Monzo staff call man a ‘horrible Terf’ after he challenged the bank’s transgender policies which describe maternity leave as ‘primary care giver leave’
- The bank said it offered gender neutral toilets and ‘primary caregiver leave’
- Shared policy of ‘checking, not assuming’ pronouns and trans-Monzo chatgroup
Monzo bank employees called a man a ‘horrible Terf’ after he criticised the bank’s transgender policies which described maternity leave as ‘primary caregiver leave’.
Monzo announced on social media platform LinkedIn that it offered gender neutral toilet facilities in its London headquarters and 52 weeks of ‘primary caregiver leave’, during Transgender Awareness Week in November.
Additionally, the bank said it had a policy of ‘checking, not assuming’ pronouns, offered support for staff with gender dysphoria and even set up a ‘trans-Monzo’ group as a ‘safe space’ for trans employees.
One LinkedIn user, a gay marketing professional who isn’t employed by Monzo, disagreed with these policies and commented: ‘I’m not sure this feels like an inclusive place for LGB colleagues/women who don’t subscribe to gender ideology or resist the pressure of controlled speech.
‘By all means support trans people – people with gender dysphoria need TLC,’ he said and added it shouldn’t be done ‘at the expense of others’ beliefs’.
Monzo bank employees called a man a ‘horrible Terf’ after he criticised the bank’s transgender policy, according to the The Telegraph
The man, who wished to remain anonymous, told the The Telegraph that he asked Monzo what information the bank held on him after he noticed many Monzo employees viewing his LinkedIn account – which is his right under the data protection law.
Monzo, which advertises its ‘open and inclusive culture’, disclosed how its employees used an internal forum to mock the man’s views.
The exchange on Monzo’s Slack channel, which was seen by The Telegraph, saw one staff member saying: ‘Horrible Terf on the Monzo LinkedIn post.’
Another employee reportedly replied: ‘The absolute nerve of suggesting that we’re not an inclusive culture if we’re not inclusive of people who are intolerant towards trans people.’
Another employee reposted Monzo’s announcement on LinkedIn saying: ‘It will ALWAYS be LGBT and the ‘T’ is not optional.’
The messages raised questions about freedom of speech, as other employees told the man they couldn’t speak publicly aboout sharing as views as that would be ‘career-limiting’ for them as the company allegedly ‘could not cope with the intolerance’.
The man said it was ‘appalling’ that staff members attacked him for his views on Monzo’s policy.
He said Monzo had not apologiced to him ‘despite the upset this caused’ him. Monzo even defended their employees in an email to the man by saying the opinions of their staff expressed online were their own.
He has since complained to the Information Commissioner’s Office.
The messages raised questions about freedom of speech, as other employees told the man they couldn’t speak publicly aboout sharing as views as that would be ‘career-limiting’ for them as the company allegedly ‘could not cope with the intolerance’
A Monzo spokesman told The Telegraph: ‘We pride ourselves on having an inclusive and diverse culture. We are not going to comment on the private conversations of our employees.’
The initial LinkedIn post listed things Monzo was doing to make it a ‘more inclusive’ place to work at.
As well as using people’s preferred pronouns and offering gender neutral toilets, the bank said it offered support for employees with gender dysphoria and everyone in their customer service team would undergo obligatory inclusivity training.
The bank also said it would give its employees 52 week of ‘primary caregivers leave’ and it explained: ‘We call maternity, paternity and adoption leave primary or secondary caregiver leave, so if you’re the primary caregiver you’ll be entitled to 52 weeks of leave, regardless of your gender.’
At the end of their post, Monzo vowed to create ‘an even more inclusive place to be, so our work here still isn’t done’.
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