[StregaChess]

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IANAL, but I think it may be illegal for employers to consider your IQ in hiring.

I'm certain someone here can confirm or deny this.

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An employer can do pretty much anything they want to, as long as everyone in the same job pool for a specific position is handled the same way.

If they want to give everyone an IQ test and score them they are free to do so.

Once you are hired there are areas that are protected under state or federal law..
You can’t be fired for refusing to take a lie detector test. (Federal law)

However you could fire someone for being gay (in over 30+ states).

It’s never as simple as you think…..

*cough*

Not stating my IQ here, finished high school, dropped out of college, became a chess master and fooled corporate America into thinking that I’m smart...

I’m doing OK…….

*cough*

But if I had the median IQ of what folks claim to have in this thread…..

I would build a skyscraper that has a landing pad for the space shuttle and a submarine that can morph into a stealth bomber that would surely kick ass.

For myself…….

I’m strong willed (management confuses this with commitment)

I have a big ego (they confuse this with passion)

I have a monstrous fear of losing (this they confuse with a drive to succeed)

I have to some degree an inferiority complex (this they confuse with humility)


Just like in a lot of other games you’ve got to play the cards you are dealt.
Either play them or spend your entire week in therapy.

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