Job Ad says: NO Marathi & Kannada Speakers! 🚫 Skillsonics Controversy

Is this "Diversity Hiring" or blatant discrimination? A Swiss-origin company, Skillsonics India, is under fire for job postings that explicitly ask for NON-LOCAL language speakers in Bengaluru and Pune.

In this video, we break down the viral job ads that have sparked outrage on X (Twitter) and Reddit. While the company seeks non-Marathi speakers for Pune and non-Kannada speakers for Bengaluru, their ads in other states actually require local language proficiency. We explore the legal and ethical debate surrounding linguistic rights and local job quotas in India’s biggest tech hubs.

📍 Locations: Bengaluru (Karnataka), Pune (Maharashtra) 🏢 Company: Skillsonics India 📄 Role: Head of HR

Should companies be allowed to exclude local speakers to promote "diversity"? Let us know your thoughts in the comments! 👇

#Skillsonics #Bengaluru #Pune #JobControversy #LinguisticRights #Kannada #Marathi #IndiaNews #HiringDiscrimination

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00:00Imagine being told you're overqualified for a job in your own city simply because you

00:04speak the local language.

00:07SkillSonics, a Swiss origin skill development firm with offices in Bengaluru and Pune,

00:11is in the middle of a social media firestorm.

00:14Their recent job ads for head of HR didn't just list skills, they explicitly asked for

00:18candidates who do not speak the local languages.

00:22For the Pune role, no Marathi speakers.

00:24For Bengaluru, no Kannada speakers.

00:27The internet's reaction, instant and explosive.

00:30On X, one user told the company, if you don't want Marathi or Kannada people in our own land,

00:36then get lost.

00:37Over on Reddit, users are calling it blatant linguistic discrimination and questioning why

00:43locals are being locked out of HR roles in their own backyard.

00:47What makes it weirder?

00:48SkillSonics other job postings require local languages like Telugu or Gujarati in different

00:54states.

00:55This inconsistency has fueled accusations of reverse discrimination and cultural imposition

01:00in Maharashtra and Karnataka.

01:03In a climate where local job quotas are already a massive political flashpoint, this move by

01:07SkillSonics has turned a routine hiring search into a full-blown debate on linguistic rights.

01:12Well, we are currently doing this in the last several days since our牢olic publications

01:17has been around for 13 years.

01:18We are coming for 13 years now.

01:18We'll continue the synchronization of our personnel training for 35 years.

01:20We'll go for the next three weeks to an update on our community.

01:21We will continue to get around for little regions of the United States.

01:22We want to get around for the last couple of years.

01:23Thank you, sir.

01:23We are coming for 16 years, three weeks now.

01:24We'll do the last couple of years, but we'll bring our public policy in the future as

01:27a fair either way.

01:28I'm going for a long time to meet the situation that we've been in this situation.

01:30That'll be in the state that natural community.

Job Ad says: NO Marathi & Kannada Speakers! 🚫 Skillsonics Controversy

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