Comments on: Felons on Payroll of Well-known, Local Plumbing Company http://blog.employeescreen.com/2008/05/14/felons-on-payroll-of-well-known-local-plumbing-company/ Background Checks Pre-Employment Screening Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:12:40 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Kris Huffman http://blog.employeescreen.com/2008/05/14/felons-on-payroll-of-well-known-local-plumbing-company/comment-page-1/#comment-1278 Kris Huffman Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:24:23 +0000 http://blog.employeescreen.com/?p=327#comment-1278 Please QUIT putting me in the same category as CHILD RAPISTS! Yes, I made a mistake, but I was 18 years old and naive. I burglarize one business (one that I found out, after the crime, had been pulling an extra 50 bucks out of each of my paychecks that was suppose to be taxes, but didn't add up when I got my W2, totaling over 900 dollars), and now I am not allowed to have a decent job. I worked for DirecTV before they passed the law that makes it illegal to allow felons to work in home service positions FOR 3 YEARS without incident. Then I got stuck in the same category as rapists and lost my GREAT paying job when they passed the law. Now I am about on the street, because no one will hire me if I don't lie on my application- WHICH I WON'T- because I am an honest person now. So should I continue my 7 years of being good, or should I just prove you all right and go out and commit more crimes to support myself? Yeah, that law sure makes it a lot safer... F-U King5. Please QUIT putting me in the same category as CHILD RAPISTS! Yes, I made a mistake, but I was 18 years old and naive. I burglarize one business (one that I found out, after the crime, had been pulling an extra 50 bucks out of each of my paychecks that was suppose to be taxes, but didn’t add up when I got my W2, totaling over 900 dollars), and now I am not allowed to have a decent job. I worked for DirecTV before they passed the law that makes it illegal to allow felons to work in home service positions FOR 3 YEARS without incident. Then I got stuck in the same category as rapists and lost my GREAT paying job when they passed the law. Now I am about on the street, because no one will hire me if I don’t lie on my application- WHICH I WON’T- because I am an honest person now. So should I continue my 7 years of being good, or should I just prove you all right and go out and commit more crimes to support myself? Yeah, that law sure makes it a lot safer… F-U King5.

]]> By: Jane T. http://blog.employeescreen.com/2008/05/14/felons-on-payroll-of-well-known-local-plumbing-company/comment-page-1/#comment-974 Jane T. Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:23:07 +0000 http://blog.employeescreen.com/?p=327#comment-974 To Jason Don't give up on your schooling. King 5 did a wacked story that was geared on destroying one company. Beacons rival has vowed to detroy Beacon and happens to have a family member that works at King 5. It is unfortunate and I am sure a lot more people are suffering out there because of this story other than just Beacon employees. There are a lot of plumbing companies out there who hire ex felons. The important thing is where you are going in life now and not where you came from. For the person above who made the comment re other employees working with felons and choosing to work with rapists. (morals and beliefs, etc) You must be perfect and have no worries in this world. Take your head out of the sand and take a good look around. I bet you are friends with someone who has done something awful and you just don't know it yet. So?? Does this make you a bad person and suggest that your kids should not be proud of you. The employees at Beacon were just as shocked about this story! At the present they are being told that there is no child rapist in the company, nor does anyone know who King 5 was talking about in the first place. I guess you think that before working for a company, a person should do a background check on every person in the company as to make sure he is not working with a felon. Give me a break. Although, life would be nice if it came equiped with a crystal ball to keep our morals in check according to your wacked out unrealistic view on life. To Jason

Don’t give up on your schooling. King 5 did a wacked story that was geared on destroying one company. Beacons rival has vowed to detroy Beacon and happens to have a family member that works at King 5. It is unfortunate and I am sure a lot more people are suffering out there because of this story other than just Beacon employees. There are a lot of plumbing companies out there who hire ex felons. The important thing is where you are going in life now and not where you came from.

For the person above who made the comment re other employees working with felons and choosing to work with rapists. (morals and beliefs, etc) You must be perfect and have no worries in this world. Take your head out of the sand and take a good look around. I bet you are friends with someone who has done something awful and you just don’t know it yet. So?? Does this make you a bad person and suggest that your kids should not be proud of you. The employees at Beacon were just as shocked about this story! At the present they are being told that there is no child rapist in the company, nor does anyone know who King 5 was talking about in the first place. I guess you think that before working for a company, a person should do a background check on every person in the company as to make sure he is not working with a felon. Give me a break. Although, life would be nice if it came equiped with a crystal ball to keep our morals in check according to your wacked out unrealistic view on life.

]]> By: Jason http://blog.employeescreen.com/2008/05/14/felons-on-payroll-of-well-known-local-plumbing-company/comment-page-1/#comment-931 Jason Wed, 15 Oct 2008 21:49:18 +0000 http://blog.employeescreen.com/?p=327#comment-931 I am also a felon. I am 20 years old and have made a mistake in my life. Some of you think a person can not redeam themselves I was convicted of a drug charge i have been through rehab but i still can not find a descent job. I was going to school for plumbing but upon reading this page I tink it would be a bad choice. I am also a felon. I am 20 years old and have made a mistake in my life. Some of you think a person can not redeam themselves I was convicted of a drug charge i have been through rehab but i still can not find a descent job. I was going to school for plumbing but upon reading this page I tink it would be a bad choice.

]]> By: Tamara http://blog.employeescreen.com/2008/05/14/felons-on-payroll-of-well-known-local-plumbing-company/comment-page-1/#comment-873 Tamara Tue, 16 Sep 2008 03:36:01 +0000 http://blog.employeescreen.com/?p=327#comment-873 I came across this page by accident and must say as a felon myself I am so sick of people and the attitudes that once a crimminal always a crimminal. That is not always the case. I am also a single mother of one and trying my hardest to stay on the right path. Doesn't anyone realize how hard it is to find a good job? Add the felon factor to it and it's almost impossable. My crime was not violent, but in the eyes of the public it's just as bad. (Forgery) It makes me a liar and a thieve on back ground checks. No one will put me behind a cash register. Am I that person today? NO. Does anyone care to give me a chance to prove it? NO. It would seem that if the public wants there to be less crime in the world then we as the public would be willing to help those who are trying to help themselves. No one is perfect and nine times out of ten the only difference between a felon and non felon is that the felon got caught. To all of you in support of helping people stay out of jail rather then build more prisons I thank you and apreciate you. Feel free to respond my address is tamara-d-roth@hotmail.com I came across this page by accident and must say as a felon myself I am so sick of people and the attitudes that once a crimminal always a crimminal. That is not always the case. I am also a single mother of one and trying my hardest to stay on the right path. Doesn’t anyone realize how hard it is to find a good job? Add the felon factor to it and it’s almost impossable. My crime was not violent, but in the eyes of the public it’s just as bad. (Forgery) It makes me a liar and a thieve on back ground checks. No one will put me behind a cash register. Am I that person today? NO. Does anyone care to give me a chance to prove it? NO. It would seem that if the public wants there to be less crime in the world then we as the public would be willing to help those who are trying to help themselves. No one is perfect and nine times out of ten the only difference between a felon and non felon is that the felon got caught. To all of you in support of helping people stay out of jail rather then build more prisons I thank you and apreciate you. Feel free to respond my address is
tamara-d-roth@hotmail.com

]]> By: Barbara http://blog.employeescreen.com/2008/05/14/felons-on-payroll-of-well-known-local-plumbing-company/comment-page-1/#comment-867 Barbara Sun, 14 Sep 2008 04:17:11 +0000 http://blog.employeescreen.com/?p=327#comment-867 We as a community have to change our attitudes and help the felon succeed when he gets out of prison. If they can't get a job or a place to live, they are going to resort to more crime. Most of them want to change, but because of our own fears and ignorance, we are perpetuating more crime, by not assisting them. Beacon and other companies can do background checks, and if their prior offenses are of a sexual or extremely violent nature, then perhaps another type of work is better for them, rather than entering homes. We don't have all the answers, but running scared is getting old and out of line. Give these people a break. Wouldn't you want a felon who is interested in rehabilitating him/her self living next door to you, rather than some desperate person living under a bridge and you don't know where they are or what they're doing. Beacon, you are on the right track. This is all a learning process, and it will get better. Hang in there and don't let all these employees go just because nothing in this life is perfect. We as a community have to change our attitudes and help the felon succeed when he gets out of prison. If they can’t get a job or a place to live, they are going to resort to more crime. Most of them want to change, but because of our own fears and ignorance, we are perpetuating more crime, by not assisting them.

Beacon and other companies can do background checks, and if their prior offenses are of a sexual or extremely violent nature, then perhaps another type of work is better for them, rather than entering homes.

We don’t have all the answers, but running scared is getting old and out of line. Give these people a break. Wouldn’t you want a felon who is interested in rehabilitating him/her self living next door to you, rather than some desperate person living under a bridge and you don’t know where they are or what they’re doing.

Beacon, you are on the right track. This is all a learning process, and it will get better. Hang in there and don’t let all these employees go just because nothing in this life is perfect.

]]> By: Beacon plumbing still in hot water over hiring felons and not doing background checks http://blog.employeescreen.com/2008/05/14/felons-on-payroll-of-well-known-local-plumbing-company/comment-page-1/#comment-678 Beacon plumbing still in hot water over hiring felons and not doing background checks Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:33:42 +0000 http://blog.employeescreen.com/?p=327#comment-678 [...] Plumbing is under investigation by the State of Washington.  A few months ago we wrote about Felons on Payroll of a Well Known Plumbing Company.  It appears they are still in hot water (no pun [...] [...] Plumbing is under investigation by the State of Washington.  A few months ago we wrote about Felons on Payroll of a Well Known Plumbing Company.  It appears they are still in hot water (no pun [...]

]]> By: Anonymous http://blog.employeescreen.com/2008/05/14/felons-on-payroll-of-well-known-local-plumbing-company/comment-page-1/#comment-319 Anonymous Mon, 26 May 2008 18:47:31 +0000 http://blog.employeescreen.com/?p=327#comment-319 Who said Beacon knowingly hired felons? Who said that all of these employees were sent into homes? Did they actually work in the field or admin or shop? What exactly were they convicted of? Is there really 1/3 of 80 employees working for Beacon that have a history? Did King 5 do background checks on all employees? Could there only be 7 with a history? Do we know all the facts? Are all felons created equal? Is there really a child rapist working there? Should we beleive it just because King 5 suggested it? Why wasn't the name of the child rapist put on TV? Is it true that the owner of Southwest Plumbing has a close relative that works for King 5 (his daughter-in-law)? Is Beacon really sueing King 5? Are we as a society so mindless that we will accept anything the media says as fact? Use your brain people, there is a lot about this story that just doesn't add up. If you beleive everything you are told by the media than I have a bridge that I can sell you over and over again!! Who said Beacon knowingly hired felons? Who said that all of these employees were sent into homes? Did they actually work in the field or admin or shop? What exactly were they convicted of? Is there really 1/3 of 80 employees working for Beacon that have a history? Did King 5 do background checks on all employees? Could there only be 7 with a history? Do we know all the facts? Are all felons created equal? Is there really a child rapist working there? Should we beleive it just because King 5 suggested it? Why wasn’t the name of the child rapist put on TV? Is it true that the owner of Southwest Plumbing has a close relative that works for King 5 (his daughter-in-law)? Is Beacon really sueing King 5?

Are we as a society so mindless that we will accept anything the media says as fact? Use your brain people, there is a lot about this story that just doesn’t add up. If you beleive everything you are told by the media than I have a bridge that I can sell you over and over again!!

]]> By: Tracy Milesap http://blog.employeescreen.com/2008/05/14/felons-on-payroll-of-well-known-local-plumbing-company/comment-page-1/#comment-284 Tracy Milesap Fri, 23 May 2008 08:05:04 +0000 http://blog.employeescreen.com/?p=327#comment-284 You people are so naive and it is destroying America from the inside out. You are worried about an ex-felon coming into your home to do work, when most crimes are committed by people that are close to us and we know. Just because someone is an ex-con, does not mean they are unsafe for your home. You would have an illegal alien come into your home and u worry about an American citizen who made a mistake against MANS laws. Sinners are allowed in your home and they violate GODS laws and that is not a problem to you. Think about this, if a convict came into your home, then at lest his/her finger prints or DNA is left somewhere in the home, but a undocumented worker can come into your home rob, cheat and steal and get out of the country undetected, or betta yet, just stay in the country and live happily on the spoils of their crimes. There are no fingerprints for these people, no DNA on file for these people, there is nothing that would stop them from doing whatever it is they want to do to u. You people are so naive and it is destroying America from the inside out. You are worried about an ex-felon coming into your home to do work, when most crimes are committed by people that are close to us and we know. Just because someone is an ex-con, does not mean they are unsafe for your home. You would have an illegal alien come into your home and u worry about an American citizen who made a mistake against MANS laws. Sinners are allowed in your home and they violate GODS laws and that is not a problem to you. Think about this, if a convict came into your home, then at lest his/her finger prints or DNA is left somewhere in the home, but a undocumented worker can come into your home rob, cheat and steal and get out of the country undetected, or betta yet, just stay in the country and live happily on the spoils of their crimes. There are no fingerprints for these people, no DNA on file for these people, there is nothing that would stop them from doing whatever it is they want to do to u.

]]> By: Mark http://blog.employeescreen.com/2008/05/14/felons-on-payroll-of-well-known-local-plumbing-company/comment-page-1/#comment-249 Mark Fri, 16 May 2008 17:28:28 +0000 http://blog.employeescreen.com/?p=327#comment-249 My concern is knowing that I and my family are safe in our home from contractors who knowingly (or unknowingly) hire violent criminals. The business has a responsibility to ensure our safety. I will support the Sue Weaver CAUSE and look forward to the day when every contractor will have some kind of identification to assure me that people I invite in to my home to perform work will not be a threat to my family's safety. My concern is knowing that I and my family are safe in our home from contractors who knowingly (or unknowingly) hire violent criminals.

The business has a responsibility to ensure our safety.

I will support the Sue Weaver CAUSE and look forward to the day when every contractor will have some kind of identification to assure me that people I invite in to my home to perform work will not be a threat to my family’s safety.

]]> By: Kevin Hill http://blog.employeescreen.com/2008/05/14/felons-on-payroll-of-well-known-local-plumbing-company/comment-page-1/#comment-248 Kevin Hill Fri, 16 May 2008 17:16:01 +0000 http://blog.employeescreen.com/?p=327#comment-248 Such strong statements from "Anonymous" posters Such strong statements from “Anonymous” posters

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