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As a member of the Church that attended BYU (in Provo), I'm always a bit surprised to hear people outside the church express these kinds of questions. In Utah
by Osiris 14y ago
As a member of the Church that attended BYU (in Provo), I'm always a bit surprised to hear people outside the church express these kinds of questions.
In Utah due to the large percentage of the population belonging to the Church, there is a somewhat unique culture (it's a Utah Mormon culture, not a Mormon culture in general, if than makes sense).
Us Mormons believe in respect and love towards all, regardless of belief system. We're taught to be accepting of all people and to not judge others (since we're all imperfect).
The parent post suggests an anecdotal evidence that this is not the case, but I would discourage you from associating that behavior with the religion as opposed to those individual people.
To answer your question, I don't see any reason that religion should affect the way a company operates or hires (other than, hopefully, trying to be more moral and honest in business dealings).
- rdl 14y agoI guess I was comparing it to other countries I've worked in with one dominant religion (and stories about Israel from other people, where if you're not Israeli or at least Jewish you're fairly excluded...). All of the Mormons I've met (admittedly, outside Utah) have been positive outliers as individual people, but I assume when you have a larger sample set there is the normal range of human variation.
- ajtaylor 14y agoI'm also a member of the Church who went to BYU. I loved Utah the state (and wish I had had the time and money to explore it more), but the Utah Mormon culture there really rubbed me the wrong way. It ended up being a major factor in our heading back to the East Coast. That said, I'm still an active member so it was just Utah that was my problem.