The CEO of a company specializing in treatments for male hair loss and erectile dysfunction expressed his enthusiasm for hiring anti-Israel protesters who have been active on college campuses in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza.
He was swiftly blasted online over his recruitment post, with users arguing that entitled pro-Palestine protests should be the last people to receive hiring considerations.
Andrew Dudum, the Palestinian-American CEO of Hims, posted a link to job vacancies and urged student protesters to submit applications. “Moral courage > College degree,” he declared on X.
Dudum stated, “Keep going. It’s working,” encouraging those currently engaged in protesting against what they perceive as the genocide of the Palestinian people and advocating for their university’s divestment from Israel.
“There are plenty of companies & CEOs eager to hire you, regardless of university discipline,” he concluded, providing a link to job listings at Hims.
The New York Post reported that Dudum, the founder of Hims since 2017 and who has familial ties to Gaza and the West Bank, stands out among corporate leaders with his statements, as student activism surges across various college campuses.
Bill Ackman, the head of Pershing Square Capital Management, was among the earliest to announce his refusal to hire students from Harvard who had endorsed a letter purportedly implicating Israel in the violent Oct. 7 attack by Hamas.
“If you were managing a business, would you hire someone who blamed the despicable violent acts of a terrorist group on the victims?” Ackman said in comments last year. “I don’t think so.”
“Would you hire someone who was a member of a school club who issued a statement blaming lynchings by the KKK on their victims?” he said. “I don’t think so.”
“It is not harassment to seek to understand the character of the candidates that you are considering for employment,” Ackman added.
Other Wall Street magnates have joined the chorus since then, echoing Ackman’s sentiments. The Post reported that business executives endorsed his call for Harvard to release lists containing the names of the members of the 34 groups who initially signed their names to the circulated letter over the weekend.
A prominent corporate recruiter revealed to the Post last week of a shift in his approach to sourcing job candidates.
He admitted to reassessing traditional recruitment grounds due to concerns over purported antisemitic sentiments surrounding protests at Ivy League and other elite institutions.
“We are looking for high-quality candidates but we’re going to be looking at different places,” remarked Daniel Loeb, an activist investor and Columbia University alumnus.
Students across universities are vehemently urging their institutions to sever ties with Israel amidst its retaliatory campaign in Gaza.
These demonstrations have, at times, escalated into destructive and violent confrontations, prompting police intervention and the subsequent arrest of the students involved.
Resist The Mainstream reported that Megyn Kelly did not mince words earlier this week as she bluntly asked probing questions in her trademark style about the out-of-control Columbia University pro-Palestine protestors.
Kelly, particularly focusing on the appearance of the demonstrators, inquired, “Why are they so unattractive?” She also scrutinized the physical attributes of the activists, many of whom were arrested by the NYPD Tuesday night.
“I really legitimately want to know. Why are all the protestors so homely?” Kelly continued.
Kelly then proposed a theory regarding the lack of appeal among the protestors, contrasting them with what she described as their “attractive” and “smart” peers who are “not drawn to this nonsense” because “they’re living their lives being successful.”
The conservative host continued, “It’s the unattractive and/or dumb people who feel the need to do this to feel like they matter. Sorry, hard truth.”
