Who here has worked in a predominantly conservative workplace and how did you navigate it?
A couple months ago I got a new job and it has great pay and benefits but everyone in upper management is very republican christian conservative. It's a complete 180 from my last job that I loved because the people were amazing but the pay wasn't where I needed it to be. Both of these jobs have been in the green industry which is not an easy field to find great pay in so I don't think it's in my best interest to look for a new job right now. I have great relationships with everyone here, and most of the crew that I work directly with know that I'm queer so I can drop the straight guy act a little bit but with everyone else I constantly have to larp as a straight guy because that's what feels safest but I feel like it's just poisoning my soul working here and it's exhausting not being able to just be authentically me which I was able to fully do at my last job. I feel like I'm at bit of a dead end here in the sense that I don't really think there's anything I can do about this right now but just curious to hear any stories from anyone who's experienced something similar.
Posted Aug 5, 2026, 1:21 PM UTC