Google Rejects Fat Job Applicants?

wizdum said:
You people act as if its as simple as just not stuffing your face with food. It doesn't work that way, everyone's body is different. My friend eats a McDonalds nearly every day, doesn't work out, drinks at least 10 cans of soda a day, plus a couple of energy drinks, and works in an office. He's so skinny that he is often mistaken for a 15 year old.

I work for a construction company, busting my ass every day, eat healthy food for breakfast and lunch, only 1 or two diet sodas per day, avoid energy and sports drinks, and I try to go on a hike every two weeks. I weigh 240lbs.

Which person is the one with lack of self control?
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He's also likely to get diabetes at an early age and he'll have a hell of a time gaining any muscle if he ever wants to become more athletic. On the other hand, if you put in the effort to a better diet (how about eating healthy for breakfast, lunch, and dinner too?), lifting and a real exercise regimen (hiking a couple of times a month isn't going to cut it) you can cut yourself down to virtually any body type you can desire. I know many people with incredibly bad genetics, who have to watch every single calorie, who are in fantastic shape.

People's metabolisms differ, this is true. But taller people have advantages over shorter people, men over women, etc. Just because you've been dealt a different genetic hand doesn't mean you (and I'm not referring to you in particular here) should give up. Put in a little more hard work.

People love to espouse this perfectly libertarian, capitalist world where the amount of hard work you put in is directly proportional to your success. Modern society unfortunately doesn't work that way. Your body does.
 
wizdum said:
You people act as if its as simple as just not stuffing your face with food. It doesn't work that way, everyone's body is different. My friend eats a McDonalds nearly every day, doesn't work out, drinks at least 10 cans of soda a day, plus a couple of energy drinks, and works in an office. He's so skinny that he is often mistaken for a 15 year old.

I work for a construction company, busting my ass every day, eat healthy food for breakfast and lunch, only 1 or two diet sodas per day, avoid energy and sports drinks, and I try to go on a hike every two weeks. I weigh 240lbs.

Which person is the one with lack of self control?
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You fatty! good day sir!
 
NativeAlien said:
He's also likely to get diabetes at an early age and he'll have a hell of a time gaining any muscle if he ever wants to become more athletic. On the other hand, if you put in the effort to a better diet (how about eating healthy for breakfast, lunch, and dinner too?), lifting and a real exercise regimen (hiking a couple of times a month isn't going to cut it) you can cut yourself down to virtually any body type you can desire. I know many people with incredibly bad genetics, who have to watch every single calorie, who are in fantastic shape.

People's metabolisms differ, this is true. But taller people have advantages over shorter people, men over women, etc. Just because you've been dealt a different genetic hand doesn't mean you (and I'm not referring to you in particular here) should give up. Put in a little more hard work.

People love to espouse this perfectly libertarian, capitalist world where the amount of hard work you put in is directly proportional to your success. Modern society unfortunately doesn't work that way. Your body does.
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Unfortunately I don't have time for dinner. Leaving at 6:30am and returning at 8:30pm doesn't leave much time for anything. I may get a chance now that we're not building anything though. I am definitely overweight, but i'm 6' 3" so it doesn't show as much as it does on my co-workers.
 
Actually weight is a totally legal discrimination, she has no case. Sex, age, race, disability and nationality are illegal, being fat is not a protected class.
 
More for insurance, duh.

kcmastrpc said:
this is bullshit. my entire family is overweight, and so was i at one point. through self-control, excercise and being conscience about my diet i've gone from 290lbs to 160 and maintained it for over 10 years now.

i've even participated in several triathlons, cycling events, and marathons. i don't really care what anybody says - and most reputable doctors will agree, there is no such thing as a 'weight problem', it's a lifestyle problem - mostly overeating and laziness.
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Agreed, I'm a biology and physiology major. Being overweight is not something you are born with, it's all relevant to what you eat and the amount of exercise you do. The reason Americans are one of the fattest countries in the world is there are literally fast food restaurants on nearly every corner. People are too lazy to make their own food so they buy fast food which is made with many additives, and is cooked in many cases, the most unhealthy way possible. You're only supposed to consume as many calories as you will burn. Calories that are consumed that are not burned, are converted to fat in case you need it at a later time to be used then. However, 90% of Americans don't need to store fat for that reason as food is readily available, even if you are poor. This is taken from a book that I have:

Maintaining your weight - "in balance." You are eating roughly the same number of calories that your body is using. Your weight will remain stable.

Gaining weight - "in caloric excess." You are eating more calories than your body is using. You will store these extra calories as fat and you'll gain weight.

Losing weight - "in caloric deficit." You are eating fewer calories than you are using. Your body is pulling from its fat storage cells for energy, so your weight is decreasing.
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IT'S SCIENCE! :p
 
jctusmc03 said:
More for insurance, duh.



Agreed, I'm a biology and physiology major. Being overweight is not something you are born with, it's all relevant to what you eat and the amount of exercise you do. The reason Americans are one of the fattest countries in the world is there are literally fast food restaurants on nearly every corner. People are too lazy to make their own food so they buy fast food which is made with many additives, and is cooked in many cases, the most unhealthy way possible. You're only supposed to consume as many calories as you will burn. Calories that are consumed that are not burned, are converted to fat in case you need it at a later time to be used then. However, 90% of Americans don't need to store fat for that reason as food is readily available, even if you are poor. This is taken from a book that I have:



IT'S SCIENCE! :p
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Calories in = calories out is actually bullshit.
http://www.overcomingbias.com/2008/07/gary-taubes-goo.html
Yes, I know thats not a reputable website, just read the book and ignore whatever the website is telling you now.
 
koolaidkitten said:
well, has anyone looked at the current roster of employees. are there any fat ones?
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Yes, there's a 'google is Eco Friendly and uses Green Cars on campus' video that shows a rather fat jewish-looking lawyer and the engineer responsible for the recharge stations was a bit round about the waist too.

Even if there's no fat people at the google campus, perhaps its because everyone bicycles to get around and bicycling on a daily basis is good exercise?!?! Combine that with free gym passes, fitness classes and giving people time in their day to do both and by doing so have less 'work hours' in their work day and more 'fun exercising hours' might be why there's not a lot of fat people on campus?
 
WBurchnall said:
Yes, there's a 'google is Eco Friendly and uses Green Cars on campus' video that shows a rather fat jewish-looking lawyer and the engineer responsible for the recharge stations was a bit round about the waist too.

Even if there's no fat people at the google campus, perhaps its because everyone bicycles to get around and bicycling on a daily basis is good exercise?!?! Combine that with free gym passes, fitness classes and giving people time in their day to do both and by doing so have less 'work hours' in their work day and more 'fun exercising hours' might be why there's not a lot of fat people on campus?
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Agreed.
 
wizdum said:
Calories in = calories out is actually bullshit.
http://www.overcomingbias.com/2008/07/gary-taubes-goo.html
Yes, I know thats not a reputable website, just read the book and ignore whatever the website is telling you now.
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The other exception to the 'calorie in versus calorie out' rule which makes it somewhat invalid to is when your thyroid that's the main mechanism responsible in your body for determining whether fat should be stored or not is malfunctioning, cancerus, etc etc. In that case, you might be taking in only 1600 calories and your body is using 1600 calories a day but for whatever reason your body decides to slow your metabolism to 1400 calories leaving you feeling tired/sluggish and packing 200 away as fat b/c your thyroid thinks your food supply may be in danger.
 
Ok people. Let me try to end this stupid tug of war right now...

I used to work on the side as a trainer. I have taken 2 personal friends (helping them got me started) and 3 complete strangers from being obese to being in fantastic shape. All of them thus far were lazy gluttons to begin with. All of them claimed to have health issues as well. Getting them into shape always started with mental conditioning and being faced with reality. That reality is that there is no "medical condition" that turns people into piles of lard. They all had to be constantly monitored and pushed until they were forced into a lifestyle change. Through discipline and force they all fixed themselves.

I don't believe for one second that anyone "has" to be fat... if there are doctors and boards that claim otherwise, it is because they have an obligation to ensure the survival of their industry.
Think about how much money is made on the diet industry. Think about how many patients they would lose out to "healthy America". Its all an illusion.

Anyone can get in shape... and they can do it naturally. No pills or "wonder diets". Just sweat, frustration and perceived hunger.

Workout for 1 hour a day (mixed cardio/light weight lifting), eat three small/healthy meals before 5-6PM (NEVER eat after that) and admit to yourself that your "thyroid issue" is a fat lie

Do these things and you WILL get into shape, I promise.
 
wizdum said:
Calories in = calories out is actually bullshit.
http://www.overcomingbias.com/2008/07/gary-taubes-goo.html
Yes, I know thats not a reputable website, just read the book and ignore whatever the website is telling you now.
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Calories in vs. calories out is what matters in the end. Body fat exists to store energy, and without excess energy from excess food, it can't be created. There are no exceptions to this. Mass cannot be created from nothing. Obese people are not capable of defying the laws of physics.
 
veilv0x said:
Just sweat, frustration and perceived hunger.
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That last, by the way, is probably the most annoying thing.

You definitely will feel hungry. It's why it is very, very important to watch your meal size and count calories when you want to lose weight, because you WILL ABSOLUTELY BE 100% CERTAIN that you are not eating as much as you are burning and can have that little bit extra.

This is incorrect. But your mind will really fuck with you on it, and that's probably the biggest take-away. You are going to think you are seriously hungry, sometimes starving even, when you almost certainly aren't. So make sure to count your calories. Count what you take in, count what you burn off. And be dedicated in that, don't guesstimate overly generously "Oh, I forgot to wear my pedometer today, so I'll assume I burned 1000 calories walking." NO.

Watch your calorie intake religiously, and if you want to LOSE weight, make sure what you take in is less than you put out (not a MASSIVE degree less, of course - we don't want organ failures - but definitely measurably less. I've heard 5-10% recommended. And make sure it's a balanced intake, too - use vitamin supplements if your diet doesn't include enough fruits and veggies.) But, still - you'll definitely feel "hungry" for several weeks until your brain re-adjusts to the 'new normal' (at which point, you probably want to increase your exercise routine to get you back into a 'feeling somewhat hungry' state until your weight hits the target you want).

I think that's the biggest issue people have with keeping a healthy weight. Our culture of indulgence, comfort, and consumption doesn't interact well with the concept of "it's perfect fine to sometimes feel hungry and not immediately start stuffing simple carbohydrates into your face..."
 
WBurchnall said:
The other exception to the 'calorie in versus calorie out' rule which makes it somewhat invalid to is when your thyroid that's the main mechanism responsible in your body for determining whether fat should be stored or not is malfunctioning, cancerus, etc etc. In that case, you might be taking in only 1600 calories and your body is using 1600 calories a day but for whatever reason your body decides to slow your metabolism to 1400 calories leaving you feeling tired/sluggish and packing 200 away as fat b/c your thyroid thinks your food supply may be in danger.
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Not sure I follow. So the person is taking in 1600 calories, and actually using 1400 calories. So they are getting 200 calories added as fat.

Yes, that's what everyone is saying. Nobody is in disagreement that not everyone, for a variety of reasons, uses the same amount of calories for every activity. But if you take in more calories than you are actually using (for any reason at all), then you are going to gain weight. If you take in fewer calories than you are actually using (for any reason at all) then you will lose weight. Period. No exceptions.

Now there may be reasons that your body isn't using as many calories as it SHOULD be using for a given activity, and that is a health problem that you should get treated (although, almost always, this is caused by deficiencies due to poor diet - eat yur damn veggies, and I DON'T mean lettuce and potatoes!). But it doesn't change the fact that, as long as you take in less than you burn, you will lose weight.
 
Joe S said:
This is not entirely true. A lot of people are predispositioned to having weight problems.
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That's the biggest copout excuse I've ever heard, and it amazes me that anyone expects us to believe it.

Unless that is, they are saying they are predispositioned to being lazy and having poor self control....
 
Zarathustra[H];1037426097 said:
That's the biggest copout excuse I've ever heard, and it amazes me that anyone expects us to believe it.

Unless that is, they are saying they are predispositioned to being lazy and having poor self control....
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A very tiny minority of people are predispositioned though. Not stating it's the woman or the vast majority of fat people, but some people are just born unlucky.

But I'd agree that it's a poor excuse. I remember in college one of my neighbors who was extremely obese. Same excuse as everyone else. "I was born this way, it's genetic, etc".

His "I eat the same as everyone else" breakfast consisted of 3 scoops of eggs, 2 biscuits with gravy, 6 slices of bacon, 4 sausage, 2 bowls of cereal, 2 slices of toast, 3 glasses of milk, 2 glasses of orange juice, and a couple other items.

Now, I tend to piss off a lot of fat people, and I'll admit, I discriminate against them. Am I thin? Yes. But everyone in my family is/was fat. (My father pushed 500 lbs at one point in his life). The difference between them and me though is that I actually exercise and don't pig out.

As for Google? I'll agree if they were looking for attractive women. Let's face reality here. Beautiful people are at an advantage to the rest of us. But as far as being fat? Have you ever seen a company with software engineers? Healthy living, even with free gym membership, is almost an oxymoron.
 
I suppose stupid people will claim they are being discriminated against next.
 
jeffreybt said:
the fact that people relate being skinny to being healthy is hilarious.
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Its undeniably established that being overweight is an unhealthy condition that leads to all kinds of illnesses, like diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and some studies are even showing links to Alzheimers now.

That doesn't mean that all thin people are healthy, but it does mean that all overweight people are unhealthy.

This is not an opinion. It is pure unadulterated fact. Absolute irrefutable truth.

Code: 
Male Height to Weight Ratio			
Height	Low	Target	High
5' 1"	123	134	145
5' 2"	125	137	148
5' 3"	127	139	151
5' 4"	129	142	155
5' 5"	131	145	159
5' 6"	133	148	163
5" 7"	135	151	167
5' 8"	137	154	171
5' 9"	139	157	175
5' 10"	141	160	179
5' 11"	144	164	183
6' 0"	147	167	187
6' 1"	150	171	192
6' 2"	153	175	197
6' 3"	157	179	202

Female Height to Weight Ratio			
			
Height	Low	Target	High
4' 10"	100	115	131
4' 11"	101	117	134
5' 0"	103	120	137
5' 1"	105	122	140
5' 2"	108	125	144
5' 3"	111	128	148
5' 4"	114	133	152
5' 5"	117	136	156
5' 6"	120	140	160
5' 7"	123	143	164
5 '8"	126	146	167
5' 9"	129	150	170
5' 10"	132	153	173
5' 11"	135	156	176
6' 0"	138	159	179

If you are outside of the above ranges (in Lb) your body weight is unhealthy, unless you are a body builder or something (and its actually debatable whether or not body building is a healthy sport)
 
veilv0x said:
Ok people. Let me try to end this stupid tug of war right now...

I used to work on the side as a trainer. I have taken 2 personal friends (helping them got me started) and 3 complete strangers from being obese to being in fantastic shape. All of them thus far were lazy gluttons to begin with. All of them claimed to have health issues as well. Getting them into shape always started with mental conditioning and being faced with reality. That reality is that there is no "medical condition" that turns people into piles of lard. They all had to be constantly monitored and pushed until they were forced into a lifestyle change. Through discipline and force they all fixed themselves.

I don't believe for one second that anyone "has" to be fat... if there are doctors and boards that claim otherwise, it is because they have an obligation to ensure the survival of their industry.
Think about how much money is made on the diet industry. Think about how many patients they would lose out to "healthy America". Its all an illusion.

Anyone can get in shape... and they can do it naturally. No pills or "wonder diets". Just sweat, frustration and perceived hunger.

Workout for 1 hour a day (mixed cardio/light weight lifting), eat three small/healthy meals before 5-6PM (NEVER eat after that) and admit to yourself that your "thyroid issue" is a fat lie

Do these things and you WILL get into shape, I promise.
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I agreed with everything you said until I read this. Light lifting is just a little better than using a Shake Weight. Lift heavy. Your muscles will not get stronger or retain mass on a deficit unless it's facing heavy stimulus on a regular basis. Read: you won't get "toned" or "lean" or muscular unless you're lifting heavy. You don't need to go balls to the wall, puke your guts out after every lifting session. You don't even need to go to failure, but you need to always lift heavier or more to combat your muscle's capability to adapt.

I think everything else in your post is the truth and exactly what 50% of the people in this country need to hear, but please don't tell people to do "light" weight lifting, unless it's just your method of getting them over their fear of weight lifting.
 
kcmastrpc said:
the fact that people, other than professional body builders, relate being 300lbs to being healthy is equally hilarious.
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I think the point he is trying to make is that being overweight doesn't necessarily make you less healthy than someone who isn't overweight. For example, I am overweight, but I don't have any blood pressure or cholesterol problems. I am likely at lower risk for health problems compared to my thin relative with high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and a drinking problem.

But in a job interview, no one asks you your blood pressure or cholesterol. Nor do they even care. They don't care about your medical history at all, in fact, unless you have a disability that will significantly impair your ability to do your job.

People have made the argument in here that it is about health, but it really isn't. It's just about physical appearance. Someone who is more attractive will be viewed more positively, all things being equal.

I think there is at least some argument to be made that it is unfair to judge someone for one "health risk" just because it's visually apparent, but hire someone who has a myriad of less visible risk factors.
 
Zarathustra[H];1037426401 said:
If you are outside of the above ranges (in Lb) your body weight is unhealthy, unless you are a body builder or something (and its actually debatable whether or not body building is a healthy sport)
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Modern bodybuilding is rampant with steroid use and all sorts of unhealthy practices. Bodybuilding peaked in the 1970s and it's turned into some sort of freakish sideshow since then.

As for the "overweight=unhealthy, skinny=healthy" debate, it really depends on the individual. Someone who is 6'4", 160 lbs, 8% body fat and who eats one meal a day of a pizza (maybe some cheetos before bed) and drinks nothing but Mountain Dew is far unhealthier in my mind than someone who is 6'4", 240 lbs, and 22% bf who eats nutritious meals (lean meats, veggies, etc), takes a multivitamin, drinks lots of water, has a regular sleep schedule, etc. The latter isn't really in any danger of heart disease unless there is a family history and his/her body is thanking them for the actual nutrients. Of course, anyone who is obese is just plain unhealthy and there's no way around that.
 
Zarathustra[H];1037426401 said:
If you are outside of the above ranges (in Lb) your body weight is unhealthy, unless you are a body builder or something (and its actually debatable whether or not body building is a healthy sport)
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I'm outside that range! Both in weight and height! That chart is vertically bias!

Here's a problem I have. I'm on the tall side... Why is it that I can be kicked off a plane, or have an inability to get certain jobs, because my height makes me a liability when it comes to safety, yet a person who's too fat yells discrimination, even if they're just as much as a liability?
 
NativeAlien said:
Someone who is 6'4", 160 lbs, 8% body fat and who eats one meal a day of a pizza (maybe some cheetos before bed) and drinks nothing but Mountain Dew is far unhealthier in my mind than someone who is 6'4", 240 lbs, and 22% bf who eats nutritious meals (lean meats, veggies, etc), takes a multivitamin, drinks lots of water, has a regular sleep schedule, etc. The latter isn't really in any danger of heart disease unless there is a family history and his/her body is thanking them for the actual nutrients. Of course, anyone who is obese is just plain unhealthy and there's no way around that.
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Right because he got up to 240 pounds and a 22% body fat by age '24' by following a nutricious well-ported meal-plan, sleeping regularly, exercising regularly and drinking lots of water. Not by lack of exercise and eating... I dunno say Pizza and Mountain Dew several times a day. Eating that several times a day is surely more healthy than less often :rolleyes: ;)
 
NativeAlien said:
As for the "overweight=unhealthy, skinny=healthy" debate, it really depends on the individual. Someone who is 6'4", 160 lbs, 8% body fat and who eats one meal a day of a pizza (maybe some cheetos before bed) and drinks nothing but Mountain Dew is far unhealthier in my mind than someone who is 6'4", 240 lbs, and 22% bf who eats nutritious meals (lean meats, veggies, etc), takes a multivitamin, drinks lots of water, has a regular sleep schedule, etc. The latter isn't really in any danger of heart disease unless there is a family history and his/her body is thanking them for the actual nutrients. Of course, anyone who is obese is just plain unhealthy and there's no way around that.
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I first want to see those two individuals. I say this, because as I hinted at in my first post, there's a difference between saying you live a specific life style and actually live that specific life style.

I know quite a few people who have been targetted by larger individuals as displaying a much unhealthier life style. "I eat X, but person Y eats Z! It's genetic!" But in the end, there always seem to be facts which are omitted. I find out that while person Y does eat pizza and drink mountain dew, they end up eating healthy 5x a week and typically walk everywhere, while the 240 lb person ends up driving across the street to get his 8 nutritious meals for lunch. But both people can be described as you stated above with enough concealment.
 
that height to weight chart is outdated and next you will be putting up the food pyramid saying this is how one should eat.... i know plenty of athletes outside those parameters. while i will say there are tons of unhealthy fat people there are some out there that it is genetics. i also train with a couple of them and they are faster and more agile then some of the smaller guys in the room.
 
WBurchnall said:
Right because he got up to 240 pounds and a 22% body fat by age '24' by following a nutricious well-ported meal-plan, sleeping regularly, exercising regularly and drinking lots of water. Not by lack of exercise and eating... I dunno say Pizza and Mountain Dew several times a day. Eating that several times a day is surely more healthy than less often :rolleyes: ;)
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No, I didn't say he got that way by doing all those things, but a guy who is 6'4", 320 lbs and who does those things for a year can get to 240 lbs and is obviously much healthier than Captain Scrawny Fuck On His Way to Osteoporosis. I guess I should have been clearer. And I don't think I said anything about age 24.

Nytegard said:
I first want to see those two individuals. I say this, because as I hinted at in my first post, there's a difference between saying you live a specific life style and actually live that specific life style.

I know quite a few people who have been targetted by larger individuals as displaying a much unhealthier life style. "I eat X, but person Y eats Z! It's genetic!" But in the end, there always seem to be facts which are omitted. I find out that while person Y does eat pizza and drink mountain dew, they end up eating healthy 5x a week and typically walk everywhere, while the 240 lb person ends up driving across the street to get his 8 nutritious meals for lunch. But both people can be described as you stated above with enough concealment.
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This is true, I'm not denying this does happen. However the skinny guys with hyper metabolisms do exist - for evidence, see my roommate who lives the unhealthiest life I've ever encountered and is ultra thin. Trust me though, I am no fat apologist.
 
NativeAlien said:
This is true, I'm not denying this does happen. However the skinny guys with hyper metabolisms do exist - for evidence, see my roommate who lives the unhealthiest life I've ever encountered and is ultra thin. Trust me though, I am no fat apologist.
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I know, as I use to be one. Freshman year of college I was 150 lbs, which for my height made me emaciated. But as I've stated, I grew up in a family of fat people. My father was at one point near 500 lbs. My sister is close to 300. My mother was about 250. My aunt was over 300. And with the exception of myself, no one in my family was tall. My father was probably the tallest person in that group at 6'2.

So how is it that I ended up being a healthy weight, even discarding my height? Heck, one thing I notice is that lots of fat people have fat families, which is a situation that I was in.

This is why I have a problem with fat people. It is about personal responsibility. Before a person should make a claim about it being genetic, they need to first attempt to take some responsibility for their lifestyle. And that's what I don't see. Trust me, I hear tons more "it's genetic, I've tried everything, etc" than I actually see people trying. For the kid at college, it took my roommate and I 4 1/2 months for him to even come to the track to walk around it once (1/4 mile). And he never went again after that. Even my sister who constantly complains about her weight and her families weight barely came with me to hike 1 mile before never doing it again.

It's not that I like exercise. I don't. Like most other people I've met, I hate exercising. I do it because I prefer being healthier to being unhealthy. But I also realize that I can put in my 30 mins of exercise in my free time. To those who say they don't have enough time to exercise, BS! I can't tell you how many people I know whine for an hour+ about how little time they have and how they can't exercise. If they only whined half as much, they would have all the time they needed.
 
wizdum said:
I work for a construction company, busting my ass every day, eat healthy food for breakfast and lunch, only 1 or two diet sodas per day, avoid energy and sports drinks, and I try to go on a hike every two weeks. I weigh 240lbs.

Which person is the one with lack of self control?
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you avoid energy and sports drinks, but you drink soda ? That's 2 cans too many.
They're all bad.
put down the soda ! even diet is bad for you.

train yourself to drink water or milk. None of that chocolate milk either.

water tastes good.
 
I know a fat person who got hired by Google just a month ago. Guess what...you have to be really smart to work at Google.
 
Weenis said:
I'm sorry but I don't think it's terribly wrong to discriminate against someone who consciously puts themselves into poor health.
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Its GLANDULAR you asshole! God, people like you make me so anrgy. I need some cake now.
 
Dwango said:
I can't wait for some law to come along labeling fat people as "disabled". You know some jackass lawyer or politician somewhere is working on that.
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We're already there.

You'd be suprised the number of people who are collecting disability because they are too fat.
The extra weight is the main cause of thier foot/leg/back problems that qualify them as disable.

Plus they get that nice card to hang in their car window so they can use the special parking spaces at the store, and drive around the free motorized carts.

Maybe I should start eating more so I can qualify for an early retirement...
 
If it was about health concerns, they'd look at how someone got fat. The brain can bug out and create it, while naturally we all know how most cases occur and would rather employ someone at least trying to take care of ones self. They'd also look at thin types, because they can be in deep drop dead at any time shit from invisible fat gathered while thinking they're fine. People with magical metabolisms too, every one of those I've known have struggled to gain weight and had a diet of fat nasty foods as to prepare themselves a "Huh how did that happen"-death, one needs a pipe cleaning in her tubes because of gathered up fat and she's so light weight she needs to wear weights if she goes outside during a storm.
 
Google isn't a private company, they have strict laws they have to abide by when hiring, and singling out "fat" people is definitely a no-no.

Second, I really don't think that Google would do that...maybe the "skinny" people left at the interview were simply more qualified. I don't thing Google would open itself up to that kind of liability.

Hiring practices are screwed up at the best of times. In Toronto, the fire dept hires women because it NEEDS to fill a certain quota, and these women get in by passing tests that are half as difficult as the mens tests. I could care less if they hire women or not, and if the women do get in, good for them, but they should have to pass the same tests as the men. Let me tell you, if I have a woman come into a burning building to rescue my ass and she can't lift me because she didn't have to be as strong as the men, and I die, there will be hell to pay!!!!!
 
Oh, and that damn chart up there...

It says I'm supposed to weigh 179??? At 6'3"???? WTF?? I'm 202 right now, and if I got down to 193 I'd look like crap...SKINNY!! I can't imagine where I'd lose and additional 14lbs!!

BUT, for my wife, she's 5'5", it says 136...bingo. Perfect.

Something is wrong there.
 
TheBuzzer said:
at my work, there is more than a boatload or fat people. Even the people going to the trade shows before.
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Your boat tip over often?

All seven were overweight women
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Ms. G says her phone interview for one of the eight positions was mostly about her non-work activities, and she got the impression they wanted to see "that you're active in your life, that you do stuff outside of work, that you're well-rounded."
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Maybe they weren't the right kind of well-rounded?
 
I'm outside that range! Both in weight and height! That chart is vertically bias!
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Lol, no kidding. At 6"4, wide framed, put me under 230 and I'll look unhealthily skinny.
 
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