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Someone i knew at goog got let go for not passing background check like months after start date. Just had empty desk one day with no explanation from management

• harrisonjackson 7y ago
  Without any knowledge of this person - might have been a case of hiring regret followed by a second look at everything that would allow the company to let them go. Either way, I agree with you - pretty BS.
  • dilyevsky 7y ago
    It’s possible but kinda makes it even worse
• akamia 7y ago
  Sometimes this happens if the employee falsified information on their background check form to avoid being caught in the background check. Some companies run a quick high level background check but also have longer term processes for in depth checks. I once had a similar situation happen at a very large (150k+ employees) company. Security showed up and escorted one of our contractors out the door. It turned out he had worked for the company previously and stolen documents that he used to try to extort money from the company. When he was being brought in for this contract position he had changed the spelling of his name on the form and used a social security number for someone with that spelling. During the quick background check everything looked good but the discrepancies were discovered during the more in depth check a couple months later.
• mleonhard 7y ago
  When I got hired at Google in 2013, they let me start before performing the background check. The background check company called all of my previous employers. One former employer gave them incorrect dates for my employment, contradicting what I put on the form. I never heard anything about it from Google.