Re: Discrimination

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...and unfortunatley, it seems that people with criminal
records are continuously kicked to the wayside employment wise
regardless of their performance, work history, or references.
It seems ok for companies to just say "oops...you have
something on your record...um..well, we dont trust you to work
here - thanks for coming though". And although having all
great reviews/performance evaluations, and making many
contributions to the company, and even after being an assett
to a company for 6 months, I experienced this very thing.
This seems to be he most overlooked and ignored discrimination
in the workplace, yet with the least amount of focus or legal
support for defending your trustworthiness or rights (oh,
people with criminal records have no rights employment
wise...you are just an expendible part of society...).
Even the EEOC reluctantly agreed to send the papers for me to
file with this issue - and it always has to be related to race
or no one will touch it. Bottom line is each situation is
different, and if employers do not consider this, even in
an "employ at will" state (translation -B.S.), there needs to
be more support for hard working, honest, trustworthy
individuals to earn a living and pay their bills regardless of
an incident in theor past. However, despite having a criminal
record, there are some places that will hire you quick - fast
food and manual labor...

Re: Discrimination, 3/22/04, by Joe Blow.

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