A tweet, by Taylor Byrnes (@femenistjourney), was recently posted to the social media site catching the attention of many, especially women. The tweet showed Byrnes asking the mobile food delivery service, for which she had a previously scheduled interview, about the pay rate and potential benefits.  The delivery service, Skip the Dishes’ (@skipthedishes), response was shocking. In the tweet, Byrnes enclosed three screenshots of emails sent between herself and an associate of Skip the Dishes, by the name of Victoria Karras.

These emails began with one written by Byrnes in which she politely questioned the compensations of the job for which she soon would be interviewing. The reply was far from what she expected. The email in, response to Byrnes’ inquiry, accused Byrnes of being unfit for the position due to the nature of her inquire.  The email came from Karras and was later followed with an affirmation that her inquiries were indeed valid, though it was poorly communicated on behalf of the startup company.   Karras cited various characteristics identified in Byrnes inquiry that the delivery service does not desire in a future employee.  They went on to then describe what they do value in future associates as: “those who go out of their way to seek out new challenges and new opportunities…” as well as “hard work and perseverance in pursuit of company goals.”

Byrnes, clearly offended by their assumptions, took to twitter to display her discontent with the startup company and their reaction to her inquiry, going as far as to tag CBC News and suggest a boycott of the company.  After the tweet went public, Skip the Dishes’ co-founder, Joshua Simair, quickly responded indicating that his associates’ response was not indicative of the company’s feelings and assured her that there would be, “additional training.”  He ended the response with an offer to reschedule her initial interview.