A job ad for a personal assistant for a 35-year-old disabled man in western Sweden who specified he wanted a "disciplined" and "easily trained" woman has been pulled due to a flood of applications from women eager to fill the position, according to the recruitment agency which posted the ad.
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In the ad the applicant was also offered a special clothes allowance of 5,000 kronor ($699) per month.
“As the employer demands a uniformity of clothes between you and him while you are working, you will freely dispose of a clothing allowance (5,000 kronor/ month) with which you can procure appropriate work clothes,” the ad read.
Robert Silverflod, manager of assistant recruitment agency Göteborg’s Familjeassistans AB, which posted the ad on behalf of the disabled man, doesn’t think that the clothes demands are strange and pointed out that the clothing allowance is being financed by the man’s own money and not the assistance benefits he receives.
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In the ad the applicant was also offered a special clothes allowance of 5,000 kronor ($699) per month.
“As the employer demands a uniformity of clothes between you and him while you are working, you will freely dispose of a clothing allowance (5,000 kronor/ month) with which you can procure appropriate work clothes,” the ad read.
Robert Silverflod, manager of assistant recruitment agency Göteborg’s Familjeassistans AB, which posted the ad on behalf of the disabled man, doesn’t think that the clothes demands are strange and pointed out that the clothing allowance is being financed by the man’s own money and not the assistance benefits he receives.
(Excerpt) Read more at thelocal.se ...
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