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Woman Gets A Rejection Email From A Landscaping Company That Assumed She’s Too Weak – Roasts Them In Her Response
Imagine polishing your job application only to get a disrespectful response saying you’re too weak for the position. Well, this is precisely what happened to a woman named Charlotte who applied for a job at an unnamed landscaping company.
Her brother who goes by the handle @dzzzny has shared the screenshots of the email his sister got from a company she applied for vs. the one she sent back on Twitter and they went viral immediately.
“Funnily enough, I probably have just as much experience bodybuilding as you do, which I am guessing is none,” the woman stated in her fire email referring to the rejection letter.
And while most people agree that ‘Muscle Mark’ from the company has clearly crossed the line of respect for the female applicant, skeptics are left scratching their heads over whether you really gotta be one hell of a bodybuilder to nail landscaping. So let’s dive deep into this whole situation and make sure to share your thoughts in the comments below!
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Dan who goes by the handle @dzzzny has tweeted the screenshots of the rejection letter his sister received, and the response she emailed them back
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This is the letter Charlotte received after applying for a job at a landscaping company
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And that’s the fire response to ‘Muscle Mark’ who thought she’s too weak for the job
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Many people pointed out the blatant sexism which, sadly, is all too common in the job market
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While some critics were not that supportive of Charlotte
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What do you think ?
K Witmer 4 years ago
She had her resume and listed her experience so why did he need to point out it was physically hard work. Her resume and experience literally said she knows what the job entails. Hes illiterate in a sense that he can't connect the dots sexist clueless not funny condescending and a jerk.
Burs 4 years ago
It is always the same if you are a woman. I used to have a very physically demanding job and later on in my cover letters and CV always specified that I was used to hard work and capable of it. I was still told in every interview if 'I thought that the job wouldn't be too hard for me', or if 'I would be comfortable working with men' or absurdities like that.
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Ivana 4 years ago
I got about 10 years of construction experience from working with my dad. I tried for a bit to find a construction job but gave up when it became very clear that they were never going to hire a 5 foot female. I am actually really good at construction guys. I was mostly looking into AC which is where I have the most background and you aren't handling heavy equipment, you are running flimsy tubes through tight spaces in the ceilings. But I guess they wanted 6 foot, big men to run those through tiny spaces in the ceiling instead of a 5 foot, 100lbs female who was averaging completing two houses a day because I can literally just walk around the truss with no problem so I didn't have to use a ladder and go up and down to run the duct work through.
Crazy Meerkat Lady 4 years ago
Mark's email may sound polite, but I have only one question. If the application was from a man, would Mark have said the same to him? Like "Hi Kevin, thanks for your application, before we continue, I just want you to know what hard work this is and unless you do bodybuilding, I doubt you'll be able to keep up with us." I highly doubt that.
Carol Emory 4 years ago
The message from Mark became sexist as soon as he said "However, unless you're a bodybuilder...." Without even looking at her resume, he proceeds to mansplain to her about how hard the work is. She's worked in the field for several years...I think she has a clue about how difficult the work is. It would be the equivalent of a woman telling a man that, unless he's raised kids of his own as a stay home dad, he's clueless as to how to work in a daycare with young children.
TheBoredPanda 4 years ago
I spent 22 years as a firefighter and was passed over again and again for a promotion. The newer guys were getting the promotions over me. But, when one of those guys was unavailable, THEN it was okay for me to fill in for them. I knew going into it that it was a man's world, but dang, I always pulled my weight, fit in with the culture and even had the guys who got the promotions tell me that I should have gotten it over them. That's saying something.
Valisbourne Spiritforge 4 years ago
Dude was an ass and so was everyone defending him. Pretty much my take from the whole thing.
Wilf 4 years ago
Would he have sent that reply to a male applicant? I very much doubt it. In which case it is straight-up sexism.
Dre Mosley 4 years ago
Pfft, my grandmother did her own yard work, which included mowing her property which is filled with hills well into her 70's.
Sa Ruuu 4 years ago
Muscle Mark is definitely in the wrong. Why would she apply to a landscaping company if she couldn't work as a landscaper? So it's like he's joking that she doesn't even understand what she applied for. And in most cases, people send resumes along with their application, so unless he ignored that then he should've known she already had plenty of prior experience working in landscaping. Just as her critics say she could've sent in a different response, Mark could've as well. Instead he chose that wording and tbh her response fits it well.
K Witmer 4 years ago
She had her resume and listed her experience so why did he need to point out it was physically hard work. Her resume and experience literally said she knows what the job entails. Hes illiterate in a sense that he can't connect the dots sexist clueless not funny condescending and a jerk.
Burs 4 years ago
It is always the same if you are a woman. I used to have a very physically demanding job and later on in my cover letters and CV always specified that I was used to hard work and capable of it. I was still told in every interview if 'I thought that the job wouldn't be too hard for me', or if 'I would be comfortable working with men' or absurdities like that.
Load More Replies... Ivana 4 years ago
I got about 10 years of construction experience from working with my dad. I tried for a bit to find a construction job but gave up when it became very clear that they were never going to hire a 5 foot female. I am actually really good at construction guys. I was mostly looking into AC which is where I have the most background and you aren't handling heavy equipment, you are running flimsy tubes through tight spaces in the ceilings. But I guess they wanted 6 foot, big men to run those through tiny spaces in the ceiling instead of a 5 foot, 100lbs female who was averaging completing two houses a day because I can literally just walk around the truss with no problem so I didn't have to use a ladder and go up and down to run the duct work through.
Crazy Meerkat Lady 4 years ago
Mark's email may sound polite, but I have only one question. If the application was from a man, would Mark have said the same to him? Like "Hi Kevin, thanks for your application, before we continue, I just want you to know what hard work this is and unless you do bodybuilding, I doubt you'll be able to keep up with us." I highly doubt that.
Carol Emory 4 years ago
The message from Mark became sexist as soon as he said "However, unless you're a bodybuilder...." Without even looking at her resume, he proceeds to mansplain to her about how hard the work is. She's worked in the field for several years...I think she has a clue about how difficult the work is. It would be the equivalent of a woman telling a man that, unless he's raised kids of his own as a stay home dad, he's clueless as to how to work in a daycare with young children.
TheBoredPanda 4 years ago
I spent 22 years as a firefighter and was passed over again and again for a promotion. The newer guys were getting the promotions over me. But, when one of those guys was unavailable, THEN it was okay for me to fill in for them. I knew going into it that it was a man's world, but dang, I always pulled my weight, fit in with the culture and even had the guys who got the promotions tell me that I should have gotten it over them. That's saying something.
Valisbourne Spiritforge 4 years ago
Dude was an ass and so was everyone defending him. Pretty much my take from the whole thing.
Wilf 4 years ago
Would he have sent that reply to a male applicant? I very much doubt it. In which case it is straight-up sexism.
Dre Mosley 4 years ago
Pfft, my grandmother did her own yard work, which included mowing her property which is filled with hills well into her 70's.
Sa Ruuu 4 years ago
Muscle Mark is definitely in the wrong. Why would she apply to a landscaping company if she couldn't work as a landscaper? So it's like he's joking that she doesn't even understand what she applied for. And in most cases, people send resumes along with their application, so unless he ignored that then he should've known she already had plenty of prior experience working in landscaping. Just as her critics say she could've sent in a different response, Mark could've as well. Instead he chose that wording and tbh her response fits it well.
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