Seasonal Positions at the Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex

This caught my attention:

Fees: Hired candidates will be subject to a processing fee of $40.00. Hired candidates who are not currently employed by the City will be subject to an $89.75 background check fee.

So, for a temporary low-paid position, the selected candidates have to pay $90??

Yes that is correct, we run facilities with a great deal of children and everyone has to go through proper background screening to protect the kids. Every employee in the NYC must go through this process.

No surprise there but never heard of the cost being passed onto the candidate/employee

Lauren Primerano wrote:

Yes that is correct, we run facilities with a great deal of children and everyone has to go through proper background screening to protect the kids. Every employee in the NYC must go through this process.

DougC wrote:

This caught my attention:

Fees: Hired candidates will be subject to a processing fee of $40.00. Hired candidates who are not currently employed by the City will be subject to an $89.75 background check fee.

So, for a temporary low-paid position, the selected candidates have to pay $90??

You charge people to get hired???

$129.75 in the hole to start?

That's what 8 hours of free labor?

GTFOOOOOOOO

It's actually normal, if the agency paid and the candidate does not pass the background check then the agency would be out that fee.

When I worked for the State of NY and a private college I had to pay processing fee's for them as well. Many school districts do it also.

Lauren Primerano wrote:

Yes that is correct, we run facilities with a great deal of children and everyone has to go through proper background screening to protect the kids. Every employee in the NYC must go through this process.

Come on. That's ridiculous. Why should anybody who's not already wealthy even bother applying for this job?

If you want a diverse workforce, you've got to make it possible for non-rich people to get hired. Charging this fee to your employees instead of just paying it for them is like giving the middle finger to poor people who might want to work for you.

Lauren Primerano wrote:

Yes that is correct, we run facilities with a great deal of children and everyone has to go through proper background screening to protect the kids. Every employee in the NYC must go through this process.

Lauren - I hire people every day and have done so for 20+ years. The EMPLOYER should pay the background screening costs, NOT the employee.

Good grief.

Walkabout guy wrote:

DougC wrote:

This caught my attention:

Fees: Hired candidates will be subject to a processing fee of $40.00. Hired candidates who are not currently employed by the City will be subject to an $89.75 background check fee.

So, for a temporary low-paid position, the selected candidates have to pay $90??

You charge people to get hired???

$129.75 in the hole to start?

That's what 8 hours of free labor?

GTFOOOOOOOO

Actually, paying $130 for a processing fee is not that bad considering what you would be getting as an athlete.

Your getting to train at a world class facility that you would normally have to pay (according to their website) $150 a season, which is only for limited hours. It doesn't sound that bad to me for the winter months. The Armory charges $325 per athlete for the season and doesn't have weights, plyo or CrossFit equipment to use and Ocean Breeze does - which saves you on a basic gym membership fees.

Oh yea, and you get a paycheck.

It a Win-Win, unless you fail the background check.

It's common here for the prospective employee to pay for these fees.

Coach wrote:

It's common here for the prospective employee to pay for these fees.

And we wonder why poor people are stuck in poverty.

How the f*ck is somebody who's in need of work and short on cash supposed to be able to get a job that s/he has to pay to even apply for? This is a low wage job - if even low paid labor has high costs to obtain, low wage workers are well and truly screwed.

Any employer not covering these costs for applicants is a big part of the problem our society currently has with regard to a lack of upward mobility.

DougC wrote:

Lauren Primerano wrote:

Yes that is correct, we run facilities with a great deal of children and everyone has to go through proper background screening to protect the kids. Every employee in the NYC must go through this process.

Lauren - I hire people every day and have done so for 20+ years. The EMPLOYER should pay the background screening costs, NOT the employee.

Good grief.

Millennials. Always want something for FREE.

This is the same thing as a poll tax. Conservatives only want their people to be able to vote. Take down these barriers!!!

DougC wrote:

Lauren Primerano wrote:

Yes that is correct, we run facilities with a great deal of children and everyone has to go through proper background screening to protect the kids. Every employee in the NYC must go through this process.

Lauren - I hire people every day and have done so for 20+ years. The EMPLOYER should pay the background screening costs, NOT the employee.

Good grief.

Unfortunately, I do have the ability to alter the rules of NYC. Small price to pay for a government job with a pension and great benefits. Even more perks if your an athlete in training.

Lauren Primerano wrote:

DougC wrote:

Lauren - I hire people every day and have done so for 20+ years. The EMPLOYER should pay the background screening costs, NOT the employee.

Good grief.

Unfortunately, I do have the ability to alter the rules of NYC. Small price to pay for a government job with a pension and great benefits. Even more perks if your an athlete in training.

Why is it unfortunate that you have the ability to help fix this ridiculous policy?

These fees are very typical of anti-capitalism ideologies. Our leader-in-golf has enacted 229 Major Regulations which Cost $108 Billion Each Year.

These fees reduce the applicant pool which helps to protect the wages of current employees...so expect that the union (and I'm sure there is a union) is in full support of this barrier to entry.

random4 wrote:

These fees are very typical of anti-capitalism ideologies. Our leader-in-golf has enacted 229 Major Regulations which Cost $108 Billion Each Year.

These fees reduce the applicant pool which helps to protect the wages of current employees...so expect that the union (and I'm sure there is a union) is in full support of this barrier to entry.

There is no barrier to entry here.

Sorry, I meant don't have the ability.

Coach wrote:

It's common here for the prospective employee to pay for these fees.

Burnie Sanders will put an end to that.

Interviews for this coming season will begin next week. If your interested please send me your resume. We received a few from here but I would like to see a few more!