I'm fine with accommodating religious observance as long as it's part of a culture of more generally recognising needs due to individual circumstances. As with

I'm fine with accommodating religious observance as long as it's part of a culture of more generally recognising needs due to individual circumstances. As with the example given, companies should be willing to make exceptions or accommodating compromises with employees with particular child care or visiting needs. I don't think that would have been a problem at any of the companies I've worked for in my whole career. If you think you feel the need to game the system, the real problem is with the system. The reason we respect religious beliefs should be because we respect people.