I work for a big corporation and my boss and his boss are Jehovah's Witnesses, along with 3 other people in a dept, of about 50 people total. For the past 2 yrs, we could not have a traditional Christmas Party. Instead, we had a "Employee Appreciation Luncheon" instead and last year, they went a step further and waited til 2 weeks AFTER Christmas to give us another "Employee Appreciation Luncheon." They purposedly planned it this way, to avoid the whole Christmas tradition altogether. Many people in the dept were fed up and as a result, many people did not show up.
Do you think this is discrimmination against our religious beliefs and freedom of religion?? Why should we have to be deprived of spending a joyous time with our co-workers/friends because THEY basically don't believe in celebrations??
I realize that the company isn't obligated to give us a party, but it's not fair that other depts got to celebrate Christmas and we didn't . Thoughts?
2007-05-11
15:10:03
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