Love that you're quitting. We all need to stop working for government agencies, their subcontractors, and other abusive tyrants. See my comment in the main thread.
Love that you're quitting. We all need to stop working for government agencies, their subcontractors, and other abusive tyrants. See my comment in the main thread.
They seem to be going full steam ahead with it. Yesterday an email came through to everyone with information about upcoming changes and it said three new questions about "gender identity" and sexual orientation are being added to all the applications for state benefits. The questions are what is your sex assigned at birth? what is your gender identity? and what is your sexual orientation? Says they will be optional for people to reply to, and says that responses will be used "for demographic data reporting for the purposes of analyzing health disparities in access to coverage." Never mind that that sentence has totally unclear meaning on its face, but we know what it means -- they're saying that no matter how people respond to the questions, they intend to pretend there are Special People who aren't getting the "healthcare" they need.
To clarify they didn't ask me my sexual orientation as an employee, I was talking about a notice saying that the state is going to add those questions to all the applications for welfare benefits. I was working in the state's welfare office. But yes, it's wrong to ask that question in any of these contexts. Totally insane.
They also had me scheduled to take "trauma-informed care" training. I told them I would not do that one, either (again -- this was supposed to be a clerical job! not "mental health"). I told them they were traumatizing me and hardly in any position to teach me how to treat others, while they were abusing me. I said I know how to treat others, I have empathy and compassion, and that's why I know you are abusing me.
Love that you're quitting. We all need to stop working for government agencies, their subcontractors, and other abusive tyrants. See my comment in the main thread.
They seem to be going full steam ahead with it. Yesterday an email came through to everyone with information about upcoming changes and it said three new questions about "gender identity" and sexual orientation are being added to all the applications for state benefits. The questions are what is your sex assigned at birth? what is your gender identity? and what is your sexual orientation? Says they will be optional for people to reply to, and says that responses will be used "for demographic data reporting for the purposes of analyzing health disparities in access to coverage." Never mind that that sentence has totally unclear meaning on its face, but we know what it means -- they're saying that no matter how people respond to the questions, they intend to pretend there are Special People who aren't getting the "healthcare" they need.
It is appalling that ANY employer feels they have the right to ask your sexual orientation!
Unless, of course, one is employed in the sex trade. I suppose it could be relevant there.
To clarify they didn't ask me my sexual orientation as an employee, I was talking about a notice saying that the state is going to add those questions to all the applications for welfare benefits. I was working in the state's welfare office. But yes, it's wrong to ask that question in any of these contexts. Totally insane.
Nah,,there is such a thing as "gay for pay"
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They are so confident of their continued existence that they didn't even bother to disguise the trap.
They also had me scheduled to take "trauma-informed care" training. I told them I would not do that one, either (again -- this was supposed to be a clerical job! not "mental health"). I told them they were traumatizing me and hardly in any position to teach me how to treat others, while they were abusing me. I said I know how to treat others, I have empathy and compassion, and that's why I know you are abusing me.
This has been going on for decades and it won't be stopped until the USA is defeated and dismantled by some rational enemy. READ: "Workplaces to avoid if you are white, male, or straight": https://daveziffer.substack.com/p/workplaces-to-avoid-if-you-are-white
Good, encouraging article!
Darian,
One simply can’t believe a syllable of what they say. I see this going to the Supreme Court as the lower court decisions lack comprehensiveness.