Comments on: Ruby-Sachs: HRC Gives Us Ten Worst Companies for LGBT Employees

By: judderwocky

judderwocky — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:01:15 +0000

they still haven’t paid out for their little potty training accident in Alaska. what makes you think they are going to treat us any better?

By: Brittany B Gaston

Brittany B Gaston — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:49:33 +0000

chick-fil-a doesn’t respect women gay or staright at all though. it’s good to be spiritual but not to make others feel shame because of it. boycotting works I’m not spending my money at places that would use that money to take away my rights.

By: David W

David W — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 05:17:36 +0000

Morgan, I know of three companies that keep on getting sued on GLBTQ issues. They are high on the HRC list as good companies. A really good hint that something is not right is when a company keeps getting sued for the same issue. One company that I can public state that had employee issues (though it was not GLBTQ issues, and the are no more) was Ward’s packing company. They kept ending up in front of the Supremes, and ended up making employment history for their management screw-ups. An example of this company having problems was: You were only allowed to go to the bathroom on your 15 minute breaks. Wards Co packing company tried this, and the Supremes slapped their hand for doing this. If your company get’s dragged in front of the Supremes or get’s sued because a head manager fired two ladies employees because the ladies complained about getting exposed by a male employee, and the guy kept on doing the exposure with the heads of state knowing, then I say there is a problem with that company. If the manager get’s transferred to the other side of the continent because of how he treated someone who is GLBTQ, pay attention. If you see this type of complaint more than once, I say there is a major problem in that company. If someone who is GLBTQ is forced to leave Human Resorces, from my experience, you need to pay attention as to why that happened. If the president of the company says “We only protect our own” {meaning management or good old boys} in front of the Human Resource division, I say you need to find somewhere else to work quickly, if you’re at the bottom of the food chain! Your right, weeding out these issues is hard work and some complaints are bogus. But if the same complaint keeps on happening all over the same company, then you need to pay attention. Trust me, all a person needs to do is work at the bottom level for a month, and you can get a real insight of what a company is all about. As my grade school teacher used to say “If there is more than one complaint about the same person/problem, then there is probably something going on.” MSN had a web page about “How to recognizes if your company is dysfunctional or not” or something like that. Maybe the HRC should use that as part of its test. If the brightest stars don’t stick around more than two years in a company, that’s a good hint that there is something wrong. And I would like to point out that nine times out of ten; it’s a GLBTQ person who is the brightest talent in that company.

By: Downlowohno

Downlowohno — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:44:35 +0000

I see three. Where is the other 7 ???

By: Facebook User

Facebook User — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:37:00 +0000

The one thing that Kills me about these issues is that I was a manager for Speedway/SuperAmerica LLC. in IN. I was terminated from my position because I was gay. I was referenced as the “fairy” by the employment recruiter, he even went so far as to mention this to employees that he’d hired to work under me. I was (not to toot my own horn) one of the best Store managers in my region. I was dubbed the “clean up guy” in my district for having decreased losses in my stores, increased sales, and greatly improved the overall operation and appearance of those stores. I had even begun a career training managers to replace me so that I could move on to the next “mess”. The fact is that GLB’s make for some of the best employees, we strive harder, work harder, and take more pride in our jobs. So why would a company take such an unrealistic and unethical stand?

By: Leeanne Menses Henry

Leeanne Menses Henry — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:18:25 +0000

So if you won’t boycott because you are weak willed… when you do go to these disgusting places (disgusting in addition because of the greasy vile food they serve or their sexist service in general) Stir shit up when you do go… leave a note in the bathroom… “I gave homo head here.” Or write on your dollars!!! I’ve been doing this for years. Write QUEER MONEY and leave it as a tip…. or pay with that. Though if you are so weak willed you probably pay with a credit card.

By: Morgan

Morgan — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:01:06 +0000

I avoid Walmart because it’s in business to put everyone else out of business. Walmart is the death of the mom and pop stores, the death of the business centers of small towns.
I go to Walmart as a last resort only. The cheap-looking clothes at Walmart downgrade the appearance of a local population.

I have gone to Cracker Barrel after it changed. They added sexual orientation to their anti-dicrimination policy in 2002. (and this was done via a majority vote by the company’s shareholders.)
While it’s not my everyday diet, the food is delicious, I enjoy the country style appearance, can pick up great gift ideas from their store, can get DVDs of my favorite TV programs of years ago, like the porch with the rocking chairs,etc. That’s not depressing. Walmart is depressing.

As for Chick-fil-A, I have no problem with the owner having a spiritual life. People have a right to a personal and private faith life. I don’t agree however with passing out scripture of any faith to try to convert people to a faith. But if it’s on the walls of the place, then you just take it for granted that’s the ambiance and the culture of the place and of the owner and you go knowing what’s there. But if he/she is a bigot, then I don’t go. Heck my local yarn store is run by an observant Jew. She closes her store on Saturdays (the Jewish Sabbath). She is not a bigot.

Exxon-Mobil I avoid. Used to be the most expensive gas station in any town. And Exxon nixed any further same-sex partner of employee benefits of Mobil while still honoring the ones that existed at Mobil before its acquisition by Exxon. Its reasoning told to me when I called was that Exxon follows the laws of the local countries where it operates as to whether or not it recognizes same-sex relationships.

There are other companies that are more up with the 21st century in that regard than Exxon-Mobil so I fill up my tank before a long trip so that I can avoid their gas stations in areas where it is the only choice. (as I have actually seen on various road trips I’ve taken)

And Dave W…you know it would take years to check out every last nook and cranny of every last company and to intensively investigate its employees and management to meet every bit of your criteria. So, it looks like every one is on her/his own to find what he/she can about where she/he does business or plans to do business. HRC’s model is not ideal because it was assembled by error-prone humans. David W, if we followed your reasoning to its conclusion every time, we wouldn’t ever spend a dollar and we would have nothing in the house, or nothing on our plate, because we’d be all bent and twisted with suspicion about every last purchase we made. The world is not perfect and not tailor-made and office politics exists in most any workplace, because human beings of an envious, jealous, hateful and discriminatory nature (thus requiring laws to be passed to try to keep some of that in check) might be in charge one year and replaced by very nice human beings some other year.

Human beings in all their imperfection are in charge and that will never change.

But I have stayed away from McDonalds and from Exxon-Mobil and don’t regret that. I just go on the best info I can find and live my life the best I can.

By: David W

David W — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:57:17 +0000

What HRC misses here is the company that looks good on paper, but hides what really goes on inside their big box. What about the company that moves their GLBTQ employees to places non-GLBTQ would never go {the only way you can become manager is to move here}? Or moves their GLBTQ people out of their HDQ corporate store so not to “offend” anyone? What about the company that let’s one GLBTQ in the VP ranks only because he’s a uncle tom, non threatening, and lost his integrity long time ago with the heads of state, but keeps the other GLBTQ with integrity from rising in its ranks, because that GLBTQ person might be threatening to “others” {As in: You never hire someone who might be smarter then you, because they might be after your job, threat.}? They say the best place for a Klansmen to hide is in plain sight, looking squeaky clean and mighty white.

By: Patrick Garies

Patrick Garies — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:17:57 +0000

Doesn’t look like I’d shop at these places in the first place.

I get my auto stuff from Walmart or the dealership; the only Exxon Mobil station that I know of is in the middle of nowhere and I avoid Shell since they give really bad service (I use either Valero, Flying J, or Chevron); and I’ve never actually seen a Cracker Barrel before. Chik-Fil-A is the only place that I might have gone to, but I only know where one of them is (University of Houston) and all their food is just more unhealthy stuff anyway (which I’ve been avoiding).

By: MavsFan

MavsFan — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:58:40 +0000

Sorry, but Chik-Fil-A and Cracker Barrel are delicious. I have been eating at both since I was a kid and don’t see myself stopping. Plus, the whole “boycotting Cracker Barrel” thing is sooooo 1991. They added sexual orientation to their anti-dicrimination policy in 2002. (and this was done via a majority vote by the company’s shareholders.)

And Chik-Fil-A, I mean you kinda know what you are getting. To this day they don’t operate business on Sundays. And, I remember as a kid getting their little children’s bible stories as the kid’s meal toy! I hated the “toy”, but their chicken nuggets are amazing. Sorry, I guess I just can’t get excited about these frivolous boycotts.