Will Beararms
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California Job Application
Recently, I was offered a job from an international company with an HQ for the division I would work for in CA. Very nice people. The reason i did not take the job is because they do not manufacture their products in the U.S. It had nothing to do with the made in the U.S. mantra. It had everything to do with the fact when you sell for a company that does not have plants here, you spend one quarter of your time apologizing for late deliveries and the other three quarters of your time missing orders because the customer can't wait three weeks.
The other part that bothered me is the application had a question asking if you own firearms. I respectfully declined and did not fill out the application. Is this part of a California law or specific to this company or do a lot of Cali companies do this on their own?
I am sure part of it had to do with the fact the position was for an outside sales job. That said, I would have to provide my own vehicle and shooting and hunting are an integral part of my total sales process. I deal with engineers and most like to hunt and/or shoot.
In any event it bother me that they were so intrusive on the application on an issue that is clearly none of their business.
Added by Al Norris: I have merged the two formerly closed threads about gun questions in job interviews, as it is an intriguing question on civil rights when the right questioned is not protected by anti-discrimination laws.
Recently, I was offered a job from an international company with an HQ for the division I would work for in CA. Very nice people. The reason i did not take the job is because they do not manufacture their products in the U.S. It had nothing to do with the made in the U.S. mantra. It had everything to do with the fact when you sell for a company that does not have plants here, you spend one quarter of your time apologizing for late deliveries and the other three quarters of your time missing orders because the customer can't wait three weeks.
The other part that bothered me is the application had a question asking if you own firearms. I respectfully declined and did not fill out the application. Is this part of a California law or specific to this company or do a lot of Cali companies do this on their own?
I am sure part of it had to do with the fact the position was for an outside sales job. That said, I would have to provide my own vehicle and shooting and hunting are an integral part of my total sales process. I deal with engineers and most like to hunt and/or shoot.
In any event it bother me that they were so intrusive on the application on an issue that is clearly none of their business.
Added by Al Norris: I have merged the two formerly closed threads about gun questions in job interviews, as it is an intriguing question on civil rights when the right questioned is not protected by anti-discrimination laws.
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