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You know employers perform credit checks to perform the same 'character check' on you, if you have bad credit the chance of you getting a job offer goes down dr
by ProAm 9y ago
You know employers perform credit checks to perform the same 'character check' on you, if you have bad credit the chance of you getting a job offer goes down dramatically. Career growth is rarely based on job performance.
- PaulStatezny 9y ago> Career growth is rarely based on job performance. I hear what you’re saying about credit checks. But I think the sentence I quoted is a little too extreme. Performance usually plays a significant role. It’s just not the only factor. Otherwise, (for example,) why is the careless, checked out teenager at a fast food joint not promoted to manager?
- Bartweiss 9y ago> Otherwise, (for example,) why is the careless, checked out teenager at a fast food joint not promoted to manager? Because managers are increasingly hired from the outside, increasingly with college degrees, and a diligent, hard-working teenager wouldn't have been promoted either? I'm with you on the broader point, things like credit checks and social media lookups are mostly disqualifiers for hiring, while performance is still a big part of career growth after being hired. But it seems a bit odd to use entry-level service work as the example, since performance often is meaningless there once you're not getting fired.
- herbst 9y agoThis is a American only thing isn't it? Anyone knows of this in Europe?