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Dec. 4th, 2011 02:25 pmActivism in the workplace is tough and weird.
I have no problems speaking up in the workplace if I see bigotry/harassment/whatever going on, but I've never had to, because the one time it's been an issue it was a situation where when I came into it, HR was already handling it admirably. It's a little different when it's not my company, but my company's landlord.
Tomorrow I get the dubious pleasure of sending a protest letter to my building management over the Salvation Army donation drive they're running in the lobby. It's no secret that I really don't like the Salvation Army; I think there are much better places to give, and while they do good work they also foster certain beliefs that I want no part of, don't want to see represented in my building, and don't want my friends and co-workers to have to walk past every day.
I'm sending the letter from an anonymous but stable address, not because I want to but because I don't want to get my company in trouble -- I believe the staff and management of the company probably share my beliefs in overwhelming majority, but I'm not going to tie them up in a tangle with their landlord without asking, and I don't really feel it's appropriate to send an email to a hundred and fifty people polling them on their feelings about the Salvation Army, Christian evangelism, and homophobia.
Could be a fun fight. Will probably be ignored. Might result in a letter from management to all staff. We'll see what happens, I suppose.
FIGHT THE POWER WITH POLITELY WORDED LETTERS! POKE "THE MAN" WITH A SMALLISH STICK!
I have no problems speaking up in the workplace if I see bigotry/harassment/whatever going on, but I've never had to, because the one time it's been an issue it was a situation where when I came into it, HR was already handling it admirably. It's a little different when it's not my company, but my company's landlord.
Tomorrow I get the dubious pleasure of sending a protest letter to my building management over the Salvation Army donation drive they're running in the lobby. It's no secret that I really don't like the Salvation Army; I think there are much better places to give, and while they do good work they also foster certain beliefs that I want no part of, don't want to see represented in my building, and don't want my friends and co-workers to have to walk past every day.
I'm sending the letter from an anonymous but stable address, not because I want to but because I don't want to get my company in trouble -- I believe the staff and management of the company probably share my beliefs in overwhelming majority, but I'm not going to tie them up in a tangle with their landlord without asking, and I don't really feel it's appropriate to send an email to a hundred and fifty people polling them on their feelings about the Salvation Army, Christian evangelism, and homophobia.
Could be a fun fight. Will probably be ignored. Might result in a letter from management to all staff. We'll see what happens, I suppose.
FIGHT THE POWER WITH POLITELY WORDED LETTERS! POKE "THE MAN" WITH A SMALLISH STICK!
