WSJ Poll: Out at work

[operafan]

An interesting poll at the Wall Street Journal

Some gay entrepreneurs say raising the subject of their sexual preference isn't necessary and that it would be unprofessional to do so. But others point to instances of recruits abruptly quitting after learning they were working for a gay-owned establishment. As a result, they say they wasted time and money in hiring those people, and may have benefitted by outing themselves at the start.

What do you think? Should such disclosure be part of the interview process?

People quit when they find out that they are working for a gay-owned business? Fuck 'em.

To vote: http://online.wsj.com/community/groups/diversity-inclusion-309/topics/should-gay-business-owners-out

 

[evanrick]

if you quit somewhere because you are somehow different than its owner then everyone in america would be out of work.

 

[Seasoned]

I hate when orientation is referred to as preference, but besides that is this the whole story? There can be a lot of unnecessary banter and other crap in the work place. I wonder if this is part of the issue.

 

[zoltanspawn]

The Wall Street Journal has the problem wrong. It's not: should owners out themselves during the interview? It is: should the applicant express who they are capable of working alongside?

 

[sixthson]

How much of the personal lives of their employers do most job applicants know when they are hired? Very little, I suspect. While everyone who works for me knows that I am gay, what right do they have to that information? Should they be told about my politics or religion, too?
Should Human Resources notify everyone looking for work that the owner of the company is gay? It seems inappropriate and overly personal to me.

 

[rareboy]

Those employees are no loss.

 

[kallipolis]

The Wall Street Journal has the problem wrong. It's not: should owners out themselves during the interview? It is: should the applicant express who they are capable of working alongside?

Insightful.

There is a red herring at work here.

Josef Goebbels would appreciate the cunning of an employer for such a weird justification for sexual orientation disclosure.