My company forces political views on us, what should i do?

Answer 1

My wife's company is the same way. They are huge and ultra-conservative. They prod employees to donate to their political fund, which is then donated to various right-wing candidates. They play Fox News in the break room. They distribute fliers instructing their employees about which candidates they need to vote for....

Oh, and they wound up getting their behinds kicked on Tuesday. Payback's a b*tch.

Answer 2

If you have opposing views and cannot afford to quit your job, keep it to yourself. Working with the public, I learned to just nod my head agreeably while thinking "this person is a moron." Personally, I don't think hiring a lawyer is the answer; even if you can afford the time and money, it will only breed hostility and get you fired. Many states are right to work states and you can always be fired for any or no reason at all.

Answer 3

Your company's executives represent the owners of the company (the stockholders) on a daily basis. Only the directors (from the Board of Directors) can overrule them on policy matters, and they can only do so according to the laws of the place where the company was incorporated.

Workers in a company are not like citizens in a country. You don't get to vote on your company's policies.

Your only "authority" as a worker is that you may decide whether you want to continue working for the employer who now employs you, or whether you would prefer to quit your job. That's IT. Nothing else!

Your only "right" as a worker is to be paid fairly for the work that you do. That's IT. Nothing else!

The directors and executives are the only authorities in your company. The workers have no authority. You don't get the right to determine company policy just because you and a lot of other workers agree that it is so. It ISN'T so, no matter how many of you think otherwise. You DON'T have a "right" to be on company property. You DON'T have a "right" to use company property. You only have temporary permissions to be on company property and to use company property, only in an approved manner and only insofar as necessary to do the job you were hired to do.

(In particular, your permission to use a company computer to do work assigned by your employer does not extend any further than that. Unless your employer tells you otherwise, you may NOT use a company computer to do work for yourself on the side. Usually, a company will "look the other way" if you send an email to a friend or family member... but they don't have to. If you do it, they can fire you for it, if they wish.)

You DON'T have a right to engage in behavior while on company property that the employer finds disruptive to his business operations or detrimental to his fortunes. In other words, you DON'T have any right to "rabble rouse" while on company property or while being paid money by the company to do your job.

If you want to "rabble rouse," quit your job FIRST and then do it SOMEWHERE ELSE.

Now, of course, your company bosses have no right to require you to sign a petition that you disagree with. You can refuse, and your refusal should not affect your favor with regard to continued employment. If your bosses are using "job blackmail" to make you sign a petition that you'd rather not sign, then you have grounds for a lawsuit, or should have, since the principle involved is the same as that in a sexual harrassment case.

Now that I'm thinking about it, bosses probably should not ask employers to sign petitions or contribute to political candidates or causes. The reason is that it is very hard to tell whether a worker's refusal will count against him when layoff time comes around.

Monitoring in the workplace is not reciprocal: bosses monitor the job performance of workers, bosses check on workers' computer use with stealthy, invasive software, bosses check on workers' telephone conversations, etc.

But workers have no power wherewith to make certain that the bosses aren't conspiring to deprive them of their right to fair pay for good work by holding the workers job hostage to the surrender of his political rights (e.g., by making the worker sign a petition he'd rather not sign) or to the surrender of her personal rights (e.g., the boss pressures a worker to sleep with him).

Therefore, all personal overtures originating with bosses should be prohibited by law in the workplace. This includes sexual and political overtures, but does not include "professional" ones. It would still be OK for a boss to call in a worker and make professional overtures. For example: "Would you like to be the one to do the work on this contract? It could lead to a promotion if the work is done well."

People with authority should be punished when they use that authority inappropriately.

Answer 4

Then work for the British civil service they are always politically neutral. Oops I got that wrong.

Answer 5

Talk to the HR manager, or the boss, or whoever -- if that doesn't work, consult a lawyer.

Reminds me of the college student who refused a professor's assignment to write to the state legislature supporting gay marriage.

She was opposed to gay marriage, and the college attempted to discipline her -- until she hired a lawyer and got them to back off.

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Answer 6

How exactly do they force views on you? Just ignore it.

Answer 7

I think you need to say what "forces" means to you if you want a useful answer.
Dictate who to vote for, donate to, what?

Answer 8

most companies want their employees to follow their lead politically. smile and nod, ignore it, and get on with your day

Answer 9

Quit working for Yahoo.

Answer 10

Smile and shake your head in agreement while remembering in your mind what morons they are.