My Google job was tedious and pointless

Re:My Google job was tedious and pointless by belorn on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @12:06AM (#15496820)

If we accept that, should we not also accept religious views in the internal environment? Many religions view unbelievers in a very negative way, and active missionary behavior inside a company would feel very oppressive to those who don't share the same religion as the one being promoted.

Personally I would not work at a place which did so, and would consider reporting it to the anti-discrimination department in my country.

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Re:My Google job was tedious and pointless by dragonwriter on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @02:37AM (#15497330)

> If we accept that, should we not also accept religious views in the internal environment?

We (in the US), rather emphatically, do.

(There are some protections against religious discrimination in employment that apply to most employers, but those protections do not extend to prohibiting employers from all internal expression of religious views, or even substantive policy based on religious views. And, in fact, writing additional affirmative protection for employers’ internal expressiom of religious views, even to the extent of making that a basis for exempting them from generally-applicable legal requirements, is a popular trend in the US right now.)

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Re:My Google job was tedious and pointless by whatyoucantsay on Sunday October 22, 2017 @03:54PM (#15528595)

Any company whose management leads employees in prayers or urges them to follow a religious doctrine has no place in the civilised world.

Accommodating employees and their religious practices is another matter, within reasonable limits.

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