Thread: EXCLUSIVE:Help Wanted--'Arrogant Americans' Need Not Apply

EXCLUSIVE: Help Wanted -- 'Arrogant Americans' Need Not Apply

Wednesday, February 17, 2010
By Joshua Rhett Miller

The advertisement, posted by Viva USA on behalf of Exelon, has since been removed. 'An arrogant American will not work well in this role,' it read.

Looking for a job? Well, if you're an "arrogant American," you had better search elsewhere.

An information technology staffing firm based in Rolling Meadows, Ill., posted an advertisement for a technical writer that warned that an "arrogant American" would not flourish in the position.

"Exelon is looking to provide these proposals to Chinese businesses, so someone who is respectful and understands Chinese culture is preferred. An arrogant American will not work well in this role," the listing read.

The ad, posted by Viva USA, an information technology consulting firm, has since been removed. Varuna Singh, the company's development manager, told FoxNews.com it received the language from its client, Exelon Nuclear Partners, and the wording somehow got past a "junior recruiter" who posted the advertisement on CareerBuilder.com.

"We are taking it down immediately, this was a mistake," Singh said. "This was not wordage by Viva. This was sent into us by the client, but we, as the staffing company, should have looked into it before posting."

Singh apologized for the error, citing "negligence" on the company's behalf.

Judith Rader, a spokeswoman for Exelon, said the company was looking into the matter.

"Exelon is researching the issue," Rader said in an e-mail. "We cannot verify or provide comment on this information until we learn the facts."

Diana Johnston, an attorney for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, said a hiring decision based on national origin would be a violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination by employers on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin.

"You always have to look at the whole thing in context, but certainly it does violate Title VII to discriminate based on national origin," she said. "If you make a hiring decision based on national origin, including it based on somebody being American, that would be a violation."

Rose Valenta, of Chalfont, Pa., said she received the job description via e-mail from Viva on Tuesday.

"I was OK with the first paragraph, but when I got to the second, I was floored," she told FoxNews.com.

"It made me furious. People need to know about this. There's a lot of things here that need to be looked into."

Ferne Wolf, a St. Louis-based employment law attorney, said the posting "sounds like national origin discrimination" and suggested the advertisement be brought to the attention of EEOC officials.

"I think a jury could reasonably conclude that there's already a predisposition [by the firm] that Americans are arrogant," she said. "That's like saying ditzy blondes need not apply."

Wolf continued, "You'd think they would know better. Maybe they need a lawyer. There's plenty of good defense attorneys in Chicago."

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This is not a matter of national origin. This is a direct attack on American citizens on American soil and every business associated with that ad needs to be removed from the United States and expelled.

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Exelon Corporation

10 S. Dearborn Street, 48th Floor


Exelon Corporation
PO Box 805398
Chicago, IL 60680-5398

Phone 800.483.3220

Exelon Nuclear Partners
4300 Winfield Road
Warrenville, IL 60555
312.394.7417

Also, everyone, contact the Illinois State Attorney General and DEMAND a lawsuit against Exelon Nuclear Partners and DEMAND their business license be pulled IMMEDIATELY and to CEASE DOING BUSINESS IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS.

Wow. They really stepped into some chit with this one. There is no way they can explain their way out of this. A "junior recruiter" lol. Yea, just find someone to scapegoat and everything will be ok. NOT THIS TIME!!!! How much time do you think it will take for this to get around the internet? LOL. They are in deep chit.

I could understand if they job criteria included ability to speak Mandarin Chinese, because there are plenty of arrogant American citizens with that ability. And so what they are telling folks with this is that someone must be willing to lick the bottoms of the boots of their projected Chinese customers -- the communists.

An information technology staffing firm based in Rolling Meadows, Ill., posted an advertisement for a technical writer that warned that an "arrogant American" would not flourish in the position.

I'm sure this crap goes on everyday in this country with these staffing firms. This particular one was just dumb enough to actually put the discriminatory language in the job posting!

Unbelievable. Well, lets not get mad, lets get even. Time for the FairTax and Protected Trade, my fellow Arrogant Americans. I know I don't want their Commie Crap on the shelves of the stores I frequent. Time to restore protected trade policies, pass the FairTax and balance our trade deficits with the Communists and Socialists. I don't want to send another $ to their countries without knowing for a FACT that at least that $ is coming back to the US in trade, not debt. Time to balance all our books, settle all our scores and earn all of our reputation.

Proud to be an arrrogant American