> One particular one: Insurance companies audit for such employees, and either cancel insurance or raise it to unaffordable rates.
Never been to the States, but shouldn't there be a law against this?
Re:A Wretched Google Interview Experience
by throwaway86 on Tuesday August 20, 2013 @05:26PM
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No, there isn't. Convicts are one of the last remaining class of people not protected by law. Every time any effort begins to make convicted folks a protected class, it makes politicians appear weak on crime and is quickly silenced.
Re:A Wretched Google Interview Experience
by sounds on Wednesday August 21, 2013 @02:46AM
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For people who live outside the US, you may want to consider that "convicts" include random drug testing (medical marijuana, poppy seeds testing positive for opium, alcohol/diabetes issues, HIV) – and of course, sexual preference.
Yes, there are laws and court cases that should change the outcome, but that means a lawsuit.
In other words, US employment frequently comes with a lot of implicit assumptions about your lifestyle.
Edit to add: fortunately random drug tests aren't very common in the tech industry.
A further corruption: I've read that, even when there is a will to "take a chance" (aka employ and treat as a member of society) people with a criminal record, businesses can face obstacles -- sometimes insurmountable, for a smaller business -- to do so. One particular one: Insurance companies audit for such employees, and either cancel insurance or raise it to unaffordable rates.
America: Land of hypocrisy.