A question to CD's from a TS about employment.

[LeaP]

I expect I'll get "called" on that first paragraph.... on the claim that EEO is SPECIFICALLY meant to prevent/avoid that... But, believe me, hiring managers must be (are) careful when they are going to put an employee in front of their Customers.... and will skirt EEO in whatever manner is necessary!!!!

Look, I'm not going to pretend that a chunk of the public might be put off by dealing with a TS. I'm also cognizant of the fact that a TS who isn't fully passable is going to have to overcome that with those customers. Trust me when I say that the TS is actually going to be far more aware of that than you are, in excruciating detail. A good interviewer can rapidly - and I do mean rapidly - assess the candidate's ability to succeed without resorting directly to questions of gender. In other words, just as with any area of personal challenge, it still comes down to ability, suitability, and fit.