Relocation is not being offered, only candidate who reside within a 50 mile radius of Wilsonville, OR will be considered.
Is this discrimination ?
I'm currently looking to relocate to Oregon.
Not a lawyer or anything, but it is usually their call on what they put in the ad. If you are expecting a company to relocate you, I hope you have the career path that supports it, because many companies do not do that much below the executive level anymore for new hires…
If you want to work for a company that puts this much restriction on just who they hire by location, do you think their HR policies will be better than their hiring policies? Fuggetaboutit, find a company that cares a little bit about their employees…
Nope, it's simply a requirement. They can say local residents only, if they want to only hire a person with knowledge of the area or already settled. That's not discrimination.
I was just curious. I had never seen such a thing until I started hunting the Oregon area for work, thinking about moving there from California.
I’ve heard about companies adding this requirement. The reason being that employees with excessive commutes tend to quit their jobs more often.
As far as I know it’s legal, but then again I live in MA and my office is in TN.
It is discrimination in the broader sense of the word, however I don’t believe it to be illegal discrimination. As others have said it’s just a requirement. Requiring a person to be sighted is also discrimination, but you would never hire a blind truck driver.
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this is what I have done.
found a jot out of state - had the same requirement. I deleted my address on my resume a long time ago (not a legal requirement to have your address on it anyway), also omitted it on monster, dice, … long ago.
applied for the role, took a trip for the interview and relocated on my own when they made an offer! I don’t think this was dishonest not to tell them where I live and they only asked in the very last moment (when they made an offer) where my location was.
Sometimes they mention this when they don’t want candidates to fly in from all over the country for this role or when they don’t want you to move for this position. (high chance that people from far away are no-shows for interviews of don’t move when offer made). I don’t believe this is a “fair” requirement but understand the corporate concerns.
Why not call their HR department and discuss your circumstances and their hiring policy.
Might find that being forward will afford you an invitation as an exception, which straight away, you’ve an advantage, as you’ve already been vetted to an extent.