Aside from just being wrong, that seems so un-San Franciscan. You are suppose to have diverse offices there, not a bunch of clones.
(I say this in my 100% white male department)
Mal: Well said. Wasn't that well said, Zoe? Zoe: Had a kind poetry to it, sir.
'Out Of Gas'
Natter 43: I Love My Dead Gay Whale Crosspost.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Gudanov - Mar 31, 2006 6:31:13 am PST #7558 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
shrift - Mar 31, 2006 6:33:02 am PST #7559 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Okay. Letter of resignation printed, signed, and e-mail sent to Big Boss requesting a meeting.
Now I wait.
Argh.
§ ita § - Mar 31, 2006 6:33:51 am PST #7560 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
As long as they aren't firing you for being black (female, etc. -- in a protected class), they don't have to give a reason at all.
They can fire you for being white or male?
brenda m - Mar 31, 2006 6:35:27 am PST #7561 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Not that it's likely, but pretty much, yeah. Though every so often some guy sues Hooters or somewhere for not letting him pole dance.
brenda m - Mar 31, 2006 6:36:52 am PST #7562 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Anyone have any miracle tips for getting new shoes to stop making your heels bleed?
DavidS - Mar 31, 2006 6:39:10 am PST #7563 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
You are suppose to have diverse offices there, not a bunch of clones.
When I started there our unit was a hispanic female manager, ex-boss (female, but funky, not in the blonde republican mode LA Boss favors), ex-coworker (gay, black, 40s) and me.
Now it's pretty much wall-to-wall blonde country club republicans and southern california women (new coworker).
They can fire you for being white or male?
Race and sex are both protected classes, so you could definitely make a claim if you could prove you'd been discriminated against because you are white or male. To be honest, the stink they made about me and ex-coworker being hired does indicate an institutional anti-male bias in HR at least.
TomW - Mar 31, 2006 6:40:50 am PST #7564 of 10001
"The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be."
Though every so often some guy sues Hooters or somewhere for not letting him pole dance.
Yeah, that was me. Sorry. When my muse calls, I must obey!
Sorry your former employers were such arse-hats, David. Good luck with the writing life - I really hope something good for you comes out of all of this.
I wish I could say that the cack-handedness of HR surprises me, but I cannot. Our HR office is located far too close to mine and the walls are too thin...
Good luck finding someone to quit to, shrift!
Nutty - Mar 31, 2006 6:41:13 am PST #7565 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Alas for David's foolish ex-bosses. Really, there are other ways to muscle out an old regime without making yourself look like a twerp. Also, the lying thing is kind of a forgiveness-killer.
OTOH, hurray for Shrift's foolish soon-to-be-ex-bosses. They are so foolish, they will have to bring in somebody else to find their jaws from off the floor.
I feel the need to state for the record that I am wearing a dress and no pantyhose today. In another 1/2 hour, I will go eat lunch outside in the sun.
Jesse - Mar 31, 2006 6:42:25 am PST #7566 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Not that it's likely, but pretty much, yeah. Though every so often some guy sues Hooters or somewhere for not letting him pole dance.
Race and sex are both protected classes, so you could definitely make a claim if you could prove you'd been discriminated against because you are white or male.
What they said. We actually talked about Hooters in my HR class last year.
Fred Pete - Mar 31, 2006 6:42:32 am PST #7567 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
They can fire you for being white or male?
Haven't done the research, but the statute says no discrimination on the basis of race or sex, not no discrimination against any specific race or sex.
And I can't remember a cite for the cases that say (1) sexual harassment = sex discrimination, and (2) sexual harassment of a male is illegal sexual harassment.