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Cattle branding for an interview (lemy.lol)
submitted 3 months ago by to c/linkedinlunatics@sh.itjust.works
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And so you understand that this is 100% legit... Here is their apology after they branded their potential slaves.

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[–] 216 points 3 months ago (9 children)

I have to be fair, though: that apology was one of the most decent public apologies I've seen in the last while (OK, I get it, it's a low bar, but still). Full admission that it was wrong (no "sorry if you didn't like it" bullshit), no blaming it on someone else, no trying to say "it wasn't really that bad". The only thing I find questionable is that some facts don't add up.

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  • [–] 50 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    I'm not sure that's true. I think there's some gas lighting going on. The LinkedIn post explicitly says interviews were for anyone who got a LemonLime tattoo. The apology then first says participants chose their own tattoo, and didn't have to get the company logo. Then in the "facts" section at the bottom, says interviews were available to everyone regardless of whether they got a tattoo.

    Not having attended the event, it's impossible to know, but it seems like pressure was higher at the event, and the poster is sort of taking some of the responsibility, but trying really hard to say "we didn't make you do anything."

    I wish we could see more of that "facts" section. I wouldn't be surprised if there's more there, they use to try to absolve themselves.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Tbf the apology is about as close as it can come to actually humanely admitting they did that.

    Considering this guy is acting as the head of a business, that generally comes with some need to not be quite that good of a person. No corporate lawyer in their right mind would ever let the guy come out and admit to them having pressured people into getting tattoos of the company logo

    Clearly they did that, but also the guy clearly cannot say that without making it very easy for these people to sue the company.

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  • [–] 16 points 3 months ago*

    Idk, I feel like he's glossing over the very active role the company had in pushing people to get their logo tattooed. Compare

    [We] offered an instant interview to anyone who got a LemonLime tattoo.

    and all that talk about being bold, risk-taking and committed - applicants "might want to take note", to

    participants chose their own tattoo and no one was asked to get our logo

    interviews were available to everyone regardless

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    Shame. We got to keep it alive cause it is the only way we get apologies like that cause you can feel that they felt ashamed.

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