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Title: Trans Friendly Companies
Post by: RaptorChops on June 24, 2015, 09:46:19 AM
Post by: RaptorChops on June 24, 2015, 09:46:19 AM
I haven't seen a post anywhere about this unless I overlooked it. I figured this would be great for people who may be looking for a job and are a bit nervous due to transitioning. Anyways if you work for a trans friendly company post it here :). I'll get the ball rolling:
H&M- Clothing Retail
I've been with the company going on 8 years in October. I started Testosterone almost 2 years ago. Everyone I have worked with has been supportive of me and have tried their best with pronouns. They also got my new name down pretty well too. I also traveled around to different stores so I had to deal with a lot of different people. I mean not everyone understood what was going on with me and some people still to this day call me she. But it's whatever it's going to happen and you can't change that.
The company has amazing benefits with Cigna and they cover transgender surgery (I paid out of pocket but filed a claim, I'm sure they will cover all of it.) The pay is also pretty great compared to most companies. The nice thing too is there is room to grow and move up. I mean every job has their politics and you'll hate it every now and then but in general this is a pretty great company.
The vacation time is great, you get a nice discount, and the cool part is your birthday is considered a paid holiday. There was a time where the company screwed up and people did not receive their paychecks on time. They bought every store food to fill up their fridges and even paid anyone back who over drafted their accounts because they had to pay bills. On top of that they gave everyone a paid day off for the mistake!
H&M- Clothing Retail
I've been with the company going on 8 years in October. I started Testosterone almost 2 years ago. Everyone I have worked with has been supportive of me and have tried their best with pronouns. They also got my new name down pretty well too. I also traveled around to different stores so I had to deal with a lot of different people. I mean not everyone understood what was going on with me and some people still to this day call me she. But it's whatever it's going to happen and you can't change that.
The company has amazing benefits with Cigna and they cover transgender surgery (I paid out of pocket but filed a claim, I'm sure they will cover all of it.) The pay is also pretty great compared to most companies. The nice thing too is there is room to grow and move up. I mean every job has their politics and you'll hate it every now and then but in general this is a pretty great company.
The vacation time is great, you get a nice discount, and the cool part is your birthday is considered a paid holiday. There was a time where the company screwed up and people did not receive their paychecks on time. They bought every store food to fill up their fridges and even paid anyone back who over drafted their accounts because they had to pay bills. On top of that they gave everyone a paid day off for the mistake!
Title: Re: Trans Friendly Companies
Post by: ToniB on June 24, 2015, 09:56:50 AM
Post by: ToniB on June 24, 2015, 09:56:50 AM
BAE SYSTEMS are very good indeed
Title: Re: Trans Friendly Companies
Post by: traci_k on June 24, 2015, 09:57:44 AM
Post by: traci_k on June 24, 2015, 09:57:44 AM
The HRC - Human Rights Campaign website is a great place to start. They publish an annual report of LGBT friendly companies. About two thirds of the Fortune 500 offer transition benefits and they also list smaller companies which also offer benefits.
Title: Re: Trans Friendly Companies
Post by: King Malachite on June 24, 2015, 12:53:06 PM
Post by: King Malachite on June 24, 2015, 12:53:06 PM
This thread was a good help to me. I would like to find a trans-friendly job in the future.
https://www.susans.org/forums/index.php/topic,109227.0.html
https://www.susans.org/forums/index.php/topic,109227.0.html
Title: Re: Trans Friendly Companies
Post by: teddybear_zach on June 25, 2015, 09:43:41 PM
Post by: teddybear_zach on June 25, 2015, 09:43:41 PM
JPMorgan chase is an excellent company to work for. They are big on diversity. I transitioned on the job and it was seamless. I'm even completely stealth with no issues of outing.
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Title: Re: Trans Friendly Companies
Post by: Dee Marshall on June 25, 2015, 10:15:12 PM
Post by: Dee Marshall on June 25, 2015, 10:15:12 PM
Zach JPMChase may be good for diversity, but for some fields they're terrible. Ten years ago I worked in IT for foreign exchange trading. I developed a reporting system that allowed reports to be generated, scheduled or on demand and be delivered by email, fax, printing or downloaded from a web page in any JPMChase office world wide. When that was complete and stable they outsourced our whole department. That probably saved the bank enough money to pay the bonus for one trader that year. Then they bothered me for the next year every three months because they refused to maintain the system or read the documentation.
I don't know if they still to it but during acquisitions they used to throw management of IT to the acquired bank's management as a bone.
I don't know if they still to it but during acquisitions they used to throw management of IT to the acquired bank's management as a bone.
Title: Re: Trans Friendly Companies
Post by: FTMax on June 26, 2015, 04:41:10 PM
Post by: FTMax on June 26, 2015, 04:41:10 PM
I work for an international hospitality consulting company (if anyone is interested, PM me for the name). We work with bars and restaurants to make them more profitable. If you've ever seen the show Bar Rescue, that's what I do everyday. Every office will be a little bit different because they're franchises, but the DC office is very trans-friendly. My transition has been seamless and I've had lots of support here and from corporate staff.
Title: Re: Trans Friendly Companies
Post by: Marlee on June 26, 2015, 04:48:16 PM
Post by: Marlee on June 26, 2015, 04:48:16 PM
I will likely end up needing to find a new job as well.
Title: Re: Trans Friendly Companies
Post by: Devlyn on June 26, 2015, 08:51:44 PM
Post by: Devlyn on June 26, 2015, 08:51:44 PM
Circuits Plus Inc, the proud employer of Devlyn! 25% of our workforce is transgender. There's enough there to do the math. ;D
Title: Re: Trans Friendly Companies
Post by: KimSails on June 27, 2015, 09:44:42 AM
Post by: KimSails on June 27, 2015, 09:44:42 AM
The HRC corporate index is a good place to research larger companies:
http://www.hrc.org/campaigns/corporate-equality-index
And Ford Motor Company is a trans-friendly employer from this girl's experience and it has a 100% rating on the HRC index! :)
http://www.hrc.org/campaigns/corporate-equality-index
And Ford Motor Company is a trans-friendly employer from this girl's experience and it has a 100% rating on the HRC index! :)
Title: Re: Trans Friendly Companies
Post by: teddybear_zach on June 27, 2015, 01:04:45 PM
Post by: teddybear_zach on June 27, 2015, 01:04:45 PM
I thought this post was for trans friendly jobs but ok
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Title: Re: Trans Friendly Companies
Post by: Dee Marshall on June 27, 2015, 02:13:59 PM
Post by: Dee Marshall on June 27, 2015, 02:13:59 PM
If you're referring to the corporate equality index, Zach, our issues are addressed in it. I was reasonably happy to see that my new employer got a 90/100. They don't provide trans care in their insurance, but since they provide insurance to only a small percentage of staff that's pretty meaningless. And, yes, I went into it knowing that insurance was unlikely.