Posted by:
RPackham
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Date: April 25, 2017 01:26PM
Be sure to find out if the top people in the company you will work for are Mormons. I suspect they are - why would non-Mormons want to start a company in Provo?
If they are, I predict:
- there will be no coffee pot in the employee break room
- if you bring coffee from home in a thermos, you will get dirty looks when you drink it
- you will be silently passed over for promotions and other perks, in favor of Mormon co-workers. They won't give you an explanation, but their thinking will be along the lines of "Brother Max needs the money more than Mocurious - he has a non-working wife and eight kids to support" or "Brother Paul has two kids on a mission - he needs the money and we need to support his efforts." or "Mr. Mocurious isn't a member, so he isn't paying ten percent of his gross income in tithing, but Brother Jack is, so it works out even."
- You will not be told what others at the company are paid, and you will be asked not to tell others
If you are invited to someone's home for dinner, DO NOT bring a bottle of wine. Better: a box of candy (Mormons love candy and sugary sodas).
Remember that most of Utah's laws were passed by the Mormon-dominated legislature. You will be living in a theocracy.
You can buy beer, but it has a low alcohol content, by law.
You will need to learn a new language, "Mormonspeak." For starters, look at
http://packham.n4m.org/glossary.htm