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They (The work Number/Equifax) don't license it at all. Company's pay for the privilege in fact. It's sold as outsourcing the "costly" HR task of providing sala
by gehwartzen 9y ago
They (The work Number/Equifax) don't license it at all. Company's pay for the privilege in fact. It's sold as outsourcing the "costly" HR task of providing salary data themselves. Other companys or individuals then pay Equifax $35 to make a single enquiry or subscribe at a monthly rate.
Users include 82% of all F500 companies and they have 225 employment records.
My company uses it :(
http://redtape.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/01/30/16762661-exclusive-your-employer-may-share-your-salary-and-equifax-might-sell-that-data?lite http://redtape.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/01/30/16762661-exclusi...
This is a pretty shocking news article regarding the last time Eqifax was in the news about this a few years ago. At that time (like now) they were selling the data to all kinds of companies.
- psergeant 9y agoShameless plug for something I wrote today, in case you’re wondering what companies use it for and what you can do about that “Developer employee cheatsheet: WTF is Salary Benchmarking?“ https://codeformore.com/developer-employee-cheatsheet-wtf-salary-benchmarking/ https://codeformore.com/developer-employee-cheatsheet-wtf-sa...
- le-mark 9y agoInteresting read, thanks. How does one go from "senior engineer" to "architect"? Any tips?
- timthelion 9y agoCan I use it to find out what my co-workers make and negotiate a better salary,
- atomical 9y agoWouldn't you need their social security number?
- timthelion 9y agoLuckily you can just download those from the internet.
- astura 9y agoNo. The FCRA makes you obtain premission from your coworker first. You give permission to your employer to query those sorts of databases when agreeing to a "background check" as a condition of being hired.
- mcv 9y agoIf the employer needs permission, then they presumably don't get that permission if it's against this new law.