Greyston Bakery in New York is one of the premier champions of the radical practice of Open Hiring. Anyone who applies for a job, gets it and training in it. No background or drug checks. They've been doing this for years with homeless and felons and they continue to be a prime partner in the food and service industries. They lead the way in proving the model.
"In doing so, they might see some benefits: While the annual employee turnover rate in similar manufacturing and production industries hovers between 30% and 70%, at the Greyston bakery, it’s just around 12%. Furthermore, because Greyston does away with the typical hiring process–which, between background checks and drug tests, can cost up to $4,500 per hire–it’s able to use the money saved to pay its employees a higher wage. While apprentices start at minimum wage, production supervisors, like Dion, earn a salary of around $65,000 with full benefits."