12 companies rejected Muslim woman as She wore a hijab, A Successful Women Story

12 companies rejected Muslim woman as She wore a hijab, A Successful Women Story

I met a Muslim woman. She wore a hijab, a symbol of the modesty and behavior of the Muslim lady. That lady told me proudly that she’d rejected over 12 companies when she was job-hunting. She eventually took a lower paying job over their offers. She rejected them all because of one thing. They asked her to take her hijab off at work, so that she could “blend in with the rest of the company.” Here’s the thing. Company culture is not about forcing people to FIT into your idea of what they should be. It’s about building an idea AROUND people in your company, and moulding an INCLUSIVE environment. It’s ironic that companies today claim they have the best culture; when their solution is to buy a couple of pool tables and a snack bar. The personal identities of your employees matter more to them than the identity of your company. Your pool games and snack bars are irrelevant to them. When you ask people to strip off the very things they stand for, so they can blend into your assumption of who they SHOULD be, it’s a recipe for disaster. Beliefs are shaped by stories. Just don’t make yours a sad one for them to remember.