Two local (Austin) businesses among best places to work for GLBT employees

Austin American Statesman ^ | 1/10/08 | Matt Presser

[trumandogz]

Two Central Texas-based businesses are among the best places to work for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender employees, according to a report released Tuesday by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation.

Round Rock-based Dell and Austin’s Freescale Semiconductor were among the 195 companies to receive a perfect score based on the foundation’s Corporate Equality Index. The index “measures policies and practices implemented to promote fairness and equality in the workplace for GLBT employees,” according to the foundation.

Seven other Texas-based companies made the list: AMR Corp., Fort Worth; J.C. Penney Co., Plano; Clear Channel Communications, San Antonio; Brinker International, Dallas; Waste Management, Houston; GameStop Corp., Grapevine; and AT&T Inc., San Antonio.

[GOP_Thug_Mom]

Well, that's not the case with many homosexuals. I have a friend who worked for American Airlines. It was "Homo Capital". The stories she'd tell! Most of the gross stuff came from after-work get togethers/socializing.

Here in our small-town Walmart, there was a confused young man. I watched him over a period of several months transition from just having somewhat feminine speech to wearing primarily pink, and finally a pair of pink chandelier earrings to work! That was the straw that broke the camel's back. I had to talk to the manager. She said she'd had lots of complaints and asked me to call corporate. I did. He was fired the next week, and everyone was relieved. They knew he was just pushing the envelope further and further, and they were all bothered by it. But it took customers to complain.