Oh Ohhh New boss is an anti-Catholic

[Hoosier_Daddy]

I don’t see the problem here.

The Boss does not believe as the employee and they talk about it like adults.

HR is a joke and it is not realistic to think that every single interaction between employees is to be completely professional and follows some arbitrary PC rules. This type of thinking has backfired on Catholics in particular. We are told repeatedly by the government and others that our faith is fine, in private and on Sunday mornings. And we cower and say ok. Yet other ideologies are allowed to flourish. Most large companies have a gay organiztion or resources and one could never go to HR because a gay coworker referred to his partner as a husband constantly.

No need to appeal to the secular authority in an obvious way to evangelize. What does that accomplish? Education about the faith? Nope. Animosity between a boss? Yes. You complain about your boss to HR and you are going to be fired the first time you say merry Christmas in the break room.

There is an opportunity to do as God commanded and share the Truth. Not run and cry to the teacher…

 

[MacQ]

And I knew it was coming, I knew she would eventually get around to voicing her opinion asking questions and giving me disapproving looks for being Catholic.
It all started with her letting me know that she, “doesn’t care what religion anyone is,” that in her words, “Catholics believe just as we do (Baptist) well, except we don’t believe in the Pope.” (she sort of rolled her eyes while saying that.)
I almost said," that’s a pity because the Pope is in the Bible." But I decided against it.

She then said something about someone in her church saying that Catholics go to church everyday. Add another eye roll here and a chuckle.

I explained that THAT was correct that there is Morning Mass and Adoration. She just stared at me. LOL

Well, it may be time to put out some more resumes.

I disagree with those who advocate going to HR with this. The complainant never comes out well.
Who keeps bringing up religion? It shouldn’t be YOU.

My advice:
Keep your head down, do your work very well, do not bring up religion, don’t engage in religious conversations, be respectful (not confrontational), ignore her remarks…be a happy catholic and a kind and genuine person to be around. Bear the remarks with grace and good humor. Other people will note who the jerk is. Make sure it’s her and not you.
And dust off your resume if the environment isn’t a good one.

 

[horselvr]

Mac: That is exactly what I intend to do. This job is such that she and I will have little contact as she and her husband will travel extensively leaving me alone in their home with their show dogs.
The interaction I have with her now is only when she needs to show me medically what to do with a certain dog----shots—pills—fluids etc—warning signs of impending illness since one dog has cushings and another a few other problems all age related.

She is a kind woman and not unlike other Protestants I have come in contact with seems to just not get Catholicism. That’s fine, really but I expect them to have as much respect for my faith as they would expect me to have for theirs. This means no snide remarks—especially about the Pope—no condescending attitude when asking questions that they just feel like arguing about. I am not into that. I generally love talking about Catholicism–When asked, otherwise it is not brought up.

I have worked for a long time in the Corporate world and am very well versed in sensitivity training and what is acceptable conversation in the workplace and what is not. Religion, race, politics are not acceptable conversation.

If she brings up the Pope again or my faith I’ll just have to remind her again that I prefer not to discuss my faith or hers on the job. Thanks again everyone.