>Classism lies at the heart of it. This seems overly-dramatic. The reality is that there is a lot of petty crime with people who handle cash, compared to those

>Classism lies at the heart of it. This seems overly-dramatic. The reality is that there is a lot of petty crime with people who handle cash, compared to those on a white collar career path. Petty crime happens so often its not even reported, and white collar crime is so rare it makes the news, so you may be skewed to think that casual stealing from retail employers is rare, but it certainly is not. On top of it, the kinds of people most likely to work with a cash register are those who are largely unknowns. Yes, I do trust the guy with 15 years experience in finance more compared to the teen getting his first or second job to better handle money. Also criminality goes down with age. Experience tells me 15 year career guy has made it this far without getting arrested and has a lot of skin the in the game. Its not "classist" to think so. Its basic risk analysis. Just because something seems distasteful to you doesn't mean its wrong. I wish more people understood this simple concept. That said, I've gotten background checked at every white collar job I've had. Companies need a CYA for new hires and that's how its typically done. This has been the standard in my field for decades. Not sure where the idea that white collar people are immune from background checks comes from. It certainly isn't common in my peer group. It may also be that a lot of entry level retail jobs are mostly from large corporate employers who have top-down policies regarding background checks. Sure, Walmart did a check on you but your uncle didn't for a summer job filling out TPS reports at his company. That's not a sign of a conspiracy, but different values/risk assumption from two different organizations.