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The Dallas-based recruitment agency that recruited Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway employees this week after screenshots of a job posting allegedly calling for a “white” candidate appeared on social media. Website has been closed.
The list was first published on Twitter by a user named Kendall Brown and has been viewed over 9.6 million times.
The position, reportedly posted on LinkedIn by Arthur Grand Technologies, was looking for a contract business analyst based in Dallas, Texas, making $75 an hour.
The tweet reads, “U.S.-born U.S. citizens only,” in the red circled part of the list. [White] People who live within 60 miles of Dallas, Texas [Don’t share with candidates.]”
[don’t share with candidates] pic.twitter.com/lij7iCjnGH
— Kendall Brown (@kendallybrown) April 5, 2023
Thousands of shocked and disappointed Twitter users questioned whether the post was “satire” or “photoshopped”.
“They need to report,” someone bluntly said.
“Every time I see a post like this, I can’t help but wonder how often it happens without someone having the courage to leak it.
But after Arthur Grand released a statement on his LinkedIn page, those who thought the list was photoshopped were proven wrong.
“This job listing is not endorsed or posted by Arthur Grand or any of its employees,” the company wrote. was reposted from my account.As soon as it came to our attention, we worked with the job portal to remove this offensive job posting.”
Noting that it is a minority-owned company, Arthur Grand Technologies said it had taken legal action against the individual who altered the post, adding that “employment decisions are based on the individual’s qualifications.” I claimed.
However, a screenshot posted by Twitter user @buccocapital shows what appears to be the company’s initial response to the incident on Linkedin. The company accused a “recruiter” of the post and claimed it had “fired.”
Suspicious original post (via Twitter) @ Bucco Capital)
The post has since been deleted. Arthur Grand is also not accepting comments on his most recent posts on LinkedIn.
The IT staffing firm’s website was up and running on Thursday afternoon, but the company disabled the “Contact Us” section and the ability to contact the company via LinkedIn.
entrepreneur We reached out to Arthur Grand and Berkshire Hathaway for comment.