In my experience, most companies I've worked at are pretty slim with the background checks (in fact, having been given out as a primary reference on many of my

In my experience, most companies I've worked at are pretty slim with the background checks (in fact, having been given out as a primary reference on many of my friends/coworker's resumes), I get almost no contacts/calls following up and checking that reference. In theory, this is something most companies would do, but anecdotally, it feels like nobody ever has the time.