1 reviews | Active since Mar 2020
WesBank graduate finance is discriminatory
I have been insulted by wesbank yet again, I don't know why I even try. On the website under the tag "How do you qualify for graduate finance?" wesbank writes: "To qualify, you need to be under 31 years of age, and:
have a degree/higher diploma obtained in the last 3 years; earn at least R7500 per month, and provide proof of your employment; and have the affordability to enter into a finance agreement."
Then we get to the questions of what documents one needs to submit: "proof of Address not older than 3 months a copy of your ID a copy of your driver's license If you have a job offer but haven't started working yet: a signed employment contract. If you started working less than 3 months ago: a signed employment contract and a recent payslip. If you've been working for more than 3 months: a recent payslip and 3-month's bank statements."
Besides the fact that it was next to impossible to even apply for the finance because their website tells you that "you have no credit record" (even though it's not a requirement).
The first time I app**** I was happy and had just gotten a job which needed a vehicle. Then I was told that I need to get my first pay which already was not a requirement if you have a contract. Fast-forward to one month later, I think to myself the time has arrived. Only to be told that my application was still denied because my qualifications and occupations not being one of their scarce skills. Nowhere in their advert do they stipulate that you have to have a "scarce skill" nor what constitutes a scarce skill. Furthermore why launch a "graduate finance" project that isn't applicable to all graduates and not stipulate that.
It's bad enough that the Arts aren't taken seriously in this country but we have companies such as wesbank which have the audacity to discredit our qualifications and occupations further perpetuating this issue. People who study the arts are already faced with many difficulties in trying to find jobs that we studied for and at times even have to approach companies with non-existent posts and prove why we can be an asset. I am deeply offended by wesbank and would not recommend anyone who studied a BA degree to use their services because clearly at their core they discriminate against us. And to make matters worse they have wasted three months of my life chasing after something that doesn't exist for me. If you have such requirements and at least have the decency to put them up on your website. It's a pity the pandemic makes it difficult to move overseas because clearly some of our skills are not welcome in this country.
