A new survey–one that I think was ridiculously biased, but that still probably hit the mark–claims that employers are less likely to hire applicants who identify as nonbinary. Or, more specifically, demand to use an alternative, self-chosen pronoun.
All the commentary on the survey conveys exactly what you would expect: shock, disappointment, calls to do better, and suggestions that something needs to be done about this hideous injustice.
Inclusivity shouldn’t just be present in the workplace — it should be practiced during the hiring process as well. But unfortunately, nonbinary job seekers are facing clear biases during their job search.
According to a new report from Business.com, a business resource platform, over 80% of nonbinary people believe that identifying as nonbinary would hurt their job search. Similarly, 51% believe their gender identity has affected their workplace experience “very or somewhat negatively.”
Ryan McGonagill, director of industry research at Business.com and author of the report, says these statistics show just how much work there is to do around diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging in the workplace.
“We clearly have more work to do on several fronts. Over the past 10 years, DEIB efforts have been prioritized by many companies; however, the results of this study and past research show that teams in most industries aren’t proportionately representative of the U.S. population,” McGonagill tells CNBC Make It. “And worse, many people (like the nonbinary individuals we spoke with in our research) feel like they don’t belong.”
Yeah, whatever. I can assure you that the average employer doesn’t care about your pronouns. He or she cares about how big a pain in the ass you are going to be to work with.
Pronouned people are always a significant pain in the ass. Always. Every single instance.
How do I know that? It’s not the innumerable examples you can find of people whining incessantly about being misgendered, deadnamed, and all the other offenses that have been invented over the past few years. Examples are obviously chosen to emphasize the ridiculousness of the differently pronouned, and hence should be viewed with skepticism.
Grown adult is distraught over being misgendered. We have a serious mental health crisis in this country. pic.twitter.com/5FuU7CHpPC
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) February 22, 2023
R&I – TP
