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IBM has gender identity listed in their non-discrimination policy!

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  1. QueerTransEnby

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    I was just looking at jobs, and I saw that IBM has listed in their non-discrimination policy protections for gender identity or expression! That's the first time I have seen that in a job ad. I guess they are like that because they are worldwide. No one else around here has that and few have sexual orientation outside of a few progressive companies and obviously cities with ordinances. Just thought that was cool, and I am not affiliated with IBM in any way. LOL.
     
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    They've really come a long way since selling punch card machines to the Nazis and sending people over there to program them.

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    Yah that's the law for every company over here so I guess I'd be less excited than you to see that as company policy haha
     
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    Very rare here, especially in this state and county. Sexual orientation is probably included in 20% of companies that have listed their non-discrimination policy in their job ads.
     
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    Fully two thirds of all Fortune 500 companies offer explicit gender identity non-discrimination policies. It's awesome, but it's actually not that uncommon. The numbers for sexual orientation are even higher--89% of all Fortune 500 companies have explicit sexual orientation non-discrimination policies.
     
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    It's Michigan, so it's a lot different. Ann Arbor has a lot of Fortune 500 companies, and the Big 3 is pretty affirming. However, the problem with the Big 3 is that most of their jobs now start out as contract. In fact, I'd say 90% of the jobs in the call center industry start as contract. The majority of them do not have specified protection for LGBT people.
     
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