A large number of transgender job applicants don’t even make it past the interview process, according to Ortiz (Andrew Ortiz, a staff attorney at the Transgender Law Center). Further, he pointed out, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, under Donald Trump, has in fact been weaponized against trans people, dropping cases it had brought on behalf of trans employees and instructing career staff not to process trans employees’ complaints.

“We have no faith that this EEOC has any interest in protecting the rights of trans folks, and is even doing things to make it easier to treat them poorly,” Ortiz said.

In an email, Ash Lazarus Orr, press relations manager at Advocates for Trans Equality, said trans people continue to face “major barriers” to employment. Orr cited the 2022 U.S. Trans Survey, an anonymous online survey for transgender people ages 16 and older, which found that more than 80 percent of respondents reported being harassed or discriminated against at work because of their gender identity, more than 10 percent who said they had been fired, forced to resign, or laid off due to it, and a jobless rate among the trans community overall nearing 20 percent.

“The dismissal of trans employees has consequences beyond the individual,” Lazarus Orr said, “it can perpetuate a culture of discrimination and exclusion that discourages talented trans people from pursuing fulfilling careers.”

Chili’s crappy quality doesn’t align with my desire to eat delicious meals.

That's blatant discrimination. I hope they sue and get millions. 

This is why state level protections are important.

microwave meals and day drinking align pretty well with the women in my life, so idk what Chili’s is on about 🤷

Chili's is about so much more than selling middle aged burnouts an overpriced martini and microwaved nachos.

Oh, well I haven’t eaten at Chili's in about 20 years, but I was just talking about going again last week.

Guess I’m not going to do that…

What kinda values could a restaurant chain that microwaves the shittiest food on the planet possibly have?

Too easy to boycott.

I guess this is how I learn that Chili's is actually still in business

My expectation of "edible food" doesn't align with what Chili's offers, which is why I don't go there. Everyone has their beliefs, I suppose.

Fuck chilis and fuck chic fil a, I have never ordered either and will never order either

The casual dining chain, which is owned by publicly traded Brinker International, professes to believe in “a culture of belonging,” telling job applicants that it welcomes “those of all genders, races, ethnicities, sexual orientations, abilities, religions, age and backgrounds.”

“We celebrate these differences through a culture of belonging where individual strengths and stories are respected and valued,” ChilisJobs.com asserts. “We’re proud to be a community-oriented meeting place and want everyone to feel welcome at Chili’s.”

I don't understand the utility of proclaiming your company to be a bastion for the people you clearly hate. Why entice them to become employees just to fire them? And in firing them, receive a tidal wave of bad press and probable lawsuits? 🤷‍

Exactly what kind of sex is going on at Chili's? Anything I should know?

Is it getting into the food???

a trans man who was assigned female at birth

Isn't that what "trans man" means?

Why would a massively corporate chain have personal values and lifestyles? Just sell your shitty burgers.

I always see stories like this and I think to myself I can't even boycott them because I wasn't eating there already. Not that I can really afford to eat out anywhere though...

It's entirely possible the employees sucked, but for Chili's to fire them the way they did is nuts. The fact that there's a pattern means there's gonna be some fat paychecks going around.

I'll continue my tradition of not eating at Chili's in support.

so chili is not so spicy, it ha to adhere to bland taste of right wingers.

personal values

Meaning you're not a fundamentalist extremist christofascist. That is a compliment, actually, even though they don't know it

Lifestyle

Yes, I too would do multiple very expensive and very painful operations and god knows how many therapy sessions for fun, because that's my style, baby!

Did they think they could get away with this. Firing someone because of their personal life. crazy.

Oh come on! It's not 'personal values' or 'lifestyle values’. They are just following current medical standards for what should be done against body dysphoria.

A medical decision backed by current science.

Chili's has no values, like any other corporate food slop provider. If people would pay, they'd use actual babies in the ribs.

Were they a fascist pedophile?

I guess I'll continue to never patronize a Chili's. Wtfuck is "Chili's" any way? Is it someone's nickname? Do they have a chili that owns things?

Damn, no more southwest eggrolls for this family I guess.

Monday, I drove my wife and youngest to Omaha to adopt a puppy (golden retriever). We were going to eat at Chili's because at least it's a known food. Well, the person we were getting the dog from was available early, so we did drive through.

Fucking bullet dodged.

Puppy tax https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/pictrs/image/cc8f648a-d39a-4f15-899d-dc59475ea7a2.webp

I feel like that's a reverse backhanded compliment. So I guess just compliment.

I haven't been in a Chili's in forever, and I don't expect to go again. So I'm going to avoid everything from Brinker International [NYSE: EAT] now (Chili's and Maggiano's Little Italy), and I'm thinking that I might sell some of it short too.