Finding out you didn't meet the requirements for a job you wanted is always tough to hear.
But, a company in Spain is facing an almighty backlash after it sent a candidate an email telling her she didn't get hired because she isn't a man.
SEE ALSO:Someone Photoshopped the male artists out of a festival poster and the result is tellingCarla Forcada, who lives in Barcelona, Spain, applied for the role of account executive at PR agency Impulsa Comunicación. After sending her CV, she received an email from the PR firm telling her that they were looking for a man because the role would require work with Coca-Cola and Carglass accounts. She tweeted a screenshot of the email she received, which is written in Spanish, alongside the comment: "Unbelievable to think that some companies still don’t support gender equality in the workplace."
"Believe me, they need a man to be able to deal with the day to day, the visits, knowledge of production, etc," read the email.
Hi Carla,
Thanks for sending your CV…We are currently in the selection process but we are looking for a guy because the role requires to work with accounts such as Carglass and Coca-Cola… and believe me, they need a man to be able to deal with the day to day, the visits, knowledge of production, etc. But we will keep your professional history at hand in case we need any future help.
Thanks and good luck!
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Coca-Cola España issued a statement on Twitter stating that it would no longer work with the PR agency and added that they support companies which have "inclusive, diverse, and equal" employment policies. "We are very sorry that our name has been aligned with this discriminatory and unfortunate response," read the tweet.
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Carglass tweeted an apology at Forcada, stating that it had been offended by the email she'd received, stating that the company promotes gender equality and "acts like these do not represent our position". "We have expressed our position to Impulsa Comunicación."
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Impulsa Comunicación has since made its website unavailable, but its director told ABC, a newspaper in Spain, that the company "in no circumstance" accepts discrimination.
"Apologies for the misunderstanding, I have personally spoken to this candidate," Pere Terés told ABC.
"We have invited her [Forcada] in. We are a company of transparency with parity, but in no way is it acceptable under any circumstance for there to be any type of discrimination," Terés continued.
Translation by Veronica Gutierrez.
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