RadioRaheem84
24th November 2010, 17:57
I cannot even get hired as a fucking grocery store clerk!
Came back from college, found out I had a failure to appear to court for expired registration sticker, the court issued a warrant and the payments ballooned up to 500 bucks.
I said, OK, no problem, I need a job. I applied to a "high end" grocery store and they offered me a position contingent upon a MONTH LONG background check; criminal, credit and whatnot. I called them after two weeks and asked what the hold up is, they tell me, they're checking the counties where I lived in during College. Every fucking county I ever lived in which was only three!
The damn warrant doesn't even come up on my non-existent record I checked with the State. So I was wondering just how they found out this information.
They sent me back an email today saying that I was not hired and the email was sent from some firm that specializes in HR and investigations. So the company hired some firm that checks everything on a person, which is why the check took so long and why I wasn't hired, because I have no record.
So now it's difficult to get a job as a grocery store if you do not have a clean record and a clean credit report.
This is bananas. Thankfully a friend hired me and I am cool now. But the complete toolish run around to get hired for ten bucks an hour is absurd! 3 weeks of waiting for nothing!
Anyone else have similar stories? I've heard to get hired for Best Buy at 8 bucks an hour requires something like 3 to 4 interviews!
I've been out of the job market for years and had no idea the absurd hoops they make workers jump to in order to make chump change.
Came back from college, found out I had a failure to appear to court for expired registration sticker, the court issued a warrant and the payments ballooned up to 500 bucks.
I said, OK, no problem, I need a job. I applied to a "high end" grocery store and they offered me a position contingent upon a MONTH LONG background check; criminal, credit and whatnot. I called them after two weeks and asked what the hold up is, they tell me, they're checking the counties where I lived in during College. Every fucking county I ever lived in which was only three!
The damn warrant doesn't even come up on my non-existent record I checked with the State. So I was wondering just how they found out this information.
They sent me back an email today saying that I was not hired and the email was sent from some firm that specializes in HR and investigations. So the company hired some firm that checks everything on a person, which is why the check took so long and why I wasn't hired, because I have no record.
So now it's difficult to get a job as a grocery store if you do not have a clean record and a clean credit report.
This is bananas. Thankfully a friend hired me and I am cool now. But the complete toolish run around to get hired for ten bucks an hour is absurd! 3 weeks of waiting for nothing!
Anyone else have similar stories? I've heard to get hired for Best Buy at 8 bucks an hour requires something like 3 to 4 interviews!
I've been out of the job market for years and had no idea the absurd hoops they make workers jump to in order to make chump change.