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Originally Posted by Franco Cozzo
Another thing is post code discrimination when going for work too, I'm touch and go where I live because I'm about an hour away from the workshop, and most employers consider commute times over 30 minutes 'too long' so you can land yourself off an opportunity if they think you're too far away from them and they determine your travel times are too long.
We've got this going with a candidate at the moment on the other side of the city, guy is highly skilled but his location (in Melbourne) is over this arbitrary 30 minute mark, so thats working against him.
Its not an eccentric thing either, I've had it come up in interviews a couple times now where they ask where you live and then raise concerns about driving more than 30 minutes. I kind of live in this area where I'm an hour away from Melbourne and the other large regional cities so no one is happy about my hour commute to get to anyone  |
And having employment is more important than owning a house so many people are forced to look for housing where the work opportunities are.