In December 1994, Mel Thompson filed suit against Borg-Warner in San Francisco, alleging that the company used a political litmus test as part of its interview process for job applicants. Test takers are graded on an alienation index, with a goal of hiring those most likely to follow the rules. The only persons that are likely to do well are people with very traditional political beliefs, the small-town Republicans.
Workers usually come last as far as companies are concerned.
Society really encourages rebelliousness by having too many rules. Most employers try to keep their people happy just to get more work out of them. If the facts were known, most bosses take more from the company than their workers, but are better able to get away with it. N early a third of the test's questions focus on attitudes toward corporate authority. Thompson was rejected after he answered such questions incorrectly with a question mark.