Re:What Companies Mean by Culture Fit
by baobabKoodaa on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @09:21PM
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> Additionally, arranging your work discussions and decisions around alcohol consumption can absolutely be considered religions discrimination as many people don't consume alcohol for religious reasons and you certainly don't have any business justification for it. Also discrimination on pregnancy status.
What a bizarre claim. Your parent poster explicitly said they tried to organize group activities where everyone - including the old man with bad knees - could participate. Knowing this, it's safe to assume they didn't have pregnant employees (if they chose alcohol related activities while striving to include everyone).
> If not going creates a problem, it's mandatory, period.
Again, such a weird position to take. So, in your opinion, no after work events should ever take place unless every single employee is present at all times and during all discussions? After all, that's what you were referring to with that "problem": a worker who is not present at an after-work discussion, leading to a slightly awkward situation the next monday.
Re:What Companies Mean by Culture Fit
by kayoone on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @03:03AM
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No decisions on work-specific matters should be taken on non-mandatory social events were some team members can't/don't want to attend. If you do it, fill the missing people in the next day, the same way someone was missing from an important meeting for whatever work-related reason.
Sounds like it was mandatory.
>And that person was excluded from work-related conversations that happened at after-work bar trips, which caused some awkwardness when the rest of the team aligned behind a significant decision and the excluded team member felt like he wasn't consulted.
If not going creates a problem, it's mandatory, period.
Additionally, arranging your work discussions and decisions around alcohol consumption can absolutely be considered religions discrimination as many people don't consume alcohol for religious reasons and you certainly don't have any business justification for it. Also discrimination on pregnancy status.
I'm sorry but "some employees desire youth-oriented forced 'socialization' after work hours" is not a justification for breaking the law, it just isn't.