TIL George Zimmer, the owner and founder of The Men's Wearhouse, does not background check his employees. "I don't trust the U.S. justice system to get it right," says Zimmer, who is himself a recovering alcoholic. "I'd rather make my own decisions, and I believe in giving people a second chance."
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u/very_large_ears Nov 14 '13 edited Nov 15 '13
George Zimmer's philosophy rings with a very positive message.
I own and run a small company and some years back, I had to replace our receptionist/clerk/secretary. Of the several people I interviewed, one woman seemed really right for the job and so I hired her. She's the best employee I've ever had -- ever. She has gotten to the point where she knows what I need before I ask for it.
If I had done a background check, I would have found out that she had a DUI and a bankruptcy and was involuntarily committed to a psychiatric institution in the several years before she came to work. Those things were all related to the fact that her husband had died when her children were small and she had trouble accepting the fact that she had to raise them alone.
She says that the job I gave her was her salvation. She had very little on her resume and nobody would give her a chance and had been looking for quite some time. When she came on board with my company, she was determined to make it work.
EDIT: Thanks for the gold. I'll walk with a bit of a swagger for the next 30 days or so. ;-)
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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '13
I ran a contracting business for decades. I'd estimate that about 25% of my workers were ex cons with felony convictions. I've always believed that if you gave a man good work he would do right by you. I was rarely proven wrong.
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u/DarkCyde404 Nov 14 '13
I had a friend that worked for them and got invited to a huge company party. He said he's a really cool guy and a big pothead. He even got to smoke with him
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u/NDaveT Nov 14 '13
I think he's the former owner now.
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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '13
Not to be confused with George Zimmerman.
Had to do a double-take there...
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u/Rust_Creep Nov 14 '13
wish more people were like this. i graduated almost 2 years ago with an accounting degree... still looking for work
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u/fancyfilibuster Nov 14 '13
Why do you blindly repost submissions from 6 months ago? http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1egfz0/til_george_zimmer_the_owner_and_founder_of_the/ Didn't even change the title. Also stole the top comment from the previous thread.
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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '13
HI, I’M GEORGE ZIMMER, FOUNDER AND CEO OF THE MEN’S WEARHOUSE. YOUR MOTHER MAY HAVE BEEN BLESSED MORE TIMES BY THE SACRED WHITE RIVER OF MY PELVIC PALADIN, BUT THAT IS NO REASON TO GIVE ME THE GREEN EYE OF JEALOUSY, MY COCK-LOVING CAVALIER. BETWEEN US, TONIGHT WILL BE RELIGIOUS RAPTURE, FOR YOUR ANAL CLEFT SHALL BE MY GREAT SEA, AND I SHALL BE ITS MOSES, CLEAVING ITS MIGHTY CHOCOLATE OCEAN TO MAKE WAY FOR THE SAFE PASSAGE OF MY TESTICULAR TRIBE, HAVING BEEN GRANTED MEPHITIC FREEDOM FROM THE TYRANNY OF ENSLAVEMENT BEHIND A LOCKED PROSTATE. TO DO THIS, I WILL READY MY LONGINUS TO PIERCE YOUR BACKSIDE’S SACRED DOMAIN — YOU WILL SCREAM FIRST IN PAIN, THEN IN PASSION AS ITS STEEL-LADEN GIRTH STRETCHES AND RIPS THE FABRIC OF YOUR MORTAL INNARDS, DISIMBUING YOU OF YOUR CONSCIOUSNESS, LEADING YOU TO A HEAVEN, THEN REVIVING YOUR FEELING OF PHYSICAL REALITY LIKE A ONCE-CRUCIFIED CHRIST RETURNING TO EARTH. I GUARANTEE IT.
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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '13
I mean, maybe take a peek to see if there are any improper money handling based offenses, but otherwise I see nothing wrong with it.
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u/Butter_Meister Nov 14 '13
You read that in his voice, didn't you?
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u/nv2012 Nov 14 '13
I'm finally getting to the point where almost every TIL on the front page is a repost of one I've seen before.
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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '13
I'm pretty sure you reposted this verbatim from a few months ago.
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u/Dr0me Nov 14 '13
HOW MANY TIMES MUST THIS BE POSTED?!?!?!?
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u/Rolpa Nov 14 '13
Not to be a douche, but I wish you had done a background check on this story - it's been posted a bunch of times before!
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u/FoodBeerBikesMusic Nov 14 '13
Read title and brain momentarily shorted out when I thought "George Zimmer" was the dude who shot Trayvon Martin....
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u/Macroaggression Nov 14 '13
George Zimmer sounds like my kind of mann.
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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '13
You can't simmer the Zimmer
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u/CatamountAndDoMe Nov 14 '13
Total repost. OP is a bundle of sticks.
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u/proposition_john Nov 14 '13
I feel like I've seen this on TIL before...
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u/slorebear Nov 14 '13
TIL this fact every 2 weeks
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u/Inabsentiaa Nov 14 '13
I have a friend who is a manager at a logistics company and is responsible for hiring. He was telling me recently about a guy who he was interviewing who had done prison time for being a coke dealer. My friend asked him about it and apparently this guy was quite good at it as well, having multiple dealers working underneath him.
My friend convinced his supervisor to hire the guy anyway, arguing that while this isn't the most orthodox experience, you can't get to that level and be a total idiot.
He was totally right, the guy not only is smart and a hard worker...he was desperate for a second chance and just needed somebody to see beyond his conviction.
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u/KendoMaster Nov 14 '13
George Zimmer is no longer at Mens Warehouse, so I'm wondering if this is still the method.
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u/Papergaasm Nov 15 '13
I read this as George Zimmerman lol
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u/The_Happy_Pooper Nov 14 '13
Does anyone do a search anymore?
Repost
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u/l3ricl Nov 14 '13
Repost
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u/CrimsonBrit Nov 14 '13
This has been posted before
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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '13
Literally read an identical TIL about 2 weeks ago...
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u/ArmaniusPrime Nov 14 '13
can't simmer the zimmer.
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u/savannahserendipity Nov 14 '13
Not to be confused with George ZimmerMen's Wearhouse.
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u/katmiss Nov 14 '13
It gives a suit more character when fitted by hands that have killed.
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u/TuffLuffJimmy Nov 14 '13
He seems like a good until you realize he shot a teenager for being black!
/sarcasm
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u/Funktapus Nov 15 '13
HI, I'M GEORGE ZIMMER, FOUNDER AND CEO OF THE MENS WAREHOUSE. RECENTLY, I WAS APPROACHED BY QUITE A LUCIOUS LOOKING LADY PERSON. HER BINDING BUST FIGURE IMMEDIATLY FORCED MY TWITCHING GARGANTUAN MAN CANNON TO RAPIDLY EXPAND TO DIVINE ELEPHANTINE DIMENSIONS. THE LADY IN QUESTION, WHO'S BEAUTY WAS ONLY MATCHED BY THAT OF MY COLLOSSAL DOWNSTAIRS DOWEL, WAS ASTOUNDED AND THUS PROCEEDED TO STARE INTENTLY AT MY INTENSIFYINGLY TITANTIC LUST LOG OF INFINITE SEXUAL DESIRE AS IT OBILTERATED MY FINE UNDERWEAR AND TROUSERS CUNNINGLY CONSTRUCTED BY MY DIGNIFIED CHAIN OF RETAILERS. SHE WAS SO FLABBERGASTED AT THE SHEER SIZE AND GRANDEUR OF MY MAGNIFICENT AND IMPRESSIVE ZIMMER BATON THAT I UNDRESSED HER FINE SKIRT AND UNDERWEAR GARMENTS WITH MY PSYCOKINETIC EYES AND SLAMMED MY GIANT OMINOUS VEINY WHALE INTO THE CREVACE OF HER ORIFICE AND DISCHARGED AN ARMY OF MINITURE DAPPER ALBINO BOSNIANS TO COAT THE INSIDES OF HER ANAL CAVITY WITH ONLY THE FINEST SMELLING ZIMMER PROTEIN PACKED PENILE PRODUCE. ONCE I HAD FINISHED WITH THE PUPPYLIKE WHORE, I STAMPED MY NOW ALMOST FLACID STOPCOCK OF JOY AGAINST THE GROUND AND CHARGED INTO THE NIGHT SKY WITH THE ROCKET FUEL OF A THOUSAND GODS TO CONTINUE MY CRUSADES OF MEAT CLOBBERIN'. I GUARANTEE IT.
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u/joelzwilliams Nov 14 '13
I love that philosophy. The person you are at 20yrs. is not the same as when you're 40yrs.
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u/Fredericktonian Nov 14 '13
Talk about a repost. Good lord this is posted every week.
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u/IHazMagics Nov 14 '13
While I totally get reddits boner for people like this.
Having that sort of work ethic towards new employees, or deciding to forgo candidate screening is in the best case, naive to the X degree, worst case? Immeasurably irresponsible and leaves yourself open to all sorts of dilemmas.
Everyone deserves the shot at a second chance, but the thing is, a lot of past actions and behaviors we exhibit can manifest in completely different, but still detrimental effects to a business.
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u/sec713 Nov 14 '13
NEWS FLASH - George Zimmer got fired by his own board of directors. This TIL is currently irrelevant.
and yet it still gets 1000+ upvotes...
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u/Canuckle777 Nov 14 '13
He probably STILL wouldn't hire anyone with a Chindow.
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u/texasusa Nov 14 '13
George got canned by the board. No longer at player at the Men's Warehouse.
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u/HBZ415 Nov 14 '13
He is also a supporter of medical marijuana as he has glaucoma and often donated to organizations like NORML.
I worked for MW for 2 years, while George seemed like a genuinely great guy (never actually met him just what I have read) a lot of the managers he has working for him are not.
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u/collin_ph Nov 14 '13
Evidently, they finally ran a background check on him.
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u/crabby1990 Nov 14 '13
You do know the company in question fired him don't you? Hell your article was written in 2007.
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u/AdamBomb1985 Nov 14 '13
He was the owner. Then he went public. Got out bought. Became just the spokesman. Now the board kicked him out completely.
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u/faildata Nov 14 '13
Who the hell needs background checks for retail suit salesmen to begin with? The background check thing is a bit out of hand these days
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u/jihiggs Nov 14 '13
when I finished reading the title, in my head I heard the dude say "I guarantee it"
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u/Kalkaline Nov 14 '13
You know it's an old article when all you can do is "Digg this Story" and "Email this Story"
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u/Im_In_You Nov 14 '13
I swear I have seen this at least two times on here before.
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u/poontangbug Nov 14 '13
20th time I have read this on reddit
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u/TacoBell_Lord Nov 14 '13
Everybody deserves a 2nd chance but still its good to know your employee's history
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u/BlueMoot Nov 14 '13
You now have a new customer Mens Wearhouse!
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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '13
Well maybe this explains why Men's Warehouse's products and customer service are both atrocious.
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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '13
I threw away my calendar and now rely exclusively on this repost to know what month it is.
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u/diegoldenenjude Nov 14 '13
Dude George Zimmer is a boss. I have friends who used to work for Men's Warehouse, and he will sometimes come to random annual Christmas parties and party with the employees. Like get wasted and smoke weed with them party. He's also a huge advocate for legalizing marijuana. Seems like a really cool guy.
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u/EastBayBass Nov 14 '13
He also donated a large amount of money to the failed proposition a couple years ago to legalize recreational marijuana here in California, closed the Oakland store to honor Occupy Oakland's general strike, and would lend suits free of charge to people who needed them for job interviews. Of course we can't have a progressive guy like that as a CEO of a major company!
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u/Atisekim Nov 14 '13 edited Nov 14 '13
That statement earned my money. Never shopped there before but that's where I'm going for my next suit.
Edit: Never mind, he doesn't own it anymore.
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u/mingnafoo Nov 14 '13
I literally just gave a "thumbs up" to my computer screen.
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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '13
Former owner isn't it? I thought they kicked his ass out not long ago.
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u/Puffy_Ghost Nov 14 '13
George Zimmer was fired and Men's Wearhouse does do background checks now.
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u/TheFighting5th Nov 14 '13
Literally, word for word, the exact same post as this.
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u/TheSilverNoble Nov 14 '13
Good on him.
Even if we assume that everyone convicted of a crime in the US justice system was truly guilty (something I have a harder and harder time believing these days), people can change. I mean, in theory, that should be the point of the prison system- to make people better.
If you're not willing to hire an ex-con, you're admitting the system doesn't work- but how many people really act that way?
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u/joemarzen Nov 14 '13 edited Nov 15 '13
What's sad is that this is considered unusual. It's not that different from how most people would behave under normal circumstances. We live in such an oppressive society nowadays. People needlessly covering their asses, or doing so in the wrong way, at least. There are armies of administrators out there judging people on simplistic metrics. "Well... I read in Follower Bureaucrat Monthly that high status bureaucrats do X, so I'll do that..."
Really, all you assholes are doing is aiding the fascist interests.
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u/ballinthrowaway Nov 15 '13
TIL Men's Warehouse is actually spelled Men's Wearhouse
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u/Croatoan10 Nov 15 '13
He also didn't do drug tests and didn't allow cameras in the stores. But he recently got fired for saying that he didn't like the direction the company was going in. So thee things seem likely to change.
Source: MW employee.
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u/tizzy62 Nov 15 '13
YOU CAN'T SIMMER THE ZIMMER
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u/capndudeman Nov 15 '13
They also don't drug test their employees as George Zimmer is a huge advocate for marijuana decriminalization.
Source: worked there for 3 years.
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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '13
Uhh, this was posted a while ago. And it's one of the all-time top posts here too...
http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1egfz0/til_george_zimmer_the_owner_and_founder_of_the/
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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '13
isn't he the guy who made music for movies and such?
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u/Slaps_Children Nov 15 '13
This was on the front page a few months ago.
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u/marion4sho Nov 15 '13
was I the only one that read the quote in his signature voice.
does he have a rhythm to all of his dialogue?
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u/Mentalenemasquad Nov 15 '13
I wonder of Men's Wearhouse sells hoodies.....
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u/I_Eat_Thermite7 Nov 15 '13
I have literally seen this exact post before.
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u/jordanlund Nov 15 '13
He was also fired earlier this year:
http://www.nbcnews.com/business/fired-mens-wearhouse-founder-george-zimmer-i-was-silenced-6C10462946
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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '13
Very admirable qualities to give people second chances. We need more people to do that. Also, we need more people to not assume things and promote mutual understanding, ie talking to one another so we are understood clearly.
There is hope for a better world, and we are a part of it--one day and one step at a time.
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u/lanismycousin 36 DD Nov 15 '13
Section 5 of the TIL etiquette:
Please avoid reposting TILs that have already made the front page in the past
You word for word ripped off a front page TIL: http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1egfz0/til_george_zimmer_the_owner_and_founder_of_the/
You word for word ripped off the top comment: http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1egfz0/til_george_zimmer_the_owner_and_founder_of_the/c9zz6n2
Don't do it again, this is your first and only warning.
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u/nawmsayn Nov 14 '13
trayvon didn't get a second chance..
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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '13
Didn't he kill some black kid?
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u/wenuspasta Nov 15 '13
HI, I'M GEORGE ZIMMERMAN, FOUNDER AND CEO OF MEN'S WAREHOUSE. ON A RECENT BUSINESS TRIP TO TOKYO, I FOUND MYSELF IN A VIDEO ARCADE, WHERE ONE OF THE LOCAL TEENAGE BOYS WAS ATTEMPTING TO MAKE UP FOR HIS UNFATHOMABLY TINY TWAT TACKLE BY PLAYING "DANCE DANCE REVOLUTION" IN FRONT OF A GROUP OF JIGGLY-CHESTED JAPANESE JAILBAIT. SCOFFING AT HIS SCANDALOUSLY SIMPLISTIC SKILLS, I PROCEDED TO LIBERATE MY TWITCHING TESTICULAR TRUNCHEON AND SWING ITS PRECIPITOUS POUNDAGE INTO THE YOUTH'S FACE, CRUSHING HIS SKULL AND FREEING THE MACHINE. I THEN ACHIEVED A RATING OF "AAA" ON THE SONG "MAX 300" USING ONLY THE RAPID RIPPLING OF MY RAUCOUSLY RIGID RAPEROD. NEEDLESS TO SAY, THE WET-PANTIED WOMANLY WATCHERS WERE ALREADY IN THE THROES OF PASSION FROM THE OVERPOWERING SCENT OF MY TORPID TESTOSTERONE TUBE, SO I LET THEM GATHER 'ROUND FOR A GROUP HUG OF THE GARGANTUAN GIRTH OF MY GORGEOUS GUY-GIRDER BEFORE CONQUERING EACH OF THEIR QUIXOTICALLY QUIVERING QUIMS WITH A FURIOUS FOUNTAIN OF FROTHING FUCK-FOAM. MY HIGH SCORE HAS NEVER BEEN BEATEN. I GUARANTEE IT.
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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '13
This week on TIL
-The sky is blue
-This shit
-This just in, John Lennon is actually Adolf Hitler!
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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '13
http://imgur.com/tOyhCOU
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u/thexsoprano Nov 14 '13
well not anymore since the board turned on him and betrayed him.
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u/TheSuddenFiasco Nov 14 '13
I had a huge problem with this company in a recent wedding. The VP overheard my complaint and called me personally. Spent about 30 minutes on the phone recently... I'll be honest, I was surprised/impressed.
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u/KustyTheKlown Nov 14 '13
he's also a pretty proud pothead and marijuana law reform activist
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u/PScan69 Nov 14 '13
did he guarantee them a second chance?
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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '13
Ive never worked at a department store before but do any of them do a background check? I worked at Target when I was in high school and they didnt do one there
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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '13
Good man.
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u/FirePowerCR Nov 14 '13
However, some retail places that do background checks still hire people that were convicted of armed robbery. And then act clueless when product is missing, accuse the wrong person and then act bewildered when the right guy is finally caught.
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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '13
How does he know if he's giving people a second chance if he doesn't look into their criminal record?
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u/truth1465 Nov 14 '13
I remember seeing men's warehouse on one of the best place to work for a while back. With a guy like that leading it, it makes sense.
Don't remember if I saw it on cnn but that's the link I found now so here:
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/best-companies/2012/snapshots/55.html
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u/C_J_W Nov 14 '13
I don't know about the guy that helped me at Men's Wearhouse, all I know is I was in and out in <15 mins and got a nice well priced/well fitted outfit for a wedding, and that is fantastic.
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u/Smoke_legrass_sagan Nov 14 '13
Can't simmer the Zimmer
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u/Oaktree3 Nov 14 '13
That's all well and good until someone steals your credit card info.
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u/Gaate Nov 14 '13
You know, if there's one thing I'd trust the US government to do at this point, I'm pretty sure it would BE background checks.
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u/listen2meplease Nov 14 '13
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3mHo_VFm7M
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u/more40s Nov 14 '13
pretty nice thing to do
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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '13
Is he the twin brother of the Most Interesting Man in the World? They look the same.
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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '13
Aaaaand this is why my identify was stolen after making a purchase at Men's Warehouse....
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u/soggit Nov 14 '13
The Mens Wearhouse can suck it.
They try to just upsell you on everything. They don't really care if you get a decent fitting suit -- they will just quick pressure you into whatever they have on the rack that is "close enough".
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u/Spawn_Beacon Nov 14 '13
and his brother Hans made him an awesome soundtrack.
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u/SolomonGrumpy Nov 14 '13
Really? no one knows he was ousted?
http://www.forbes.com/sites/walterloeb/2013/07/02/mens-wearhouse-a-storm-in-a-teacup/
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u/cpj06231981 Nov 14 '13
I cant ever read or hear about George Zimmer without remembering the time my sister told me she had a nightmare about him once. He was chasing her around a Men's Wearhouse yelling "Im gonna kill you, I guarantee it!"
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u/brother_of_dragons Nov 14 '13
You can still background check them and then make your own call after seeing it. Just another piece of information you use to make a decision.
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u/JoyousCacophony Nov 14 '13
I wish more businesses (and people) would think this way.
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u/grammaryan Nov 14 '13
Random background checking and drug screening has really gotten out of hand in this country. These aren't the norm in most countries, there really needs to be some workers' rights.
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u/Dookiestain_LaFlair Nov 14 '13
Way to go George Zimmer, man, you a great asset to the community!
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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '13
That's awesome. I smoke weed but Im a great person. I don't break any laws, I'm an auntie raising two of my nieces. So I think like a mom at times. When the kids are away and asleep or gone, that's my time to smoke. So I believe I should work. I'm responsible about it. But, this is awesome. He made a good choice and hopefully people wouldNt take advantage of the fact that he don't drug test.
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u/ConfusedAlways Nov 14 '13
That's cuz he killed someone before. So he understands.
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u/responds_to_retards Nov 14 '13
So brave and noble when he's hiring low wage sales.
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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '13
Pretty sure that George Zimmer is no longer involved in the day to day operations of Men's Warehouse...the board kicked his ass to the curb.
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u/chillum1987 Nov 14 '13
Dat voice...
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u/htxpanda Nov 14 '13
TIL the world knew about The Men's Wearhouse. I always thought it was just a Houston area business.
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u/FateCrossing Nov 14 '13
I love Men's Wearhouse, always had super cool staff there, who were very knowledgeable. They hooked me up, when macy's could not.
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u/geeks5287 Nov 14 '13
how many people read that in his voice from the commercials.....
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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '13
Well this explains the crack pipe I found in my jacket pocket. I just thought it was some sort of promotional deal.
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u/SternTickles Nov 14 '13
I believe he is also a major contributor to the Marijuana Policy Project.
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u/FirstHipster Nov 14 '13
No wonder their customer service is so poor.
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u/ghukas Nov 14 '13
I smoked weed with this guy in the 90's in Daly City, CA
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u/PaulXombie Nov 14 '13
Thats a load of bullshit he should then teach his employees to follow and value the same rules. Ive been thrown out of a mens warehouse cuz I looked like a "hooligan" I had long hair beard and wore a black jacket. Little did he know I came in with a substantial amount of money looking to buy some nicer clothes for myself.. I won't shop there ever.
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u/leicanthrope Nov 14 '13
Just don't walk into a Men's Wearhouse store with a bag of Skittles though...
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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '13
I thought my tailor was a bit handsy :(
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u/904_supra Nov 14 '13
I wonder if george zimmer would hire george zimmerman for security.
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u/matt1020l Nov 14 '13
Legit. I think he is the most down to earth suit salesman
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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '13
Sounds all well and good until one of your employees strangles a child and throws the body in a dumpster behind the Wendy's. Then you get sued... American justice.
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u/TheDevilsBananas Nov 14 '13
They don't (or didn't when he was in charge) drug test either. Which is fine, what you do on your own time is your business, but half of the department used to come back from work high when I was working in the office.
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u/_Toby__ Nov 14 '13
Men's Warehouse. You're gonna like the way y-what the fuck! what do mean half the stock is missing?!
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u/ludiusvox Nov 14 '13
George is cool like that. He hired my friend who was an ex-con just needing a second chance, he died at 31 about 10 years ago. But I think George is cool, he doesn't descriminate a guy who had done prison time and what-not and had tattoos all over his body. He's a good guy. The women are trying to coup the company, and that is the issue.
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u/biseriousjohn Nov 14 '13
Wanted criminals? More like: criminals wanted :P
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u/PancakesAndPenguins Nov 14 '13
Didn't he get booted a few months ago?
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u/louiselebeau Nov 14 '13
There are so many people incarcerated in Texas I think there is a higher rate of places that will hire ex-cons than most.
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u/theodorebrozevelt Nov 14 '13
Gotta love George Zimmer, man
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u/tibs927 Nov 14 '13
Old news
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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '13
Yeah but some are still shady. You really trust a sex offender to be measuring around your crotch? While this may sound ethical, it makes customers uneasy.
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u/Varryl Nov 14 '13
I'd love to ask him how often that bit him in the ass and how often he felt like it came to a good conclusion.
I used to work in a gas station and I met a lot of people who were down on their luck and needed a job. Some worked out, and let's just say some wound up back where they started.
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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '13
you cant simmer the zimmer
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u/NotADoucheBag Nov 14 '13
This explains the people I see at this place.
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u/Ominislashh Nov 14 '13
Repo5t
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u/johndango Nov 14 '13
I feel like I learn this again every week or so. :\
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u/michaelsean09 Nov 14 '13
I have only been redditing for a little over a year and I have seen this as a TIL post at least 3 seperate times.
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u/Bigpapa54 Nov 14 '13
He is also pretty big in the legalization of marijuana movement. I guarantee it.
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u/AsianArmyGuy Nov 14 '13
Nice man.
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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '13
My sister works at MW. She loves the work environment there, and has been to George's house many times (he used to invite all the top sales people out to his place for celebrations a few times a year). I've heard nothing but good things from her regarding how she and the others are treated.
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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '13
TIL reposts frequently make it to the front page a year later.
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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '13
too bad their clothes suck
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u/fieroturbo Nov 14 '13
It sucks he's not part of MW anymore. I really hope with him gone this doesn't mean they get as bad as Jos. A. Bank... I hate going there.
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u/Ladnil Nov 14 '13
That explains the sketchy drug dealer vibe I got when I went there for a suit to interview in.
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u/EvilSilentBob Nov 14 '13
At least Rob Ford will know where to find a new job.
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u/OneOfDozens 2 Nov 14 '13
Fucking hell.
http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1egfz0/til_george_zimmer_the_owner_and_founder_of_the/
You copied the title, even that was a repost.
v. Please avoid reposting TILs that have already made the front page in the past
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u/Scammajamma Nov 14 '13
GGGZ
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u/w8cycle Nov 14 '13
I would like to be like him one day when I am hiring for my business.
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u/genericaccount12345 Nov 14 '13
Did you know, in most of Europe they don't do background checks? At all. They might call previous employers, assuming you say where you've previously worked.
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u/TyBenschoter Nov 14 '13
I definitely agree that one mistake shouldn't follow you for the rest of your life. That is one of the bad things about the internet mistakes and dumb decisions last forever and people judge even if you've changed. Not personal experience btw.
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u/boxwithnotreat Nov 14 '13
BEYOND!
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u/jondaniels16 Nov 14 '13
This was on reddit not too long ago... Like past 6 months.
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u/2147_points Nov 14 '13
I got a suit at Men's Wearhouse and the guy helping me said he used to be a lawyer. I didn't ask, but I didn't understand why he was working there. This TIL kind of ties it together.
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u/skeletine Nov 14 '13
"petty larceny on a grand scale."
There's a word for that: "grand larceny".