S/O do you have a hiring bias against people from the Midwest?

[Anonymous]

I'm the one who previously posted we might be moving to Kansas fm Falls Church. Relatives have "talked to people" (I take that with a grain of salt) and say that once we go there, it'll be really hard to come back east to DC or New York or even Philly or Boston because people on the east coast have a bias against hiring people from the Midwest. (They say people have a perception that once you live in the Midwest you can't keep up with the pace of the east coast.) Any thoughts on this? I've been government/non-profit, and husband is in PR/communications. Thanks.

[Anonymous]

"They say people have a perception that once you live in the Midwest you can't keep up with the pace of the east coast"

I've heard of this regarding people from the South. Slooow as molasses.

[Anonymous]

I agree with PP. If there is a hiring bias against anyone, it is Southerners.

[Anonymous]

What?!? I've never heard that. I would have no problem hiring someone from the midwest. Actually, my current assistant is from the south but most recently lived/worked in the midwest!

[Anonymous]

The director of my office is from Michigan, and I attribute her awesomeness to the fact that she's Midwestern. She always has time for people (even folks who shouldn't have access to her) and I've never seen her lose her temper. She makes the entire workplace calm.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The director of my office is from Michigan, and I attribute her awesomeness to the fact that she's Midwestern. She always has time for people (even folks who shouldn't have access to her) and I've never seen her lose her temper. She makes the entire workplace calm.

+1

[Anonymous]

No one would ever employ someone from the Midwest. Who wants some obese cretin waddling around an office, annoying you with their ludicrous slow accents?

I am sorry, but once you have spent a few weeks there you are ruined forever. You might be able to find a job as a clown, or a "before" model for a weight loss program, but that is it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No one would ever employ someone from the Midwest. Who wants some obese cretin waddling around an office, annoying you with their ludicrous slow accents?

I am sorry, but once you have spent a few weeks there you are ruined forever. You might be able to find a job as a clown, or a "before" model for a weight loss program, but that is it.

You are a cretin.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
You are a cretin.

Touche'! Truly a pleasure to cross swords with such a master of the bon mot!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I agree with PP. If there is a hiring bias against anyone, it is Southerners.

+1 and against a Yankee if applying for a job in the South.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No one would ever employ someone from the Midwest. Who wants some obese cretin waddling around an office, annoying you with their ludicrous slow accents?

I am sorry, but once you have spent a few weeks there you are ruined forever. You might be able to find a job as a clown, or a "before" model for a weight loss program, but that is it.

You are a cretin.

PP. That was satire. Carry on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No one would ever employ someone from the Midwest. Who wants some obese cretin waddling around an office, annoying you with their ludicrous slow accents?

I am sorry, but once you have spent a few weeks there you are ruined forever. You might be able to find a job as a clown, or a "before" model for a weight loss program, but that is it.

You are a cretin.

PP. That was satire. Carry on.

Midwesterners are a serious sort, satire doesn't work.

[Anonymous]

I love people from the Midwest. South is a different story.

[Anonymous]

I'm from the Midwest and have never struggled to find work.

[Anonymous]

i don't think there is any midwestern bias.

i do think there is bias of notherners finding work in certain areas down south and vice versa.