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yahoo did this to me. Verifying employment is one thing (I guess...), but their background check thing wanted exact salaries too, and permission to ask HR at a
by x0x0 10y ago
yahoo did this to me. Verifying employment is one thing (I guess...), but their background check thing wanted exact salaries too, and permission to ask HR at all my previous employers.
Is this common? I've worked for small companies so haven't run into anything like this elsewhere. Except for one asshole that wanted to do a reference check two weeks after I started work (!!!) (he offered me a job at the end of the interview with a 24 hour time limit and had me start 3 days later; I had already left the previous employer so it suited me well enough at the time), and was unhappy when I told him what he could do with himself.
- mixmastamyk 10y agoI worked for Y and did the bg check and did not give salaries, I never do. Wasn't a problem.
- pc86 10y ago> Verifying employment is one thing (I guess...) Why are you reluctant about a company being able to verify that you worked where and when you said you did?
- x0x0 10y ago1 - if I can pass the interview having lied about where I worked, why did I have to do the interview? It just seems silly. 2 - they all insist on contacting the current employer, which I refuse to allow until I have a non-contingent job offer in hand from the new place. If X can't make me a firm offer, I'm not allowing X to contact (ie notify) the company currently paying me.