Comments on: What Religion Is Your Parachute? http://yrif.org/2009/08/20/what-religion-is-your-parachute/ Fri, 10 Sep 2010 20:31:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: James http://yrif.org/2009/08/20/what-religion-is-your-parachute/comment-page-1/#comment-470 James Sat, 22 Aug 2009 02:40:16 +0000 http://yrif.org/?p=1008#comment-470 My comment isn't as profound as that of the above James, but I have to say it: your mention of the Greyhawk gods just earned you a long-term reader who will soon be diving through your archives. I haven't laughed that hard at a Stumble-Upon'd religious post in a while. My comment isn’t as profound as that of the above James, but I have to say it: your mention of the Greyhawk gods just earned you a long-term reader who will soon be diving through your archives. I haven’t laughed that hard at a Stumble-Upon’d religious post in a while.

]]> By: James Sweet http://yrif.org/2009/08/20/what-religion-is-your-parachute/comment-page-1/#comment-468 James Sweet Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:14:50 +0000 http://yrif.org/?p=1008#comment-468 From the article: <blockquote>A spokesman added "not many" employers currently asked these questions, and some candidates still felt it unnecessary to disclose their beliefs.</blockquote> <i>Some</i> candidates?! Not "almost all of them"?!?? Dude, if I was on a job interview and/or filling out an application and/or going through orientation, and somebody asked me about my religion, I'd go ballistic. It's also quite likely they will try to fit everything into narrow categories, which is offensive in itself. The multinational company I work for, for example, has always had a reputation for being on the forefront of promoting ethnic and gender diversity, and that's certainly a good thing. However, every year when we have to complete these mandatory feedback-to-management surveys, there is a demographic question that asks for race/ethnicity, it is NOT optional, and there are only like five choices with no choice for "mixed" or "other". I complain about it every year, but nobody else seems to care. I'm about as white as they come, so I suppose I have nothing personally to complain about, but I have mixed-race friends and it always pisses me off that they would be unable to honestly answer the question. It's such a load of crap. From the article:

A spokesman added “not many” employers currently asked these questions, and some candidates still felt it unnecessary to disclose their beliefs.

Some candidates?! Not “almost all of them”?!?? Dude, if I was on a job interview and/or filling out an application and/or going through orientation, and somebody asked me about my religion, I’d go ballistic.

It’s also quite likely they will try to fit everything into narrow categories, which is offensive in itself. The multinational company I work for, for example, has always had a reputation for being on the forefront of promoting ethnic and gender diversity, and that’s certainly a good thing. However, every year when we have to complete these mandatory feedback-to-management surveys, there is a demographic question that asks for race/ethnicity, it is NOT optional, and there are only like five choices with no choice for “mixed” or “other”.

I complain about it every year, but nobody else seems to care. I’m about as white as they come, so I suppose I have nothing personally to complain about, but I have mixed-race friends and it always pisses me off that they would be unable to honestly answer the question. It’s such a load of crap.

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