Is working at Chick-Fil-A a liability?

[Anonymous]

I didn't know CFA had this reputation, OP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm very progressive and work for a very progressive organization that is usually at least 20% LGBTQ. I personally do not buy food at Chick-fil-a and complained to my kid's school when they did a CFA fundraiser. I wouldn't hold it against someone who worked for CFA. I don't discriminate in hiring based on religion. We have a few evangelical Christians and a Jehovah Witness on our staff. We make it clear in hiring that we hire and serve a very diverse group of people and if you can't work with people who hold different views, even views you may strongly disagree with than this is not the place for you. In the interviewing process, we might ask questions such as how would you respond to a student who disclosed a pregnancy? how would you respond to a student who came out to you? how would you respond to a student who couldn't participate in org activities because of religious obligations. In those answers we would be looking for respect, compassion, and a not overly directive response.

You are nuts. Kid was hired to make fries and clean bathrooms. They would have no opinion on these topics because of their employment. Those questions are also actionalble under DC Human Rights law.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Best sandwhich; best fast food. I am a republican and I would eat it if AOC owned it. We all have to get over this nonsense boycott stuff.

This “boycott stuff” actually works. It’s free market feedback and voting with our dollars. And it worked with Chick-fil-A too (see PP’s link from their walk back)

Boycott stuff works if the product sucks. Never if the product is good.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Best sandwhich; best fast food. I am a republican and I would eat it if AOC owned it. We all have to get over this nonsense boycott stuff.

This “boycott stuff” actually works. It’s free market feedback and voting with our dollars. And it worked with Chick-fil-A too (see PP’s link from their walk back)

Boycott stuff works if the product sucks. Never if the product is good.

Sure boyucott the schools listed. That will work.

[Anonymous]

I thought the whole point of the boycott was to change their egregious donations and they did?

[Anonymous]

Op, yes you have a reason to worry.

I don't think you have a reason to worry in the South. They love CFA food so much, the politics won't matter.

[Anonymous]

The boycott did help.

I wouldn't hold against someone if they work for them or a similar organization. If they own the company,yes. If th y are a low wage employee, no.

[Anonymous]

outside of the woke northeast and the dc area, nobody pays attention to this stuff.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Troll.

Actually not a troll. I was worried, but judging from the other helpful responses, I don’t need to be.

You may not be a troll but you are not the brightest.

Why is this even a question?

Anyone who thinks a college admissions officer gives a shit about a teenager working at Chic Flia is a moron. Seriously no admissions officer cares about your kid HS job.

While I abhor Chic Flia politics and it is my choice not to go there no college admissions officer even registers that part in their head.

The kid had a job in HS big whoop. UGH.

If it was Hobby Lobby then might have a pause. Or Wallgreens.

[Anonymous]

Working for a chick-fil-a restaurant as a teen is looked at like any other teen employment.

Working for chick-fil-a corporate in Georgia after college graduation is looked at differently.

[Anonymous]

CFA Boycotts have done nothing to their bottom line. If anything it has helped it!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm very progressive and work for a very progressive organization that is usually at least 20% LGBTQ. I personally do not buy food at Chick-fil-a and complained to my kid's school when they did a CFA fundraiser. I wouldn't hold it against someone who worked for CFA. I don't discriminate in hiring based on religion. We have a few evangelical Christians and a Jehovah Witness on our staff. We make it clear in hiring that we hire and serve a very diverse group of people and if you can't work with people who hold different views, even views you may strongly disagree with than this is not the place for you. In the interviewing process, we might ask questions such as how would you respond to a student who disclosed a pregnancy? how would you respond to a student who came out to you? how would you respond to a student who couldn't participate in org activities because of religious obligations. In those answers we would be looking for respect, compassion, and a not overly directive response.

You are nuts. Kid was hired to make fries and clean bathrooms. They would have no opinion on these topics because of their employment. Those questions are also actionalble under DC Human Rights law.

I'm not saying I would ask those questions because of a person's prior employment, we ask those questions because we provide mentorship services and need to know that staff can provide appropriately neutral support whether their personal beliefs are right, left, or middle.

[Anonymous]

No, it doesn't matter to admissions committees for college when they're looking at where high school kids worked. They understand that high schoolers take what jobs they can get that are convenient. I grew up in a town where if you wanted a summer job, you were probably working for a VERY conservative small business because the people in town were generally conservative.

As someone said, now, if you're older and looking for a MBA and worked at CF after college in corporate, that might be a negative red flag.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Now Hobby Lobby is a different story. Might as well keep your list to ND, BYU, Baylor, Liberty and Hillsdale.

Hobby Lobby dudes are Evangelical Christians, so anti-ND for sure.

Also, anti-BYU.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Working for a chick-fil-a restaurant as a teen is looked at like any other teen employment.

Working for chick-fil-a corporate in Georgia after college graduation is looked at differently.

Yes ---- will be looked at as a major plus for graduate school.