Pika@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
It would matter extremely of what they were convicted of because that is ultimately a risk game.
If the guy was convicted of something related to financial(like fraud, theft etc) or hostility(murder, assault etc) I wouldn’t take the chance, otherwise I wouldn’t really care.
Remember, it doesn’t matter whether he did or not. it’s what society as a whole believes he did. If it’s a risk or liability to the company then it’s a no, but if it’s something that’s like a “oh well OK then” such as an old drug issue, IP violation, disorderly conduct etc, it’s whatever. If the public isn’t going to think differently of the company, and the financial stability of the company is not at risk, then go for it.
Although this also is assuming the guy has credentials, that would be worthwhile.
dustyData@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
There’s this character in True Detective first season who is a sexual crime exconvict. Of course he is the first suspect of the murder case.
He is a cognitively challenged folk, who got harassed, and sexually abused in prison. They cut his cock off and forced him to eat it. Gets dismissed as a suspect on the same episode.
He went to prison because he masturbated in public, at night in a rural remote area, once. And was unlucky enough to be seen. Not all convicts are made the same.
I also think about the office episode where they get an exconvict to quit because he found the paper sales environment to be too hostile with his personal history. He was convicted of financial fraud with the cushiest and most pampered convicted life.
Pika@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
the public indecency one is rough. I don’t know if I would hire that individual.
The issue in that situation isn’t the fact that he was caught for it, but the fact that he was willing to do it in public in the first place, so the risk factor there would be will this individual potentially try to do the same at my establishment? I think I wouod hire them if I was in a non-public style buisness such as office work, but if I was in a very public buisness like retail I would pass.
As for the last example with the fraud. In this case, it sounds like the person did do it. But if the person had not done it but was convicted of it, I would need some pretty compelling evidence saying the other direction. Because having someone who’s known to be a fraudster, managing anything with a company is not a good idea.
dustyData@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
The second one is funny because it made everyone in the office realize that living conditions in a posh prison was way better than their life in Dunder-Mifflin.