'What someone does with their free time has no business being discussed or judged in the workplace': Boss refuses to hire qualified employee because she is a gamer, internet is furious

Elna McHilderson • Managing Editor

Mar 29, 2023 10:00 AM EDT

Gamers tends to have a bad reputation. The boomers simply see the kids that would be glued to the video games and procrastinate doing their homework and never go outside. So when they hear an adult say that they are a "gamer," many think that this is a person who is anti-social and will not get any thing done because they will be too busy on their consoles. However, that is simply not the truth when it comes to adult gamers.

Sure, adult gamers will also spend a lot of time gaming, but they are also a lot more responsible than they were as a teenager. Plus, now these gamers have matured into expanding their gaming hobby. So now they don't only enjoy gaming, but they also enjoy tougher problem solving and puzzles and maybe even get into game creating or coding.

So why is it that when you say you like to game in your free time, you can lose a potential job? Because that is recently what happened to one gamer. An employee at the company recently posted on Reddit that his boss confessed to him that he did not want to hire the qualified person for the new position because he didn't like that she was a gamer. It rubbed the employee the wrong way and he posted about it on Reddit.

See how it unfolded below!

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