A woman’s new job lasted less than an hour after she says she was told to discriminate against applicants with “Black-sounding” names.
In her now-viral TikTok, she explained that her role was to schedule care for clients and process applications from potential caregivers. But during her first-day training, she was shocked to learn there was an unspoken — yet enforced — hiring “rule.”
According to her, if an applicant’s name didn’t “sound white,” she was instructed to mark the application as completed and move it to a rejected folder labeled “name standards.” The realization hit hard when she asked if that meant names like hers and was told, “Yes.”
In a follow-up video, she revealed she had collected over 120 screenshots of rejected applications, complete with names, emails, and phone numbers, all flagged for the same reason. She says she confronted the company’s owner directly, and the owner admitted to the discriminatory practice, even apologizing.
“I told her this wasn’t something I could participate in,” the woman said, adding that she kept her tone calm and professional. She walked away from the job that same hour.
While she’s not naming the company just yet, she says she plans to share details soon. “I know discrimination like this happens,” she said, “but I’ve never experienced it this blatantly in training.”
