Jobs, Jobs, Jobs…

On a list of wants by trans people jobs has to up near the top of the list. When we transition all of sudden there is a layoff off one person because of lack of work… it is just a coincident that the employee just transitioned. Then you see an ad for an opening with just a slightly different job description and the trans person is invited to apply for the new position but somehow they don’t qualify.

Hiring Transgender Employees Isn’t Just The Right Thing To Do — Now It’s Good For The Bottom Line
90% of trans women of color report experiencing harassment, mistreatment, or discrimination on the job
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By Rebekah Sager
September 13, 2017

WHEN JESSYE ZAMBRANO WAS 18, SHE WAS A STAR EMPLOYEE at a large fast-food chain — she prefers not to name which one — and was even named “Outstanding Manager” three years in a row. Then she began her transition; not long after, she says she was demoted from her position as general manager.]
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Mendelsohn, 65, is an openly transgender woman and the founder of California Trans Work Project (CTWP), an organization seeking to foster more trans-positive workplaces in California and help transgender women with the launch of one of the largest job programs to help them find work. She is also CEO of Pollo West Corp., one of El Pollo Loco’s largest franchisees, with six L.A.-based restaurants. Under Mendelsohn’s leadership, El Pollo Loco has been committed to hiring transgender people (mostly women of color) in their restaurants.

Today, Zambrano is a manager at one of Mendelsohn’s Pollo Locos, and she says she thanks God for the day the two met. She greets every customer with a smile and walks with the confidence of someone who may be a franchise owner herself some day.

For us we have a very hard time finding time finding jobs. If your voice or looks identifies you as trans you never even to get a chance to get your foot in the door, the door is slammed in your face.

“It’s the same as when African-Americans showed up for jobs,” Broadus says. “They may have sounded white on the phone, but then they show up, and suddenly, the job is filled. Then you have trans women who are ‘identifiably trans,’ meaning they don’t look like what someone would think a woman is supposed to look like. Lastly, a lot of [employers] fear they’ll be sued if they have to fire this person, so they say, ‘Why even bother?’”

My tip in looking for a job is to check out big box stores, from the reports that I have had stores like Target, Walmart, and Home Depot hire trans people.