You've dried up my source of links this week, Tep. Sorry.
Wow. That's like finding Brigadoon.
Ish.
That's not what making out sounds like -- unless I'm doing it wrong?
Willow ,'Same Time, Same Place'
Spike's Bitches 41: Thrown together to stand against the forces of darkness
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Steph L. - Jun 18, 2008 5:41:32 am PDT #3935 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Jessica - Jun 18, 2008 5:44:31 am PDT #3936 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
once a week the company will be having a 20-minute PRAYER TIME IN THE OFFICE.
ICKICKICKICKICKICKICK.
I doubt it's illegal for a small, private company, but ICKICKICKICKICKICKICK.
Tom Scola - Jun 18, 2008 5:46:56 am PDT #3937 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
I have to say, though, that this job I previously linked to in North Beach looks pretty sweet.
Steph L. - Jun 18, 2008 5:49:17 am PDT #3938 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Big!Boss has even formulated SEVEN (count 'em!) "Article of Faith" to guide the prayer time. I just want to excerpt 2 here:
Article #1] [Company] will give praise to God the Father of Heaven and Earth.
Okay, awfully patriarchal, but more or less non-specific.
Article #2] [Company] will give thanks to God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
Until we get to this one. So it's a *Christian* prayer time.
The funniest part? (In the sense of if I don't laugh, I'll cry?) The only space in the office large enough for the number of people they expect to have is right outside one of the Jewish employee's office. I'm sure he'll LOVE hearing his co-workers praying to Jesus.
Steph L. - Jun 18, 2008 5:50:23 am PDT #3939 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I have to say, though, that this job I previously linked to in North Beach looks pretty sweet.
Indeed it does.
Sparky1 - Jun 18, 2008 5:50:55 am PDT #3940 of 10001
Librarian Warlord
I doubt it's illegal for a small, private company
It is legal for a private company. It's not legal for them to use it as a basis for hiring/firing/employement decisions if you don't attend. The general advice for a company that wants to do this is to have it before or after work because of the pressure it places on employees who do not want to participate, and that they should allow employees of a different faith to hold their own meeting.
In other words, while it is legal, it may lead to religious discrimination and most employers should avoid those lawsuits by just not doing this.
So sorry, Steph.
Connie Neil - Jun 18, 2008 5:54:38 am PDT #3941 of 10001
brillig
I had a job interview where the employer asked me what positions I held in the Mormon Church, and when I said I wasn't a member he ended the interview. Needless to say, as soon as I got home I called the temp service who had sent me to him to report his ass. The temp service was horrified and promised that the employer was going to be hearing from them very quickly.
Granted, he was older and this was 20 years ago, but there are still twit-heads out there who haven't gotten the memo.
hippocampus - Jun 18, 2008 5:56:59 am PDT #3942 of 10001
not your mom's socks.
Teppy, wtf?
Steph L. - Jun 18, 2008 6:00:15 am PDT #3943 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Teppy, wtf?
I know. I feel like I'm in the middle of such a confluence of kerfuckery that if a woman walked through with a cat on her head [namecheck: Fellini], I wouldn't even blink.
Vortex - Jun 18, 2008 6:07:24 am PDT #3944 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
In other words, while it is legal, it may lead to religious discrimination and most employers should avoid those lawsuits by just not doing this.
Tep, not to be litigious, but I would start documenting any instances of negative comments or retaliatory behavior based on your not attending prayer time.