I had another job lined up to start on the 22nd. I waited as long as I could to tender my resignation to my current employer, when my new employer called me after they ran my background check. I tried to keep my current job, but my employer said that they accepted my resignation in good order.
Now I am unemployed.
I’ll start looking tomorrow. With the draconian life-time felony, no wonder it’s so hard to get your live back. Considered suicide, but that would give .doj too much pleasure. Hate the system and the people in it.
Thanks for listening.
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Don’t commit suicide, you are right that will give them pleasure.
Your a fighter
Start your own business.
Do some research.
Make some money and donate some of it to CARSOL if your live in CA.
I just love it when RSO does WIN..
Keep in touch!
If they essentially forced you to resign, they broke the law and should be subject to the full extent of their actions. I hope there is a section at the CA employment office that deals with situating registrants. If not, there needs to be according to the law because if a state agency is not there to force compliance, they need to be taken to court to add this protection, however it could be done.
They have every clause in the books to help destabilize registrants, now it is time to own some of their own crap and take some action to back up the law regarding harassment and discrimination against registrants in the workplace.
we have talked several times in the parking lot at class.please don,t give up!not now.I truly feel we have reached a tipping point in this nightmare we call 290.It seems bleak now,but you will find a job.your a good man with a whole lot to live for-trust me on this.john
Hi Lost My Job,
I can relate to your story. I’ve 2 job offers slip through my fingers because of criminal background checks. My record was expunged in October 2013. Employers do not want to wait for a challenge to the background check companies. I got one back ground check company in Pennsylvania to comply with California labor law. However outfits like Lexis Nexis refuse to budge. You may need to grab a crap job for a while. Kmart/Sears hires 290s. There are more. Our job searches become more complicated. I have been in the registry for over 10 years. Janice recommended I read a good book about the New Jim Crow Law. It fits our legal status well.
Don’t give up. Don’t kill yourself. Get some emotional support. Staying isolated will make emotional impact worse. Many of us will not reoffend period. Many of us have questionable cases to start with. Kohl’s will also consider hiring 290s. You will get back on your feet. Last thought, I have found having a spiritual life or sincere belief to be incredibly helpful.
Stay strong, bro!
Thank you my so family. I found another job!! You are the best and I will always be your friend. “Treatment” is mind messing with me. We need to address this crap. Thank you all for being there foe me!
Excellent news, SO in LBC! Congrats on your new job!!!!
So in LBC … my husband was laid off in February after four years and hasn’t been able to find work. He’s applied at 3 different temporary agencies. Where are you located? What type of work do you? Did they run a background check? We are so discouraged … we are in SoCalifornia if anyone has any ideas …???? Thank you.
When I was released from prison, I was EXCEEDINGLY fortunate enough to get the first job I applied for even though my parole agent tried her damnedest to talk the owner of the business out of it. I worked there for about 6 months, basically part time while I lived in my van in a Ralph’s parking lot. I was not making a lot of money mainly because the business I was working for was not doing well and the owner could not afford to work me, even at the $10.00 an hour he was paying me.
After about a month of basically working only one day a week, I was driving around one day and was sitting at a light looking at the County Records building. With less than $100 to my name, I went inside and got a Fictitious Business Name. The next day I went to the State and got my Resale Permit and later in the afternoon I got my City Business License.
Four years have now passed and I still have my business. I found a little niche on eBay and buy and resell used car parts on there. I am not getting rich by any stretch of the imagination, but I do make money and I enjoy my work. I started with only an idea and a cell phone. A couple months later I had to begin working out of a storage unit and about 4 months after that, I moved into the office that I still work out of today. All that with less than $100 to my name and no outside financial help.
The bottom line is this: You don’t HAVE to work for someone else. Find something you like to do and start your own business. Is it stressful? Sometimes VERY, but the rewards of making your own way are far greater than you have likely ever experienced. You don’t need a lot of money, just an idea. Your self esteem will also get a boost.
I wish you all the best. Parole is long over and nothing more than a bad memory. Don’t lay down for the State. Whether you put yourself in this position or it was done for you, don’t look back in the past. The future is right in front of you.