How big of a red flag is it if the company asks your sexual orientation and transgender identity in their job application process?

Is it standard practice these days? Or a sign that the company is off the deep end?

Edit: This is asked at the end of the standard disability, gender, veteran status, etc. questions in the EEOC form (for US jobs).

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Standard practice. You should consider it just like the questions about race, gender, etc. Like those questions, this data helps track representation in hiring-related decisions.

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Meeting diversity quotas is directly tied to executive promotion/bonus decisions at many firms. Most are sex/race/etc based today, but LGBT is not unheard of.

It seems very inappropriate, something they shouldn’t touch. It would make me nervous, not sure if I’d apply.

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Most companies ask this nowadays. If it bothers you to disclose you can usually opt out, just like the disability and veteran stuff.

There’s an option to not self identify but I just don’t think this is information employers either should be asking for or have any right to know.

I view this as a positive not a negative.

I don’t. I view it as overreach and completely unnecessary.

All company’s ask

We’ll I meant a lot do. After sending 150 applications in March I quickly realized this.

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