A few days ago, a construction contracting business in Texas posted on LinkedIn about a weekly Bible Study that they conduct at the beginning of the day.     Over 3,700 comments have been made since the last time I looked with over  19,000 people liking the post.   A couple of negative comments stated it was waste of company time/resources and they should study something useful, like physics.   What those commenters failed to realize is that in the mind of the company, it is not about business first but it is about their priority to run a different type of business where God is at the center of their business.    And it appears they have been successful in their model.

 

What I found interesting is that in a country where God now takes a back seat and we much be politically correct in everything we do and say, the majority of the comments were positive.    A good number even stated that they wanted to work in such a place.   Some comments stated that it would be a positive way to start the day.  

 

As an HR professional, there is nothing wrong with what doing a weekly Bible study at the beginning of the day.    They just need to be aware that they would need to provide equal opportunity to other religions should employees of a different faith make the same request.     However, along with some of the people commenting, I also would like to work for such a company.   Where they fully admit that God is at the center of their company, they would treat their employees and their customers fairly.