Chic-Fil-A (Chicago: disposal, to live, lawsuits)

[plates]

Originally Posted by Chicago South Sider

Los Angeles and Hollywood are pretty gay too.

Yes, but it's pretty big and it's no Bay Area.

[aragx6]

Originally Posted by deliz

Hmmmm ? Is sexual orientation a question on the franchise form? I believe that would be illegal. So how would anyone know. Gheezh in New York you can't buy a big gulp and no chic filet in chi town. What is this world coming too ???? I believe in individual rights. Not gov telling me what Size soda pop i can drink and certainly not where I can buy a sandwich. Ri......dicoulous

Oh so as long as they don't ask and you don't tell? Yup, that was a successful policy.

And please don't call this Chi-town.

[deliz]

Originally Posted by Vlajos

According to Chet you can go to Park Ridge and get one these chain chicken sandwiches. If you really need one.....

I don't want nor need one. I don't drink pop either but I do not need a politician making decisions based on a business owners feelings on political views. Let people decide for themselves. And yes I actually have a gay roommate and support their causes. But handle it where it should be. In a court of law not in front of a fast food chain.

[aragx6]

Originally Posted by deliz

I don't want nor need one. I don't drink pop either but I do not need a politician making decisions based on a business owners feelings on political views. Let people decide for themselves. And yes I actually have a gay roommate and support their causes. But handle it where it should be. In a court of law not in front of a fast food chain.

Don't we all when we have a point to prove

[deliz]

Originally Posted by aragx6

Oh so as long as they don't ask and you don't tell? Yup, that was a successful policy.

And please don't call this Chi-town.

And I can call the city I was born, raised and live in anything I want. It's one of MY rights

[Jandur]

This whole thing is stupid but I'll say this.

Chick-fil-a is quickly getting a bad national reputation for it's policies. I don't think the city of Chicago wants to be associated with that negative reputation. We have our own issues to deal with.

Operating in the city isn't a right like a lot of people here seem to think it is.

[deliz]

Originally Posted by aragx6

Don't we all when we have a point to prove

I assume you do. Let it go. You'll feel better if you do

[Vlajos]

Originally Posted by deliz

I don't want nor need one.

We both agree on that.

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Originally Posted by Jandur

This whole thing is stupid but I'll say this.

Chick-fil-a is quickly getting a bad national reputation for it's policies. I don't think the city of Chicago wants to be associated with that negative reputation. We have our own issues to deal with.

Operating in the city isn't a right like a lot of people here seem to think it is.

Best answer so far.

[Attrill]

Originally Posted by deliz

Hmmmm ? Is sexual orientation a question on the franchise form? I believe that would be illegal. So how would anyone know.

Their interview process is incredibly detailed and invasive. They claim they don't discriminate, but they've had to settle a lot of discrimination suits out of court. This link has a good overview of their interview process.

Family members of prospective operators--children, even--are frequently interviewed so Cathy and his family can learn more about job candidates and their relationships at home. "If a man can't manage his own life, he can't manage a business," says Cathy, who says he would probably fire an employee or terminate an operator who "has been sinful or done something harmful to their family members.".......

The company might face more suits if it didn't screen potential hires and operators so carefully. Many Chick-fil-A job candidates must endure a yearlong vetting process that includes dozens of interviews. Ty Yokum, the training manager for the chain, sat through 7 interviews and didn't get the job. He reapplied in 1991 and was subjected to another 17 interviews--the final one lasted five hours--and was hired. Bureon Ledbetter, Chick-fil-A's general counsel, says the company works hard to select people like Yokum, who "fit." "We want operators who support the values here," Ledbetter says.

Those who do say they like the member-of-the-club feel that goes along with working with Chick-fil-A. "It is very difficult to get in, but once you're in, you're in for life," says Donald Elam, a Chick-fil-A franchisee in Superstition Springs, Ariz.: "I tell all my people, 'I'm not working for Chick-fil-A; I'm working for the Lord.'"