So i'm in a quandary..... - Page 2

richlevy · 11-13-2011, 03:32 PM

If you intend to be working there for a long time, you definitely need to tell them. Even if there is no background check now, the policy could change or a client could demand it as a condition of work. While the issue may or may not cause them to not hire you, finding out that you lied to them will definitely be cause for firing.

The only good jobs that do not require a background check these days seem to be Congressman and POTUS.

footfootfoot · 11-13-2011, 05:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Sundae

Bearded ones?

Especially. June and July aren't so friendly to them.

plthijinx · 11-27-2011, 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Sundae

Bearded ones?

i like my clams shaved.

plthijinx · 11-13-2011, 03:39 PM

guys your support is noted and appreciated. keep it coming. rich, i thought about that too. my passport has to be renewed and i may end up going to nigeria for a project. travel to different country? have to see if i can get in. "wait what do you mean you can't go?" "welllll i kinda had a run in with the wrong woman that made me an unpaid state employee for a bit." "hmm. well now...." shit. just shit. i should be alright but damn y'all.

zippyt · 11-13-2011, 03:48 PM

While the issue may or may not cause them to not hire you, finding out that you lied to them will definitely be cause for firing.

Pretty much what i said , betterer for them to Know than be surprised,

Good luck

Gravdigr · 11-13-2011, 03:54 PM

It'll suck big time if it keeps you from getting hired, but ya gotta tell 'em. I've been there.

At the very least, you'll feel good about being honest and up front with them.

Aliantha · 11-13-2011, 04:11 PM

I'm with the majority here. If you're there long term it'll come out one way or another sooner or later. You form friendships with collegues and they meet some of your old friends at some party or something or on a fishing trip maybe and someone says something and there goes the whole kit and kaboodle. Better off not having to remind your old friends never to mention it and better for you not to carry the stress of not telling around with you all the time either. It'll only effect your performance in the end.

Besides, who wouldn't love you warts and all plth?

classicman · 11-13-2011, 10:49 PM

Tell them the story just like you've told some of us. Be factual and avoid the bitterness - that does you no good. Good Luck!

ZenGum · 11-14-2011, 12:16 AM

What everyone else said. Especially Zippy, since he works in the engineering industry.

Provided you can show it was a one-off incident, domestic related, and not to do with dishonesty, it probably won't put them off too much. If it does, might as well have it come out now.

Oh and GOOD LUCK. 70 grand? C'mon, land that baby!

Stormieweather · 11-14-2011, 07:57 AM

Good luck Pthy!

plthijinx · 11-14-2011, 06:59 PM

well here's an update. i called Dan today, the primary engineer i will be working for, and left a message. come to find out he went hunting this weekend and wasn't in the office. my recruiter called me around 5:15 tonight asking if it was ok to give George, the other person i interviewed with, my cell phone number to get the ball rolling with IT. no problem. call me. i was on my way home when he called and he asked me how i wanted my email address to be done since he knows that my first name is one thing but i go by fred. i said fred. (rhymes i know, poet and didn't know it). then i asked him if Dan was out of town and he said yes but would be back tomorrow. that's when i opened the bomb bay doors. i told George that i had something that i need to talk to them about but i wanted Dan there as well and could we meet tomorrow morning. he said sure no problem. asked me if i wanted to get into it then to which i said no, i'd rather wait and have Dan there too. it's kinda big but not really but is. make sense? lol, anyway i told him that i have references to back up what i'm going to tell them. so. 10:30ish tomorrow the bomb will drop.

Griff · 11-14-2011, 07:14 PM

Good luck man, for what its worth I think you're doing the right thing.

HungLikeJesus · 11-14-2011, 07:17 PM

Video tape it and we will offer useful commentary.

glatt · 11-14-2011, 07:21 PM

Good luck filthy, I know you're going to be agonizing over it, but try not to. Practice, of course, but you're going to be fine.

plthijinx · 11-14-2011, 09:06 PM

i don't need to practice. i've told the story so many times i can do it in my sleep. be honest. tell my side. offer video proof that this chick is crazy. offer proof of references. this is exactly why i hung onto said video if y'all remember. i just might pull that card.

11-13-2011, 03:32 PM	#1
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	If you intend to be working there for a long time, you definitely need to tell them. Even if there is no background check now, the policy could change or a client could demand it as a condition of work. While the issue may or may not cause them to not hire you, finding out that you lied to them will definitely be cause for firing. The only good jobs that do not require a background check these days seem to be Congressman and POTUS. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

11-13-2011, 03:39 PM	#4
plthijinx Master Dwellar Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,197	guys your support is noted and appreciated. keep it coming. rich, i thought about that too. my passport has to be renewed and i may end up going to nigeria for a project. travel to different country? have to see if i can get in. "wait what do you mean you can't go?" "welllll i kinda had a run in with the wrong woman that made me an unpaid state employee for a bit." "hmm. well now...." shit. just shit. i should be alright but damn y'all. __________________ For your dreams to come true, you must first have a dream.

11-13-2011, 03:48 PM	#5
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	While the issue may or may not cause them to not hire you, finding out that you lied to them will definitely be cause for firing. Pretty much what i said , betterer for them to Know than be surprised, Good luck __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

11-13-2011, 03:54 PM	#6
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	It'll suck big time if it keeps you from getting hired, but ya gotta tell 'em. I've been there. At the very least, you'll feel good about being honest and up front with them. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

11-13-2011, 04:11 PM	#7
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	I'm with the majority here. If you're there long term it'll come out one way or another sooner or later. You form friendships with collegues and they meet some of your old friends at some party or something or on a fishing trip maybe and someone says something and there goes the whole kit and kaboodle. Better off not having to remind your old friends never to mention it and better for you not to carry the stress of not telling around with you all the time either. It'll only effect your performance in the end. Besides, who wouldn't love you warts and all plth? __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

11-13-2011, 10:49 PM	#8
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Tell them the story just like you've told some of us. Be factual and avoid the bitterness - that does you no good. Good Luck! __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

11-14-2011, 12:16 AM	#9
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	What everyone else said. Especially Zippy, since he works in the engineering industry. Provided you can show it was a one-off incident, domestic related, and not to do with dishonesty, it probably won't put them off too much. If it does, might as well have it come out now. Oh and GOOD LUCK. 70 grand? C'mon, land that baby! __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

11-14-2011, 07:57 AM	#10
Stormieweather Wearing her bitch boots Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Floriduh Posts: 1,181	Good luck Pthy! __________________ "First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win." - Mahatma Gandhi

11-14-2011, 06:59 PM	#11
plthijinx Master Dwellar Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,197	well here's an update. i called Dan today, the primary engineer i will be working for, and left a message. come to find out he went hunting this weekend and wasn't in the office. my recruiter called me around 5:15 tonight asking if it was ok to give George, the other person i interviewed with, my cell phone number to get the ball rolling with IT. no problem. call me. i was on my way home when he called and he asked me how i wanted my email address to be done since he knows that my first name is one thing but i go by fred. i said fred. (rhymes i know, poet and didn't know it). then i asked him if Dan was out of town and he said yes but would be back tomorrow. that's when i opened the bomb bay doors. i told George that i had something that i need to talk to them about but i wanted Dan there as well and could we meet tomorrow morning. he said sure no problem. asked me if i wanted to get into it then to which i said no, i'd rather wait and have Dan there too. it's kinda big but not really but is. make sense? lol, anyway i told him that i have references to back up what i'm going to tell them. so. 10:30ish tomorrow the bomb will drop. __________________ For your dreams to come true, you must first have a dream.

11-14-2011, 07:14 PM	#12
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Good luck man, for what its worth I think you're doing the right thing. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

11-14-2011, 07:17 PM	#13
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	Video tape it and we will offer useful commentary. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

11-14-2011, 07:21 PM	#14
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Good luck filthy, I know you're going to be agonizing over it, but try not to. Practice, of course, but you're going to be fine.

11-14-2011, 09:06 PM	#15
plthijinx Master Dwellar Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,197	i don't need to practice. i've told the story so many times i can do it in my sleep. be honest. tell my side. offer video proof that this chick is crazy. offer proof of references. this is exactly why i hung onto said video if y'all remember. i just might pull that card. __________________ For your dreams to come true, you must first have a dream.

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