When I worked for Pizza Haven, there was a rumor that the owner of the chain was Mormon. Turns out that long persisting rumor wasn't true. He was not LDS.
I did an AI search which I assume is accurate that explained how that rumor got started. Long story, but here is a shorter story about me.
That company did an anonymous survey of employees and I filled it out saying good things about the company. They treated employees quite well. The only negative thing I wrote was that it was too bad the owner had donated to an anti gay cause.
Turns out I was following false news, back in the 1980s.
The reason I'm thinking about this now is another controversy in today's news about Alaska Airlines. Apparently Alaska fired two employees after they shared concerns about the company's Equality Act in an internal employee forum. In this case, the company had an inclusive equality act that the employees were not as liberal about, I guess.
Turns out responses in that forum were not anonymous so company management could see who was writing what.
I'm on the side of gay rights, but I also understand that employees, within an organization, will have various personal opinions. Not everyone thinks like the company line.
When I filled out the survey, at my pizza company, I did feel, a bit, like I was biting the hand that fed me. Still, it was an anonymous survey.
This many years later, I find out that the rumors, about the owner's politics, were false anyway.
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