66p for every pound earned by men
Halifax has suggested that customers close their accounts if they oppose a policy allowing staff to display their personal pronouns on name tags.
Or, more accurately, if they oppose the absurd ideology behind posturing about “displaying” “personal” “pronouns.” We don’t actually care what banks allow employees to put on their name tags, but we do care about the idiotic truth claims such banks make in bragging about their Name Tag Pronouns Policy.
The bank tweeted a picture of a name badge with the pronouns she/her/hers and the caption: “Pronouns matter.” In response to complaints the social media team said that Halifax wanted to “open the conversation around gender identity. We care about our customers and colleagues’ individual preferences. For us, it’s a very simple solution to accidental misgendering.”
That’s what I mean. We don’t need banks “opening conversations” around “gender identity.” We don’t need their “solutions” to an absurd non-event like “accidental misgendering.” We see how stupid it is, and we mock.
The bank told two vociferous critics: “We strive for inclusion, equality and, quite simply, in doing what’s right. If you disagree with our values, you’re welcome to close your account.” When users purporting to be customers said they would cancel their accounts the administrator supplied details of how to do so.
Which is funny, in a way, because I’m hearing from friends that their service is terrible.
Women at Lloyds Banking Group, Halifax’s parent company, earn 66p for every pound earned by men when comparing median salary. Across the financial sector it is 76p, according to analysis of official data by Capital Monitor.
Those women need to start identifying as men at once.
So, of course, instead of addressing that injustice, the bumblies at Halifax felt it was far more urgent to fall all over themselves and virtue-signal about fucking pronouns. Women earning less than men: a persistent, gross injustice that affects quality of life for those women over decades, and one that doesn’t right itself or become less of an issue by being ignored. “Misgendering”? A made-up injustice created by adults whose mental development apparently stalled at age 12. Halifax: omg omg, the pronouns!
Which raises the question, do trans women ask for a pay cut as part of their transition?
Do they go on unstrikes?
And what sort of business tells people to just take their business somewhere else? I hope a lot of people remove their money from this bank. They might figure out it is more than “two vociferous critics purporting to be customers”.
I hope droves of Halifax customers are taking their advice and closing their accounts.
I’ve seen some who are.
Someone on Twitter reported that he contacted Halifax, asked to close his account, and explained why. The customer support person gave an irritated spiel about how Halifax was inclusive, then closed the chat window, but not the account.
Wow. Time to call in the regulators perhaps.