Originally Posted by retmil46

I know a person that used to work for a major bank. Several years ago, the bank decided that to appear more "homo-friendly" as a business and forstall any future troubles over possible accusation of discrimination, they were going to institute what could be termed an "homosexual affirmative action" policy - all other things being equal, preference would be given in all hiring and promotion decisions to those that told the company they were homosexual, over those that had listed no preference, said they were heterosexual, or told the bank it was none of their bloody business.

The above person said the bank called them all into meetings by department to explain the new hiring and promotion policy. Their department head told them that not only would the bank give preference to homosexuals in hiring and promotion - essentially preferential treatment based solely on sexual orientation - but also advised the heterosexual employees that from then on, if they wanted to have a decent chance of getting a raise or promotion, they should change their personal info listed with the bank and identify themselves as homosexual even though they weren't. Anyone who had a hard spot with the new policy for whatever reason was advised to seek employment elsewhere.

The person I mentioned above had no stomach for this, and put in for early retirement.
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