Today in geek misogyny: women being offered as perks in a job ad.
Event organising start-up Evvnt.com is looking for a developer, proficient in the Ruby programming language. They’re eager to get a good one, so in an advert posted to the London Ruby user group yesterday, Richard Green, the CEO and founder of the company, offers a list of potential perks. Here it is in full:
- Keg of beer and beer tap fitted to your development desk?
- The recruitment fee as your welcome gift?
- 4 day week?
- Building your own team of 4 from scratch
- Shares and equity (so dull)
- Commission from online sales.
- An endless jar of Cadbury chocolate eclairs…
- 4X female french, italian and spanish junior / front and backend developers
- Your own Expresso [sic] coffee machine with frothy milk maker…
- 30 days paid holiday if taken in December and August.
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