Got a new job, lost it after the first day..

[Spectral]

The thing that annoys me.. I was told all I needed was my SS card and birth certificate. I was told not to worry about it if my photo ID was expired. Even up to the point where they printed copies of our forms of ID, I asked if I was all set and I was told yes. Then 20 minutes before the orientation was done "Oh you need a valid photo ID"

Someone told you something that's incorrect. That's irritating. Now what?

[Endus]

2 pieces of ID, at least one with photo, is pretty darn bog-standard everywhere. It's the only way they can tell you didn't just buy someone's ID at the corner from a pickpocket.

[AdrianCC100]

2 pieces of ID, at least one with photo, is pretty darn bog-standard everywhere. It's the only way they can tell you didn't just buy someone's ID at the corner from a pickpocket.

My bank of america debit card has a photo of my face on the card. Does that work? lol

[Choptimus]

My photo ID expired last year and I haven't had the extra money to renew it since I've been out of work.

You didn't get enough money to get your photo taken in a year?

Whoa.

[blancoo]

ill pitch in 10$ via paypal

[bals]

yes, you need documents that are not expired
http://www.uscis.gov/files/form/i-9.pdf
if you skip to the last page it lists what is acceptable. 1 from column A or 1 from column B and one from column C

if you're under 18 you can use a report card apparently.

[Gheld]

I've never understood why expired photo ID isn't allowed to confirm identity. Does your identity expire too?

Also why wouldn't you be allowed to provide a guarantor in lieu of identification? That's just absurd.

[AdrianCC100]

You didn't get enough money to get your photo taken in a year?

Whoa.

Spend your money on food to live... Spend money to take picture. Spend money to pay for bills.. Spend money to take picture.

[Rendia]

Expired IDs don't work? That's kinda surprising. I mean, really they just need it for the picture.

It is true. They don't work if they are expired. I don't get it either. I get it for the DL portion, as they somtimes require retesting, but the ID part is still good. It is clearly all about money.

[AdrianCC100]

ill pitch in 10$ via paypal

I appreciate the offer, but I'm not really looking for hand outs. I just wanted to know if I really needed a photo ID. I've only had one other job and I wasn't even asked for a photo ID. I guess you can say I'm still a newbie when it comes to knowing how the hiring/job stuff works out.

[Butler to Baby Sloths]

Why not ask your parents if they can spot you the 50 dollars, and you'll pay it back at say 10 dollars a month over the next 5 months?

[lokithor]

I appreciate the offer, but I'm not really looking for hand outs. I just wanted to know if I really needed a photo ID. I've only had one other job and I wasn't even asked for a photo ID. I guess you can say I'm still a newbie when it comes to knowing how the hiring/job stuff works out.

technically that other place that hired you illegaly then

[Pickynerd]

Do yourself a favor and get a photo ID. If you're underage and working part time, again, do yourself a favor and at least work retail, food is nasty!

If not, get a factory job, and make some real money get experience and move on when you can.

McD's is at the very bottom of the barrel, right next to walmart.

[AdrianCC100]

technically that other place that hired you illegaly then

I liked my last job too. I started at 7 dollars an hour and about 7 months in they had me at 10 dollars an hour. Then about 5 months they laid me off. =(

[SaltLakeAtrocity]

If it isn't on paper, it isn't true.

Even if its true, if its not on paper, you're naive if you call it true.

Saying that one person said something, thats not documented, makes you look foolish.


Do you see a pattern?

Find or get validation in writing, and rely only on what you have in writing.

[AdrianCC100]

Do yourself a favor and get a photo ID. If you're underage and working part time, again, do yourself a favor and at least work retail, food is nasty!

If not, get a factory job, and make some real money get experience and move on when you can.

McD's is at the very bottom of the barrel, right next to walmart.

The only reason I was able to get a job at McDonalds was because my friend is the hiring manager there. No one else was giving me the time of day. I applied at Wal-mart, best buy, local restaurants, pawn shops, Publix, hell I even applied at the porn shop just 5 minutes down the road from my house.

[Sunseeker]

I just got hired and I believe they needed two documents to establish state residency, and one to establish citizenship. But that's Wyoming.

[Gheld]

I appreciate the offer, but I'm not really looking for hand outs. I just wanted to know if I really needed a photo ID. I've only had one other job and I wasn't even asked for a photo ID. I guess you can say I'm still a newbie when it comes to knowing how the hiring/job stuff works out.

I've never been asked for photo id by an employer before. Being able to cash paychecks in your name pretty much proves your identity, and as long as you provide a valid social security number for them to remit taxes under the government gets paid, in fact if it wasn't your own social security number you would have no way of claiming any overpayment at the end of the year; the government has no reason to give a fuck about a valid photo id.

The only way it could benefit an employer is for the purpose of age profiling.

[Stevegasm]

I did. I gave my expired ID card and she said she couldn't accept it. I was told "I can't have you cost the store 10,000 dollars" those are her exact words.

Every province, state, etc. has different rules governing business practices, so I have no idea what is behind the $10,000 figure. One of the first things you learn in business admin school is that improper documentation can screw you over harder than anything else.

My older brother, who ran his own painting business, was out $5000 because a guy who he hired under the table for a few weekends claimed Employment Insurance (for being out of work) after he was laid off of another job. He used my brother's business as a former employer. Basically, my brother should have setup an employment record for him. The reasoning why he had the guy work under the table was because both of them were Status Native Canadians working on reserve, in which Natives don't pay taxes if working on reserve. So he figured, why bother with the paper work? I really don't know the whole detail of it all and why it cost him $5000, but it did, simply because his documentation wasn't right.

I've never understood why expired photo ID isn't allowed to confirm identity. Does your identity expire too?

Also why wouldn't you be allowed to provide a guarantor in lieu of identification? That's just absurd.

Identity doesn't expire. The card you use to prove your identity can though. In the case of photo ID, the main reason it needs to be renewed, I would guess, is because people change appearance every so often. On my driver's licence from when I was 17, I had a full head of hair. More than a full head, it was thick and luscious. By the time it came to renew at 22, my hair thinned out so fast that I shaved it. Almost nobody from high school recognized me in such a short time.

[Butler to Baby Sloths]

I've never been asked for photo id by an employer before. Being able to cash paychecks in your name pretty much proves your identity, and as long as you provide a valid social security number for them to remit taxes under the government gets paid, in fact if it wasn't your own social security number you would have no way of claiming any overpayment at the end of the year; the government has no reason to give a fuck about a valid photo id.

The only way it could benefit an employer is for the purpose of age profiling.

Or they want to know that you are who you say you are, so that they don't get fucked over by the IRS/ICE/FBI for employing people that aren't allowed to work. You can give somebody else power of attorney to cash cheques in your name (no photo ID required to write one), and without a photo-ID the employer has no way of knowing if you are the same person as is named on the social security card/work permit.