March 29, 2017
Fuck Medium
So, they "suspended" my account until I "edited" some crap; that a jackass said was harassment. What parts were "harassment"?? I really don't fucking know. This guy is the guy who tried to Dox me, who claimed to be "an experienced hiring manager" but said that "hiring managers" don't like people who ask questions about diversity:
"I am a hiring manager at a multi-billion company and I’m going to tell you what the reality is here. Spouting this drivel does nothing to promote women in tech and I would avoid you like the plague. You are problematic, you will create problems, and I have no room for that on any of my teams. Do yourself a favor and go study something technical and hope nobody knows you wrote this."
In response to That Time You Failed to Follow Up on Diversity
In short, the asshole told people who care about diversity and sexist cultures that they are unhireable "problems" that are unwanted.
I would not want to work for this fuckhead, one "JD Fries", so I asked him what company he worked for so I would never make the mistake of applying there. He didn't respond, he just accused me of "begging" because I had a PayPal link on my profile and called me a whiner because I care about diversity.
Of course I care about fucking diversity, asshole, I'm a disabled woman over 30.
Then the scum bag dickface got abusive about the fact that I swear, and tried to order me not to.
Fuck. That. Shit.
Oh hell, enjoy the whole "exchange" (Notice I didn't start cussing him out until later)
JD Fries
Mar 20I am a hiring manager at a multi-billion company and I’m going to tell you what the reality is here. Spouting this drivel does nothing to promote women in tech and I would avoid you like the plague. You are problematic, you will create problems, and I have no room for that on any of my teams. Do yourself a favor and go study something technical and hope nobody knows you wrote this.
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L J Laubenheimer
Mar 21Please, tell me where you work so that I never apply at a company with such an idiot as a “hiring manager”.
Diversity is seeing two applicants of equal skills and not automatically preferring the young, white, cisgender, straight, able-bodied male.
Diversity is not automatically trashing resumes with names like Lakisha, Mohammed, Hassan, Xueshen, etc.
Diversity isn’t getting that uncomfortable “I can’t deal with this” look when the applicant comes for an interview using a cane or a wheelchair.
But you don’t care. You think you run a meritocracy. You don’t.
Anyone who thinks that people caring about diversity is “problematic” doesn’t run a diverse team, and doesn’t truly have a meritocracy, but more like a monochrome “bro-ocracy”.
Feh
Notice that there was no swearing in any of the above. But he kept on with his abuse and insults. I let him have it with both barrels:
JD Fries Mar 21Says a guy who’s begging for free money by providing a link to PayPal in his profile.
You are also problematic and would never be hired. You are more interested in whining instead of actually doing work. We avoid people like you as if you were the plague. Our legal department filters you out as part of our screening process. Thank you for showing your hand here which makes our lives easier.
This is the reality folks, at startups as well. We don’t want you around. We want people who are interested in working, not whining.
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L J Laubenheimer
Mar 21Hahahahahahaha!
I am already employed, at an employer who is not afraid of people who speak up. Too bad you only want conforming drones.
You still didn’t tell me where not to apply — I wouldn’t want to work for an asshole like you. Or are you afraid to reveal it?
I’m not “begging”, idiot. I have a right to earn money from my writing. Or do you really think the only way to earn money is working for assholes like you? The thing about having a PayPal link means that only those who want to pay me do. I don’t expect anything from it, actually, because I have a day job.
I’m glad you think that having a life outside of sucking your dick makes someone a “whiner”. Your “legal department” would make sure I never had to suffer with the kind of asshole, sexist, bigoted boss that your company employs. Just tell me what company, and I won’t waste their time.
As far as “actual work” is concerned, I doubt you would know actual work if it came up and bit you on the bigoted, sexist ass. You are too busy being concerned about whether an employee is a “whiner” or dares have an opinion that isn’t a reflection of yours. (I do quite a bit of “actual work”, and have the resume to prove it.)
But you will have your fatheaded boss delusions, and dreams of drones chained to their desks, not daring make a word of complaint or sound of discontent. I bet you love H1b indentured servants for that.
What a sad life you must lead, to be unable to deal with anyone who will talk back to you working for you. How’s your turnover?
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JD Fries
Mar 21It didn’t take you but a few minutes to confirm what everyone already knew. You are not someone anyone would ever want working for them. You are a liability through and through. No wonder you’re begging for money. You’re not employable.
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L J Laubenheimer
Mar 21You really are stupid, and unable to read for comprehension. Is that too long of a word for you, bunky?
You are also a chickenshit.
I told you I’m employed. I don’t care if you believe it or not, you are perfectly free to continue to be an idiot. But I make six figures a year. You probably are the night manager at a McDonalds.
My boss and I get along just fine — he isn’t a bigoted asshole like you.
I told you I wasn’t “begging”, but you are too stupid to see that. Asking for donations if a person likes what I write isn’t begging, dumbass.
It’s the same way a lot of open source software and writing projects are funded. BTW, several writers here on Medium put their PayPal link on every story, because they do write for a living.
But you haven’t written anything but bigoted drivel, so you wouldn’t have the balls to ask for money for your writing.
So you are an ignorant chickenshit, too cowardly to name his oh so great company that supposedly wouldn’t employ me. This is probably because if you did, your legal department would be all over your ass for being such an idiotic jerk. That is if you really have a job, much less have hiring authority over anyone.
But hey, keep on with the bullshit, it amuses me to drag your stupid ass through the mud of your ignorance and asininity.
There's more, but then he goes over the line in my book. I reported him, of course.
JD Fries Mar 21Hiring managers. This person who is carrying on this foul mouthed discourse and who just cemented their position as permanently unemployed.
How do we know this person is unemployed? See the following:
I am now looking for a new long term position. I will happily consider any opportunities you might have that need a multitalented geek who likes to play with the toys. I tend to enjoy jobs that seem to be going well and good geeky fun, and I work long term. My primary field is system administration (Linux, Solaris, NetBSD), and I also do perl programming. I also firmly believe in documentation and cross training.
Sorry L.J. Nobody will ever hire you after that embarrassing tirade. Maybe that whole Paypal link will work out for you though!
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L J Laubenheimer
Mar 22Boy, you are stupid. You found an old resume, some boilerplate and ignored what I wrote. Typical sexist bigot, so sure of himself he ignores the facts in front of his face. Hopefully your little tantrum will help screen out some of the crappy recruiters and nasty jobs that I get in my inbox. I suppose I should thank you for that…
You still can’t read for comprehension.
You do seem very jealous of my PayPal link in my profile. Do you want me to walk you through how to set one up so you can have one of your own? Would that soothe your precious ego that can’t stand to be challenged or questioned?
Seriously, you are soooo ridiculous! A real hiring manager would look at your stupidity and know you to be a bitter wannabe living in your mother’s basement.
PS: I was right, next came the attempted doxxing. Reported.
Now, I hope Medium has banned him.
At no point in any of this had I looked him up on LinkedIn, or even done a Google search on his name.
I deleted some extraneous entries, but you get the gist of it.
The final exchange:
JD Fries Mar 22824 words of hatred from someone who cannot believe they managed to destroy their career in a single day.
This may be one of the single best examples of why you should never do what L.J. has done and viciously attack someone (an experienced hiring manger no less) and think that you can remain anonymous.
Sadly, Linda Laubenheimer will never be gainfully employed by anyone after today. This is because L.J. cannot delete my comments which list Linda Laubenheime’s full name and personal information for any hiring manager anywhere, at anytime, ever, to see this person’s true colors.
I actually feel very sad for you L.J. For the life of me I cannot figure out why you woke up today and decided to bury your career on Medium for everyone to see.
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L J Laubenheimer
Mar 22You really are an arrogant idiot who thinks more of yourself than you are worth. Ironically, I’m one of the milder mannered people in my field.
You have no say over my “career”. I seriously doubt you ever hired anything more than a part-time gardener under the table. It isn’t hard to find a name with initials “L J”, either, so your attempt at intimidation fails miserably.
Any employer who would be swayed by the words of an “experienced” bigot and intolerant “hiring manager” like yourself is not someone I would want to work for, so you would make a fine filter for dealing with small minded “hiring managers” who care about the rantings of a bigot like yourself on the net. Believe me, I need the filter for the garbage that recruiters throw into my inbox.
You really don’t get how much you are on the wrong side of this, do you?
Companies who label people “problems” and “whiners” because they dare have opinions and principles will slowly but surely atrophy from their enforced homogeneity and stifling of independent thought. They can’t innovate their way out of a paper bag — all original thought is killed before it is fully formed.
You haven’t even had the guts to name the “company” that would never hire “whiners” or “problems” and that your “legal team” would screen out people who dared have principals and *gasp* talk about them.
You are still trying to throw your weight around like I should care what you think. Quite frankly, I think it is all a delusion and that you are nothing more than maybe a newly minted assistant manager at MacDonalds.
Next phase will be a attempted doxxing, and then you will proclaim that you have an army of hackers at your command, obedient, non-complaining, and ready to do your bidding in this oh so important war of words with a complete stranger on the internet. Then, anyone who looks up your name will see what you are, and stay away from anywhere you work and its toxic culture.
Do you see how petty you are on top of all the rest? I haven’t even tried to threaten your job — I figure whoever hires you deserves what they get! But you are trying to intimidate me with your “experience” as a “hiring manager”, like I should fear your power, by showing my “name” in your comments. How childish can you get?
I’m not worried about my career, but you might want to worry about yours now that you’ve shown what a sexist, repressive and immature bigot you are, calling people who dare to ask questions and probe about values in an interview, and who dare have opinions about diversity, “whiners” and “problems”.
If you searched my name on the net, you will find that I have been a firm voice for a long time. A back and forth with a stupid cretin like yourself who claims to be “an experienced hiring manager”, with no supporting evidence in your judgment or attitude, is not a threat to my career.
You are a cretin — rigid, intolerant and foolish, deriding theoretical prospective employees for daring to have principals and opinions that you don’t agree with. Your turnover must be horrendous, if you really manage anyone.
You opened your yap, started throwing your weight around like you mattered like a boss to people who would never want to work for a rigid jerk like yourself, and then wondered why you turned into my chew toy. I do not suffer fools gladly. You are an arrogant fool.
In my actual job I am much more considerate, because I don’t take and keep jobs with jerks. I’ll still pick apart technical issues like a pit bull. As an iconoclast, I seldom stay long at any company that can’t handle questioning, principals and people who stand up for themselves. The places that do respect diversity, the ability to ask the hard questions, and the willingness to stand on principal are the best places to work, IMO. It’s too bad that there aren’t more of them. Then again, if you are actually as influential as you think you are, it’s little wonder that so many companies die out so quickly.
Let me put it this way: If I handed this entire series of comments to my boss, he’d would just laugh, shake his head, and roll his eyes that I’d started chewing on someone new. Then he’d change the subject back to work.
Edit: Yes, he really did try to doxx me.
The idiot really seems to believe that anyone would consider him an authority on whether a person is employable, even though he a) can't read for comprehension, b) throws stereotypes and insults around in a way that would make any competent HR department cringe, and c) generally is an insufferably arrogant asshole.
To put it another way: Would I publish this stuff on my own blog if I placed any credence in his opinion?
I know people who are older, out, kinky furries who are employed in the tech field. They make me look vanilla and saintly.
His argument is valid only to the same kind of people he is: big company, bro-culture, sexist bigots. They wouldn't hire me anyway - I'm too much of a disabled older woman for them to handle.
Posted by ljl at 12:25 PM