Want Scientology Training? Get a Job at Diskeeper!

A sad reality is that discrimination in the job market exists. You may not be hired for a position due to your ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religious beliefs or because you wear purple socks with blue pants. It’s wrong, but it happens, even if it’s not so obvious. That’s one problem… another is when a company tries to force religious beliefs on you. Wait… what?

When I first saw a headline at Slashdot that read, “Diskeeper Accused of Scientology Indoctrination“, I had a laugh. I figured it was a joke, because who on earth would make up such a bizarre lawsuit, which involves of all things, Scientology? Well, two former employees didn’t have to make up anything, and that’s apparent in the court filings. As it seems, in order to receive employment at Diskeeper, you must partake in Scientology-based training… training which CEO Craig Jensen attributes to the company’s success.

I admit, this is the first time I’ve heard of a problem like this, and common sense tells me that it isn’t allowed, since it seems to the be similar to not hiring someone because of their religion… which is discrimination. The CEO disagrees though, and believes that “religious instruction in a place of employment is protected by the First Amendment.” I could see that if you worked in a church, but at a company that has nothing to do with religion? This is one strange case, that’s all I know, and hopefully we can see the results of this lawsuit sooner than later.

In footnote 4 of the motion, Diskeeper claims that it in no way concedes that Hubbard Management and Study Technology are religious, but to anyone familiar with both Scientology and Hubbard’s supposedly secular “technologies,” the two brands are basically indistinguishable, and indeed, the establishment of supposedly secular fronts was intended by Hubbard to be a recruiting tool.