lsvtec
GNU/Linux Evangelist
I have been working out the details of a possible internship in Austin with IBM for the summer. Things have been going pretty well until 2 days ago. The guy in charge of hiring (or "talent acquistion" as they call it) called and said that their background check came up with an unreported offense. I thought that was particularly odd because the only interaction I have ever had with the popo is 2 speeding tickets in CO and two in NM. Then he tells me that this conviction was for false plates and it comes back.
In Aug of 2001 I was pulled over on the highway between Longmont and Boulder. I worked in Boulder so I commuted on this highway every day. The cop guns me in a 65 doing ~ 70 but waits until the speed limit drops to 55 to pull me over. I made the mistake of mouthing off to him so he decided to be a dick and gives me a ticket for 15 over. I was really pissed about this ticket so I decided to fight it.
In Oct 2001 my court date comes around and I spend several hours listening to a judge that is quite obviously having an exceptionally bad day tell us how she wasn't going to be easy on anyone (in a very roundabout way). After another 90 minutes cooling my heels I am called by a DA's assistant (read intern) to discuss my case. He is very helpful in explaining to me that the County of Boudler is going to fuck me but they are being kind enough to let me choose between my face in a pillow or a ball gag. They give me two options: 1. (Face in pillow) Get a laywer, set a trial date and come back costing me a whole bunch of money and at least one more missed day at work, or 2: (Ball gag) A plea deal where I take a non moving offense and whatever they decide to give me in exchange for no points. At this point pleading guilty to the ticket is not an issue it would ahve cost me more money plus I would have taken the entire 4 points rather than the 2 for just paying it. I take the plea. This is mistake number 2, number 1 was fighting it in the first place. They hit me with court costs (~$100) fines for false plates (~$200), 24 hours of community service, 12 months of probation, and charge me $70 to do the community service.
Now IBM is telling me that they are reconsidering my employment offer because I did not disclose this. The intern in Boulder told me that this would look just like any other speeding ticket on my record and just mention that I plea to a lesser charge. That was a complete lie. In CO if you just pay the ticket it is dropped from your record and you just keep the points toward your liscense. IBM didn't know anything abuot the other ticket in Boulder or the two here in NM.
All I can do is wait for IBM to call back. This truly sucks.
(No Cliffs, if you don't want to read it, don't)
In Aug of 2001 I was pulled over on the highway between Longmont and Boulder. I worked in Boulder so I commuted on this highway every day. The cop guns me in a 65 doing ~ 70 but waits until the speed limit drops to 55 to pull me over. I made the mistake of mouthing off to him so he decided to be a dick and gives me a ticket for 15 over. I was really pissed about this ticket so I decided to fight it.
In Oct 2001 my court date comes around and I spend several hours listening to a judge that is quite obviously having an exceptionally bad day tell us how she wasn't going to be easy on anyone (in a very roundabout way). After another 90 minutes cooling my heels I am called by a DA's assistant (read intern) to discuss my case. He is very helpful in explaining to me that the County of Boudler is going to fuck me but they are being kind enough to let me choose between my face in a pillow or a ball gag. They give me two options: 1. (Face in pillow) Get a laywer, set a trial date and come back costing me a whole bunch of money and at least one more missed day at work, or 2: (Ball gag) A plea deal where I take a non moving offense and whatever they decide to give me in exchange for no points. At this point pleading guilty to the ticket is not an issue it would ahve cost me more money plus I would have taken the entire 4 points rather than the 2 for just paying it. I take the plea. This is mistake number 2, number 1 was fighting it in the first place. They hit me with court costs (~$100) fines for false plates (~$200), 24 hours of community service, 12 months of probation, and charge me $70 to do the community service.
Now IBM is telling me that they are reconsidering my employment offer because I did not disclose this. The intern in Boulder told me that this would look just like any other speeding ticket on my record and just mention that I plea to a lesser charge. That was a complete lie. In CO if you just pay the ticket it is dropped from your record and you just keep the points toward your liscense. IBM didn't know anything abuot the other ticket in Boulder or the two here in NM.
All I can do is wait for IBM to call back. This truly sucks.
(No Cliffs, if you don't want to read it, don't)
hopefully they will understand the situation.
