Company rejected job applicant for posting bikini photo on Instagram

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‘I am still baffled that the company handled it in such a manner'

Emily Clow was stunned after discovering a marketing company she’d applied to intern at had shared one of her bikini photos on its Instagram account claiming such posts deterred prospective employers

Marketing company Kickass Masterminds uploaded an Instagram story screenshotted from 24 year-old Emily Clow’s public social media page, and suggested the snap had hindered Emily’s chances of finding work. Kickass Masterminds suffered such a deluge of criticism after sharing this Instagram story condemning Emily’s bikini photo they were forced to set their social media accounts to private

Many of her defenders went on to hit out at Kickass, and inundated the company’s social media pages with so much criticism and abuse that they have now been set to private.

 

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I'm still baffled why people think it's ok to stick their half naked bodies all over the internet and then ask for respect

Can’t argue about them being savvy at marketing. They’re getting plenty free publicity over this one.

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