Terni. However, it was his final part that ended up in the eye of the storm: “At the moment we give priority to male personnel”. A specification that has indignant both citizens and users of social networks (with reports that have been received, now for more than ten days, even to the minister for appropriate equalsty Elena Bonetti), agree to believe it little respect for gender equality.
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“We have already been told that our announcement can be misinterpreted – said one of the fast food managers -, but on our part there is no discriminatory intent. In fact, most women work here (thirteen in all, ndr), we have also hired two recently “. Only three men instead, one of whom however announced that will leave the place shortly. This is the reason behind the “posting of the job offer, which provides a trial month with an on-call contract for a total of about 20 hours a month.” We need some males to unload the goods – continued the manager – The work is heavy and the there is a physical difference. For the last discharge I had to get help from another employee ».
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It goes without saying that the woman’s is an obvious one generalization. For this it was she herself who specified that, in any case, the curricula proposed by female candidates they are not rejected a priori. Also, to avoid further controversy, the announcement will come now “Removed and modified”. But the search for strong arms continues.
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