EEOC Rules Anti-Transgender Discrimination Unlawful
Posted: Thu May 31, 2012 6:06 am
EEOC Breakthrough: Anti-Transgender Discrimination Is Unlawful
I think I'm going to pay the EEOC's Los Angeles District Office a visit next week. I strongly believe I'm being treated unfairly and that I should be at least a Lead by now if not a Manager. Honestly, I'm tired of all of this crap. There are Trainers, Leads, and Managers that I can run circles around, and people who haven't worked for the company as long as I have and/or don't have the background that I do have gotten promotions. I deserve better. I've worked for Disney for six years, and during that time, I developed a reputation for being among the most knowledgeable Cast Members; other Cast Members would come to me with the most obscure of questions expecting me to know (or at least know where to look, I suppose). I have specialty job knowledge, and in those areas, I'm considered among the best Cast Members with that job knowledge. During the time I worked for Pizza Hut, I as a Manager helped to bring my store from a mediocre store to the best store in the area (10 stores) and one of the best stores in the region (65 stores) in terms of customer satisfaction. Since my departure, the store in question has dropped back down to a mediocre store, as far as I know. I do know that the employees that are still working their don't like their management team.
Or should I wait until Disneyland Resort Employee Relations finishes their investigation, which has thus far taken well over a month?
I probably should update my résumé and post it on the various job sites.
(Yes, I'm a transgendered woman. I've never posted about it here before this (well... I may have hinted at it in the "Mistaken Guest Genders" thread way back when), and I don't discuss it with very many Cast Members, because frankly, it's not really their business. Unfortunately, some Cast Members haven't been all that nice; at least one has referred to me as a man in women's clothing, and I've been told that more than a few have said other not-nice things about me behind my back. Thankfully, I haven't really had issues with most of the Guests... most. I kind of want to sit in on a Traditions class, sans name tag and Cast ID, and see what new hires are taught about diversity nowadays.)
I think I'm going to pay the EEOC's Los Angeles District Office a visit next week. I strongly believe I'm being treated unfairly and that I should be at least a Lead by now if not a Manager. Honestly, I'm tired of all of this crap. There are Trainers, Leads, and Managers that I can run circles around, and people who haven't worked for the company as long as I have and/or don't have the background that I do have gotten promotions. I deserve better. I've worked for Disney for six years, and during that time, I developed a reputation for being among the most knowledgeable Cast Members; other Cast Members would come to me with the most obscure of questions expecting me to know (or at least know where to look, I suppose). I have specialty job knowledge, and in those areas, I'm considered among the best Cast Members with that job knowledge. During the time I worked for Pizza Hut, I as a Manager helped to bring my store from a mediocre store to the best store in the area (10 stores) and one of the best stores in the region (65 stores) in terms of customer satisfaction. Since my departure, the store in question has dropped back down to a mediocre store, as far as I know. I do know that the employees that are still working their don't like their management team.
Or should I wait until Disneyland Resort Employee Relations finishes their investigation, which has thus far taken well over a month?
I probably should update my résumé and post it on the various job sites.
(Yes, I'm a transgendered woman. I've never posted about it here before this (well... I may have hinted at it in the "Mistaken Guest Genders" thread way back when), and I don't discuss it with very many Cast Members, because frankly, it's not really their business. Unfortunately, some Cast Members haven't been all that nice; at least one has referred to me as a man in women's clothing, and I've been told that more than a few have said other not-nice things about me behind my back. Thankfully, I haven't really had issues with most of the Guests... most. I kind of want to sit in on a Traditions class, sans name tag and Cast ID, and see what new hires are taught about diversity nowadays.)