Political Discourse: This is a discussion on Cultural sensitivity in the workplace... within the Discussion forums, part of the extensive steroid information at MESO-Rx; So I go in to work today and sit down at my desk and start going through my daily mail. ...
So I go in to work today and sit down at my desk and start going through my daily mail. I open up a letter from some bureaucratic agency and my jaw hits the floor. It's titled "Cultural Sensitivity in the American Workplace". After I read it, I literally started fucking laughing out loud.
The Cliff Notes version basically says this:
"...as an employer, if you hire Muhammad Akbar Ramdi Sheik Ali (or any Muslim for that matter), you must provide them with a minimum of 5 daily breaks (with pay) so that they may perform their prayers. If you do not provide this time to said employee we will throw your ass in jail. If any of your other employees object to this and confront Muhammad Akbar, you must order them to attend cultural sensitivity training to help them better understand the importance of accepting the cultural and religion of others. As an employer you will be required to pay for this training and if you do not do so we will throw your ass in jail..."
What in the fuck is this country/world coming to???? Since when are you entitled to preferential treatment based solely on religion/culture???
so I'm basically damned if I do and damned if I don't:
1) If I don't hire them, I get sued for violating the equal employment opportunity act.
2) If I do hire them, I have 65 other employees telling me they are going to take 2 hours worth of breaks in an 8 hour day because Muhammad Akbar gets to. If I don't allow this, I get sued yet again.
During a typical work day (9AM-5PM), there are only 2 prayers, not 5. The first one is around 2AM-4-AM in the morning for almost all countries. The second one is around noon. The third is late afternoon, and the last two are in the evening. As you can see, the first one and the last two are outside the working hours.
For the other two that occur during working hours, a prayer doesn't take more than 5 mins, and if he/she is really taking their time it shouldn't take more than 15 mins. These are usually shorter than the smoke breaks a smoker takes in a typical work day.
So bottom line, quit whining Kayzee you little brat and hire me .
Regardless, as a business owner(if I was) it's my perogative to tell you take your religion and shove it the fuck up your ass. If I wanted to, I could make some cracka-ass cracka work on Christmas. That's right, no goddamned party for the baby Jesus!
Then again, I'm not allowed to not hire someone because they don't speak Enlish, so.....
Regardless, as a business owner(if I was) it's my perogative to tell you take your religion and shove it the fuck up your ass. If I wanted to, I could make some cracka-ass cracka work on Christmas. That's right, no goddamned party for the baby Jesus!
Then again, I'm not allowed to not hire someone because they don't speak Enlish, so.....
No you can't, you live in the US you num nuts, where business owners need to bend over backwards or they get sued.
Regardless, as a business owner(if I was) it's my perogative to tell you take your religion and shove it the fuck up your ass. If I wanted to, I could make some cracka-ass cracka work on Christmas. That's right, no goddamned party for the baby Jesus!
Then again, I'm not allowed to not hire someone because they don't speak Enlish, so.....
Religion is part of the Equal Opportunity Employment act, you, as a business owner, cant discriminate against people becaue of their religion. Unless you have less than 25 employees, then you can discriminate all you want (most EEO laws dont apply to very small businesses).
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