Diversity and Inclusion....the question is for whom - Sales LinkedIn Employee Review

While LinkedIn touts their famous diverse and inclusive culture, I have found it to be woefully exclusive. Here's my story: two weeks after I took the job, a co-worker of mine who has been with LinkedIn for years said, "you can be anything you want to be here but you cannot be a conservative and I wouldn't tell anybody else besides me that you go to church each week". Was I shocked? Nah, not really. I get it and we all know about Doug Jones and the Alabama senate race, so I wasn't expecting the last of conservative bastions here at LinkedIn. I also did not expect that I should have to hide my political or religious beliefs and I was a little surprised that I was warned about it. I mean, isn't that what being inclusive means? Doesn't that mean that I can worship Buddha or Allah or a golden calf in my backyard, naked and howling at the moon and be comfortable with people at work knowing that? I asked that of my co-worker, the guy who warned me about LInkedIn's diversity, another conservative in hiding. He sighed and said, "you could pick any of those to worship. Just don't say anything about Jesus." If you are a minority, particularly a gay minority, LinkedIn will welcome you. If you vote for Trump and you still like Billy Graham.....not so much.