Thread by @ayumyum

Hey @OneAcreFund,
Last December, you asked me for feedback on your recruitment process.
Here's my public response to your unethical, biased, and racist recruitment process.
#SomeoneTellOneAcreFund #KOT

So @OneAcreFund,
I'm deeply disturbed.
So deeply disturbed.
Last year in August, I applied for a Communications Associate (Writer/Editor) position at One Acre Fund.
The interview process took almost 3 months!!!
#SomeoneTellOneAcreFund #KOT

And @OneAcreFund I was confident about my work and my interviews, considering I'd been coached by a top head hunter for global firms in Kenya.
I didn't get the job, and after the long interview process you chose to send me a very vague regret email.
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And @OneAcreFund I asked your team for specific feedback about what I could improve, and they said that I wasn't specific enough with my ideas and that my writing wasn't high-quality.
My intuition hit the roof.
Did you want me to work before the job?
#SomeoneTellOneAcreFund #KOT

So @OneAcreFund I knew something was off and decided to do some research.
And this is what I found out:
• A healthy interview process should NEVER take that long - 3 Months!!!
Why do you take people through such unreasonably long interviews?
#SomeoneTellOneAcreFund #KOT

And @OneAcreFund
An organisation like yours that keeps interviewing people and re-advertising the same position either has unreasonable standards or is extracting information from interviewees.
What are you hiding?
#SoneoneTellOneAcreFund #KOT

And @OneAcreFund
Your interviews felt like consulting sessions because I was literally working.
So why exactly did I have to help you produce ready stop publish content and share expert advice with you during an interview?
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And @OneAcreFund
My friends who are seasoned professional writers read my op-ed article (interview assignments) and couldn't fault it.
These are BBC journalists and writers who've penned for Forbes and Entrepreneur magazine.
What more did you need?
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But @OneAcreFund this is where it gets interesting. I'm not the only one who's faced your interview shenanigans.
Many more are now sharing their stories on Twitter, WhatsApp groups, and Facebook.
You might want to read up!
#SomeoneTellOneAcreFund #KOT

And @OneAcreFund
Your own employees have privately confirmed that your organization was started by a group of white friends at an Ivy League school who got some serious funding and are now hiring their friends.
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And @OneAcreFund
Despite the directive to hire more Africans as managers for more impact on the ground, it still seems as though those jobs are being secured for the "white expat friends" most who are fresh college graduates. (Experienced huh?)
#SomeoneTellOneAcreFund #KOT

And @OneAcreFund
Some of your advertised jobs for African managers ended up being given to white expats with barely any experience and lower qualifications.
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And @OneAcreFund
Many of the jobs for African managers have soon been re-advertised.
The one I applied for was re-advertised a month ago.
Are your standards really that high?
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And @OneAcreFund
My Facebook & Whatsapp posts asking fellow East Africans to privately share with me if they've applied for OAF jobs and what their experiences were like...
As we speak, loads of messages are flowing in from highly qualified people
#SomeoneTellOneAcreFund #KOT

And @OneAcreFund
Your organisation is just one of these "social enterprises" that are taking advantage of local expertise through interviews. @uber_kenya, @theCloudFactory and @MowgliTweets and @OxfamEAfrica have been mentioned too.
#SomeoneTellOneAcreFund #KOT

So @OneAcreFund
We didn't work hard to build our careers and our parents didn't work hard to afford us great education...
Only for our knowledge and expertise to be extracted for free during interviews and handed over to foreigners.
Not on my watch.
#SomeoneTellOneAcreFund #KOT

If you've applied for a job at @OneAcreFund and felt that the recruitment process was unjust, please share your story and break the status quo!
#SomeoneTellOneAcreFund #KOT