@bacorrea: It sounds like your experience over 8 years has been positive, and it is encouraging to hear that from someone "on the inside," as opposed to seeing 100 percent of the employees having horrible experiences at that company. So that's a plus.
In my original post, though I may have used the word policy, I meant to say they have a practice of operating in a certain way, with verifiable examples and anecdotes having come out over the years. Maybe there's some bad apples, sure, I'll grant that---but the company hasn't made strides to embrace those left-out groups, either. It continues to proselytize its staunch belief in what constitutes a family, a marriage, and a proper way to spend Sundays. It's a patterned practice of managing the culture/environment that doesn't jive with a lot of people, including me. That's the impression that I've had for a long time about that company, probably going back to 10 or 12 years ago. (I'm thinking back to where I lived when these reports/allegations/lawsuits first started making news, and I think it was around that time.)
If you, as an employee, haven't laid eyes on specific official documentation of any such mandated-discrimination policies (written or otherwise) in the past whole decade, then it's likely I won't either, not in a few minutes of Web browsing. Like I said, it's an impression that I have---a stance that's unlikely to change, even after hearing your positive viewpoint. I'll keep up my boycott, and will dissuade my kids from patronizing, because companies do notice their bottom lines when people speak with their dollars.
My UO: I do not like pinterest one bit. I mean, I don't have anything against it per se -- I think it is a great site for what it is and for who wants to be on it. But I will just never use it other than for the account I made to make stitch fix work better (though even that was a pain to deal with, and I only spent maybe 20 min total on the site.)
And relatedly, I will never, ever feel guilty that the lunches I make for my kids and the parties I throw for my kids will never be pinterest-worthy. They never will be. And I really don't care. Again, I'm completely not judging the pinterest parties because they are super cute and it's great to be a guest at one. But I will never do it myself.
@kat81 I LOVE Pinterest, but I just use it to find new quilt patterns and other sewing project ideas. If you saw my kids' birthday parties, hairstyles, etc, you'd never think that I had a Pinterest account
@Jens_Hoes it will happen and yes when it does man you just pop! I couldn't wait either but now that I have a belly it also comes with the not so fun parts like difficulty sleeping and bending over.
I'm playing catch up on some boards, and while I can't think of an UO this week, I just wanted to say one thing - I think it's awesome how respectful everyone is of differing opinions here. It's really cool to see people encourage others to speak freely with putting on Judgey Pants. This seems unusual in this day of internet trolls!!
I agree re: barely actives. When I see a HBDB post by someone I don't recognize, I always check their history. I post regularly and usually don't have time to snap a HBDB. So I don't understand when that's your only contribution to the board.
We do have very respectful discussion, which I appreciate. I also think it's because we don't have a bunch of idiots to snark back to. We had a few fun UOs in our infancy, and my UO is that I still remember who was ridiculous/ignorant. Those issues haven't come up since and those that held the truly unpopular opinions aren't defending them to the death, which has kept the drama down.
*snip* I totally get that gov't regulations seem to go to the extreme (and I bet there's a lot I don't personally agree with... like, if you're an ex-pat living elsewhere, you still have to pay U.S. income taxes?!)..
This isn't actually entirely true. I've lived outside the US for 7 years. You legally have to file US income taxes every year. Depending on your situation abroad though depends on if you pay. It depends on if you work for the US government abroad or a foreign employer. I work for a foreign employer so I only know those rules specifically. A US expat (or I call myself an immigrant as I hate the double standard that those moving to America are an often-demonized "immigrant" but Americans moving out are a posh "expat" maybe that's my UO?) back to the point. A US expat only pays US taxes if they make over a specific threshold. (Single status is around $103,000 this year I believe. Not sure what married is as my husband isn't a citizen) there's also rules on if you pay income tax in your foreign country that affects if you pay on the states. Just thought I'd offer some insight to your thought.
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Another UO. I don't really boycotts are effective. I mean that's cool if that's what you are passionate about, but I don't believe you are changing the world. I had one friend boycotting Target in high school because she said that they donated to planned parenthood. Well so do many many others companies. You can't just boycott one company you disagree with but "forgive" the rest. I just rolled my eyes at her.
This. One of my cashiers said something about boycotting a company because they supported and/or donated to Trump. Which is whatever...good for you. But you better do some research and boycott ALL OF THEM.
I don't understand the boycotts either. I don't have enough time in my day to pick and choose who I'm gonna support based on their differences in opinion.
*snip* I totally get that gov't regulations seem to go to the extreme (and I bet there's a lot I don't personally agree with... like, if you're an ex-pat living elsewhere, you still have to pay U.S. income taxes?!)..
This isn't actually entirely true. I've lived outside the US for 7 years. You legally have to file US income taxes every year. Depending on your situation abroad though depends on if you pay. It depends on if you work for the US government abroad or a foreign employer. I work for a foreign employer so I only know those rules specifically. A US expat (or I call myself an immigrant as I hate the double standard that those moving to America are an often-demonized "immigrant" but Americans moving out are a posh "expat" maybe that's my UO?) back to the point. A US expat only pays US taxes if they make over a specific threshold. (Single status is around $103,000 this year I believe. Not sure what married is as my husband isn't a citizen) there's also rules on if you pay income tax in your foreign country that affects if you pay on the states. Just thought I'd offer some insight to your thought.
Lurking if it makes you feel any better, you're technically an emigrant. We consider someone an immigrant when they come to America and an emigrant when they leave. Or at least we did when I took sixth grade history...lol.
@sarah0985 hmm, I'm not sure you can file single even if you're married to a foreigner. You're still married legally. My husband was filling "married filing separately" after we got married. Really speaking out of concern here, you might want to look into that.
@aulrey92: Sarah's not wrong in her phrasing: sure, she's a U.S. emigrant, as you say, but more importantly a UAE immigrant, as she refers to herself.
This is more what I meant. I'm a UAE immigrant.
@thistlenweeds oooo, thanks for the concern. We do file married filing jointly (he has a tax Id) But I just still only know the threshold for single because it's commonly discussed amongst others here and I knew it from when I was single. So that's the number I threw out. Never bothered to look up married because we make nowhere near even the single threshold so just still only what I know. Appreciate you looking out. A lot of Americans file incorrectly and don't know the rules.
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Re: UO Thursday 12/16
In my original post, though I may have used the word policy, I meant to say they have a practice of operating in a certain way, with verifiable examples and anecdotes having come out over the years. Maybe there's some bad apples, sure, I'll grant that---but the company hasn't made strides to embrace those left-out groups, either. It continues to proselytize its staunch belief in what constitutes a family, a marriage, and a proper way to spend Sundays. It's a patterned practice of managing the culture/environment that doesn't jive with a lot of people, including me. That's the impression that I've had for a long time about that company, probably going back to 10 or 12 years ago. (I'm thinking back to where I lived when these reports/allegations/lawsuits first started making news, and I think it was around that time.)
If you, as an employee, haven't laid eyes on specific official documentation of any such mandated-discrimination policies (written or otherwise) in the past whole decade, then it's likely I won't either, not in a few minutes of Web browsing. Like I said, it's an impression that I have---a stance that's unlikely to change, even after hearing your positive viewpoint. I'll keep up my boycott, and will dissuade my kids from patronizing, because companies do notice their bottom lines when people speak with their dollars.
And relatedly, I will never, ever feel guilty that the lunches I make for my kids and the parties I throw for my kids will never be pinterest-worthy. They never will be. And I really don't care. Again, I'm completely not judging the pinterest parties because they are super cute and it's great to be a guest at one. But I will never do it myself.
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We do have very respectful discussion, which I appreciate. I also think it's because we don't have a bunch of idiots to snark back to. We had a few fun UOs in our infancy, and my UO is that I still remember who was ridiculous/ignorant. Those issues haven't come up since and those that held the truly unpopular opinions aren't defending them to the death, which has kept the drama down.
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It depends on if you work for the US government abroad or a foreign employer. I work for a foreign employer so I only know those rules specifically. A US expat (or I call myself an immigrant as I hate the double standard that those moving to America are an often-demonized "immigrant" but Americans moving out are a posh "expat" maybe that's my UO?)
back to the point. A US expat only pays US taxes if they make over a specific threshold. (Single status is around $103,000 this year I believe. Not sure what married is as my husband isn't a citizen) there's also rules on if you pay income tax in your foreign country that affects if you pay on the states.
Just thought I'd offer some insight to your thought.
I don't understand the boycotts either. I don't have enough time in my day to pick and choose who I'm gonna support based on their differences in opinion.
if it makes you feel any better, you're technically an emigrant. We consider someone an immigrant when they come to America and an emigrant when they leave. Or at least we did when I took sixth grade history...lol.
@thistlenweeds oooo, thanks for the concern. We do file married filing jointly (he has a tax Id) But I just still only know the threshold for single because it's commonly discussed amongst others here and I knew it from when I was single. So that's the number I threw out. Never bothered to look up married because we make nowhere near even the single threshold so just still only what I know. Appreciate you looking out.