r/SipsTea • u/Bigb5wm • 1d ago

Wait a damn minute! College scammed them

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u/StopElectingWealthy 1d ago

Nah that’s bullshit. It’s 2 minds, two people, two workers

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u/anengineerandacat 1d ago

Two hands is the main issue, not the minds; very few business models where this is an inherent advantage.

If they got into software engineering, mathematician, etc. and actively used their two minds to scale off each other... potentially could see two paychecks; pair programming is a very common thing and having that extra pair of eyes really does improve the overall quality of the delivered product.

Throw "them" onto a sustainment team and they'll easily run the show (barring both have the skills for it).

The other question I have is... do they both share in sensation? do they both operate the limbs? or is one a talking head and the other has actual bodily control.

That plays a factor into things as well... if only one can control the body... it lowers the value even more.

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u/poisonfire12 1d ago

If two hands is the main issue, do you get half pay for work if you only have one.

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u/anengineerandacat 1d ago

Realistically speaking... doubt you would even get hired at my workplace; that comment just made think through the entire 2-3 campuses of staff and I don't think we have "anyone" that is missing a limb.

We do have folks in wheel-chairs... but they have their hands.

My "guess" is that HR would simply pre-screen them out, never even make it to the interviewer.

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u/throwaway098764567 1d ago

which is discrimination and illegal in some places but does still happen

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u/bobbingforapplesat3 1d ago

I mean if you physically can't do the job how can you expect anyone to hire you? No point in wasting time for an interview then either.

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u/dongasaurus 1d ago

I don’t see how missing a limb would stop you from working a desk job, the only issue I can think of is typing speed, as if that matters in most jobs anyway.

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u/memento22mori 1d ago edited 1d ago

I'm not an expert but I believe the defining aspect of whether something would be considered discrimination against a physical impairment (in the US) is if a job can be performed with what are considered "reasonable accommodations." So if a particular job requires someone to answer a phone and use a mouse and a keyboard at the same time in order to use multiple programs on dual monitors it wouldn't be a good fit for someone with one arm.

But would it be discrimination not to hire them- it probably would if the applicant could prove it but there'd no way to do so. A lot of the online typing tests and whatnot would filter them out, the company wouldn't even know the potential employee just had one arm- they'd just know that they type slower than most of the other applicants.

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u/anengineerandacat 1d ago

Yeah, given; just pointing out prospects are harsh regardless.