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Q: Are such religious references typical for US-based companies or should I be worried?

Dmitry GrigoryevI was shown a job ad at StackOverflow from a US-based company which had caught my eye. Now, I don't have any immediate plans to move to US, but I do check out opportunities from time to time. Besides, I have used software products developed by that company which were rather good, so I decided to ...

This seems to be part of a blog post about a company founding story. And if you keep reading, you will notice an update with this statement made: "I expected mostly negative responses from non-Christians (and all are welcome) but this has not been the case". So it appears that is one answer to your question, at least about this case.
Fun fact that you may find interesting: In the US, churches and other 'predominantly religious' operations(ex: Christian colleges) can require that you sign a Statement of Faith, professing to hold the same beliefs as the institution. Some even go as far as requiring the name of your pastor so that they can verify.
@jmorc a church requires that you're a religious person -- color me shocked and surprised!
Just an FYI christians may drink beer too, it isn't against the faith.
@JonH I know. Still, I'm under the impression that religious people may be less fond of the idea of spending their evening in a bar. There's also the concern of telling them that I worship LHC, after a few beers.
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Im not familiar with LHC...Can I ask what that is ?
@Brandin all are welcome seems to refer to responses, not to people. Or did I misunderstand that sentence?
@JonH I meant this LHC, humorously of course.
@DmitryGrigoryev Probably the only way to know for sure is to ask. Also consider his perspective in this. If you apply for a job, this could well mean that God has guided you to this company, and they will be divinely obligated to give you a job because it is all part of His Plan. But more seriously, use the suggestions below to find out what you really need to know about the culture before accepting an offer.
@hownowbrowncow: whereas here in the UK (and I suspect in other EU countries), it depends what they're hiring you for. A church hiring a minister can lawfully "discriminate" on the basis of faith (and a bunch of other things), but a church hiring a cleaner can't. So over here it may or may not be a shock and a surprise, depending on the employment.
@hownowbrowncow: The other potentially surprising part is that this applies to institutions that are well beyond what most people would think of as a "church", and as Steve says, it applies to jobs whose duties are not explicitly religious. I would have had to sign such a statement in order to apply for a job as a mathematics professor at this selective and well-ranked university. Besides education, health care is another sector where this often happens; many hospitals in the US are affiliated with churches.
Not in my experience, although I honestly never go as deep as looking at blog posts about companies I am looking at. Maybe I should.
Incidentally one of my jobs is teaching computers at a Catholic school and even there no one ever asks me about religion. It wasn't even brought up in the interview despite the fact that the official position of the Catholic church when hiring is a preference towards Catholics.
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For what its worth, I know an accountant that works at a synagogue in USA, who is a christian.
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@DanShaffer And some synagogues are not averse to hiring a Catholic organ player for their services.
"Would my colleagues be regular peers I could grab a beer with, or dedicated Christians who go to church on Sunday together?" How does one negates the other? You're talking like Christians are some kind of weirdos :)
@algiogia: Then too, at least some of your non-religious colleagues may not be all that interested in drinking after work.
@jamesqf exactly, it has nothing to do with religion.
Plus side, you'll have Sunday's off (but who doesn't). Downside, I'd struggle not offend people with free thinking and speech. Having seen the site they seem to be very "devout". I'd can't reconcile that with the kind of free thinking I'd hope for in an employer. What will you do if evolution comes up?
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@DanShaffer: I think the point is that US law gives them the right to discriminate based on religion if they want to. Of course, they can certainly choose not to, and indeed many religious employers do choose to adopt policies saying they will not discriminate. But not all. If your synagogue chose to fire the Christian accountant solely on the basis that he was Christian, and they wanted a Jewish accountant instead, the accountant probably couldn't sue.
@Jodrell "What will you do if evolution comes up?" Converse as civil human beings? I'm a Christian, my closest collogue for a number of years was Very Atheist and we coped perfectly fine around the office. We were good friends and got on pretty well.
This particular company skirts the edge of proselytizing, in my opinion, however their flagship product is indeed quite good. Some say the LHC was foretold by Revelation 9: The fifth angel sounded his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from the sky to the earth. The star was given the key to the shaft of the Abyss. 2 When he opened the Abyss, smoke rose from it like the smoke from a gigantic furnace.
Drinking alcohol is certainly not against Christianity in general (see John chapter 2), however the story given about how this company was formed does sound like the founder lies more on the charismatic side of doctrine (not drawing a distinction between the decreed and the revealed will of God) which does tend to abstain from alcohol.
 
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Would not waste a moments time at this job. product isn't all that anyway.

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