And a job at McDonald's isn't going to support three children, two of whom are under the age of three and young enough to require full-time childcare when she gets a job.
Shanesha Taylor who was arrested for leaving her two children in hot car during a job interview misses the deadline to set up a trust fund for them with donations - Daily Mail
I am not defending her for leaving two young children in a hot car. That's wrong and will always be wrong. But desperate people who need a job do stupid things.
The court should assign someone to help her manage the money she's received and maybe give her financial training on budgeting. They should also look into how she budgeted the donations she received. Did she have debt to pay off? Was she trying to get into a better situation for her children?
It is so very difficult to find a job these days. I know people who were fired two years ago from their jobs, primarily because of politics, and now are still struggling to find a job. Several of those people I personally know are now in their 50s. Do you know how hard it is to start over in your 50s with a new career? The doors do not swing open for people who are older and starting over with a complete reinvention.
This woman does have age on her side and if some business owner is willing to train her, she could be an asset to a company. But a court who requires her to put more than half of donations into a trust fund that can't be accessed until her youngest child is 18 is absurd. She needs the money now to support her children until she finds someone willing to hire her.
Don't judge her until you've been there.
And I have a serious problem with a reporter tweeting her every move from the courtroom. Tweeting from the courtroom doesn't even happen to celebrities or in high-profile cases.
Shanesha Taylor asks for lower amount to placed into trust fund - Fox 10 News
What judge would allow a reporter to tweet from inside the courtroom? I used to cover murder cases and NO judge I've ever met would allow this absurdity. Charges of child abuse were agreed to be dropped against her, but with the reporter tweeting from court this has become a witch hunt and those charges will be reinstated because she received donations.
If the court cared about this woman and her children, why doesn't the courthouse give her a job?
Putting a single mom in jail or having her cut a deal to pay a big fine for restitution for child abuse is not going to help these children. Instead, the children will be split up or put into foster homes.
Someone needs to give her a job.
Applying for jobs has changed tremendously since I was out of college.
You must apply online.
Your resume has a three second cursory view online from an HR person before they move on to the next. There's no in person meet and greet as a means of first contact. There's no eye contact. There's none of that. You're just a piece of paper, if that. Most often, you're just a single view on a computer screen. Do they like your name? Do they like the last job you had? They maybe give you a few seconds to consider you and then move on. The entire process is all about applying online. So, if this woman doesn't have a personal recommendation or she doesn't know someone who can open a door for her, she has little chance of garnering work.
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