Did you have to take a Meyers-Briggs or Enneagram test to get a raise?

My team is obsessed with "working styles." I feel like I missed a promotion because I’m an "Introvert" on the DISC profile, and they wanted an "Extrovert." Is using personality tests for compensation decisions even legal?

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Wait—they’re using personality tests to determine raises? I’ve never even heard of such a thing. There’s no way that’s legal.

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I wonder if anyone here who has legal experience can explain how we can avoid situations like this or report businesses for that? Using tests like that is so absurdly stupid

Those inane tests are part of the trend of having a personality-driven culture. My understanding is that they're not explicitly illegal, but they're questionable. If the tests filter out people with personality traits that could correspond to protected groups, that could be actionable. The people who create those tests often warn against using them for promotions as they weren't designed for that. But management types love thinking they've found a hack to bolster the cult of extroversion. What a world.

Personality tests for "team development" are legal. Using them as promotion criteria gets legally murky – especially if "extrovert" isn't a genuine job requirement. They can't discriminate based on protected classes, but "working style preferences" live in a convenient gray area.
The real issue: you can't prove they denied your promotion because of DISC results versus "culture fit" or "leadership presence" – corporate speak for the same bias. If comp decisions hinge on whether you're an ENFP, start documenting performance metrics that contradict their personality-based reasoning. Then update your resume.

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