Employee Doesn't Celebrate Holidays (apply, hired, training, quitting)

[Nov3]

There is no labor law that was infringed upon.


I'm sure theres a #pumkinslivesmatter campaign aching to be started up by this angst riddled employee.

[timberline742]

Originally Posted by CindyRoos

I agree with the posters who have said this person is anti-social and seeking attention. Why, these days, are people so easily offended? It's just ridiculous in my opinion. Someone innocently shows another co-worker how they carved a pumpkin because they were proud of their work and this other person gets ticked off because of a picture of a decorated gourd? !

Assuming this person is a Jehovah's Witness, I think it is quite understandable why they would be offended by such an action.

[blueherons]

Since the employee is offended by Halloween, which is in no way a religious holiday, they've thrown the religious intolerance out the window.

When ONE employee makes it difficult for 50 other employees, it is time to remove that employee.

Your one a$$clown is not a protected class of persons. They are just a difficult employee.

[blueherons]

Originally Posted by convextech

So? Christmas is celebrated here in the US by most of the people in this country.

Many of my Jewish friends and family will put up Christmas decorations because it has morphed more into an American custom than a religious holiday.

This is not the case with my Orthodox friends, just Reform ones.

[PriscillaVanilla]

Originally Posted by emotiioo

However we had a pumpkin decorating contest across the entire organization. People got into it. One employee showed this individual a picture of their handiwork, forgetting that they did not celebrate. The employee was so angry they said "NEVER show me anything like that AGAIN!" and reported that they were being "forced" participate in a holiday related activity.?

There is no religious significance to pumpkins so this employee over-reacted. He was not forced to do anything. He's an immature twit. I'd seriously fire him.

Does he eat pumpkin pie?

[timberline742]

Originally Posted by blueherons

Since the employee is offended by Halloween, which is in no way a religious holiday, they've thrown the religious intolerance out the window.

When ONE employee makes it difficult for 50 other employees, it is time to remove that employee.

Your one a$$clown is not a protected class of persons. They are just a difficult employee.

Lots of devout Christian's consider Halloween a religious holiday. It's why in some places they have a Heavenween. To JWs, it is definitely a pagan holiday.

[Corvette Ministries]

[CarnivalGal]

Originally Posted by timberline742

Assuming this person is a Jehovah's Witness, I think it is quite understandable why they would be offended by such an action.

I have friends who are Jehovah's Witnesses, and they don't react this way. They don't celebrate holidays or birthdays, but they don't get offended when other people do.

[ss20ts]

Originally Posted by blueherons

Since the employee is offended by Halloween, which is in no way a religious holiday, they've thrown the religious intolerance out the window.

When ONE employee makes it difficult for 50 other employees, it is time to remove that employee.

Your one a$$clown is not a protected class of persons. They are just a difficult employee.

Halloween is a holiday. Holidays don't have to be religious for a person not to observe them. Also Halloween has LOTS of roots in religion.

[Pruzhany]

Originally Posted by mash123

Very stupid and anti-social person. Get rid of him in the next layoff occasion.
At the Halloween week the girl who responsible for decoration put a small black cross on the office doors, (with some black cats, witches, ghosts etc). And I (a Jew) just removed the cross from my door without making any noise and stupid complains.

Do you know why most Israelis find the Haredi version of Purim (people wear costumes like during Halloween) to be disgusting to them?