--- title: "Tech Company Accidentally Posts Racist “White-Only” Job Listing, Shrinks Into a Corncob" description: "IT company Arthur Grand Technologies is feeling the heat for a racist job listing that it's blaming on a rogue employee. Many don't buy its explanation." date: "2023-04-06" modified: "2023-04-06" authors: - name: "Frank Landymore" job_title: "Contributing Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/flandymore" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/company-white-only-job-listing" categories: - "Future Society" tags: - "discrimination" - "racism" - "the digest" --- # Tech Company Accidentally Posts Racist “White-Only” Job Listing, Shrinks Into a Corncob ![IT company Arthur Grand Technologies is feeling the heat for a racist job listing that it's blaming on a rogue employee. Many don't buy its explanation.]() *\Image: Getty / Futurism\* ## The Quiet Part An IT company called Arthur Grand Technologies is having its worst PR nightmare — and appears to be in full meltdown. After users on social media spotted an incredibly racist job listing from the company, its website has been completely shut down without explanation, [*Vice* reports](). At first glance, it appears like an ordinary job listing posted on the job site Indeed, until you get down to the "note" in the full description. "Only Born US Citizens \[White\]," the note reads, "who are local within 60 miles from Dallas, Texas" And, in brackets: "\[Don't share with candidates.\]" Yeesh. Talk about saying the quiet part out loud. The job listing has since been removed, but an [archived version of it remains available](). https://twitter.com/kendallybrown/status/1643418828007669764 ## Blaming the Patsy The racist blunder blew up on social media, amplified by a [thread on the r/WorkReform subreddit]() that received nearly 55,000 upvotes. Further scrutiny quickly spilled over to Twitter, where a [screenshot]() of the listing garnered close to 100,000 likes. Following the mass condemnation online, Arthur Grand addressed the job listing in a LinkedIn post, which has since been replaced with a [new, cleaned-up version](). In the post, the IT company called the listing "offensive," and scapegoated a former employee for the whole fiasco. This former employee, Arthur Grand claims, "took an existing posting and added discriminatory language, then reposted it through his own account," as quoted by *Vice*. The company added that it is taking legal action against the offending worker. ## Differing Testimony Furious LinkedIn users took issue with Arthur Grand's version of events, however. Many of them pointed to a [screenshot]() purportedly depicting the company's initial explanation. According to the allegedly deleted post, Arthur Grand maintains that it was actually "a new junior recruiter" that was responsible for the racist listing — not a former employee who used lingering permissions on his personal account to use the company's official page. If the screenshot's authentic, it seems that in its rush to control the controversy, Arthur Grand couldn't get its story straight. Mysteriously, *Vice* notes, the company's [Twitter account]() has been disabled. Its [Facebook page]() is now unavailable, too. Sounds like things aren't exactly going well over there. **More on sh\*tty employers:** *[Elon Musk Finally Relents and Apologizes for Mocking Disabled Twitter Ex-Employee]()* ## Author At Futurism, my work has often centered on bringing a sense of clarity and insight to complex topics ranging from the regulation of emerging technologies to the esoteric ideologies of Silicon Valley executives, while striving not to lose the poetic sense of awe inspired by often-obscure fields like astrophysics and quantum computing. I broke the story of CNET using AI to produce articles that turned out to be riddled with factual errors and plagiarism — a dam-breaking inflection point, as I've reported, that's inspired copycats and endless discourse while beguiling stakeholders ranging from tech giants to purveyors of spam around the web. My work at Futurism has been cited by publications including CBS News, the Los Angeles Times, Vice, Gizmodo, Engadget, the Verge, and Vanity Fair. I grew up in locales ranging from India to China, and now live in the exotic suburbs of Virginia. In my free time, I'm an avid reader of weird sci-fi literature, an aficionado of East Asian cinema, and, regrettably, a relapsed gamer. Allegedly, I’m working on a debut novel, currently untitled. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()