Comments on: Ask a Mormon Woman: My company was bought by a corporation run mostly by Mormons. Will this mean I could lose my job?

By: Michelle

Michelle — Sun, 16 May 2010 08:19:37 +0000

Red,

Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

I think it’s worth noting that working for a Mormon company is different than working for a company led or staffed by many Mormons…although your husband’s experience can show that even working for a Mormon company, beliefs are separated from the day-to-day work culture.

By: Red

Red — Wed, 05 May 2010 15:09:25 +0000

My husband worked for Deseret Book (the LDS publishing corporation) for several years and during that time hired one assistant who was not Mormon and one assistant who grew up Mormon but was not longer practicing. Just as with any company, they conformed to the general culture of the corporation, but the differences in beliefs were not an issue in day to day work.

I was always curious why these women would choose to work at a Mormon company with an explicit mission to promote and nourish Mormonism. But I never got close enough to them to broach the subject. My husband was able to have plenty of good conversations with them and their unique perspective (in a sea of otherwise very homogeneous viewpoints) was very helpful to him.

By: Heidi

Heidi — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 16:43:27 +0000

I thought this was such a great question and I really appreciated the well thought out answer, as well. On the smoking thing–I have heard that this is an issue for health insurance companies. They charge higher rates to companies who are covering employees who smoke. As for state laws, California,for one, does not allow smoking in any public place. I imagine there are other states out there that have the same or similar policies.