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Unfortunately you won't stop the tide with simple data practices. If they can't slurp up the the data automatically, they have an army of people making phone ca

by BowBun 4y ago

Unfortunately you won't stop the tide with simple data practices. If they can't slurp up the the data automatically, they have an army of people making phone calls to gather employment data from other sources to add to their database. We use them as a provider (unfortunately), and when they don't have the data on hand we have to handle cases where it can take a few days for them to call the business and confirm employment directly with someone who works there. At that point, I don't think where you work has a reasonable expectation of privacy since you walk there, probably put it on your LinkedIn, talk about it with friends/family, etc.

danuker 4y ago
> put it on your LinkedIn I stopped doing that when LinkedIn added their loginwall. Clearly LinkedIn wants to harvest data while at the same time making it difficult for others to do so, which would go against my interest of making it public. So I posted it on my own website. Goodbye to another centralized point of failure/control.
notch656c 4y ago
People are lazy. If they can't get the information a very large portion of them will rubber stamp it or just ask you if it's true, possibly to provide some evidence which they will be to lazy to verify as authentic. >it can take a few days for them to call the business and confirm employment directly with someone who works there If you hire out this kind of work, half the min wage slaves getting screamed at with hot breath down their neck for "low productivity" are gonna call once at most and likely not at all and then check it off. Speaking as someone who has worked at a call center along with the populace which was basically people on work release/probation.
- kevin_thibedeau 4y ago
  > If they can't get the information a very large portion of them will rubber stamp it They'll just toss your application out without a human ever seeing it. You're clearly a noncompliant troublemaker and not worth hiring.
  - notch656c 4y ago
    Most places don't do much vetting of your background until you're hired. At which point it can be a lot of work to offer to someone else, especially if it's been more than a few days.

by BowBun 4y ago

danuker 4y ago

> put it on your LinkedIn I stopped doing that when LinkedIn added their loginwall. Clearly LinkedIn wants to harvest data while at the same time making it difficult for others to do so, which would go against my interest of making it public. So I posted it on my own website. Goodbye to another centralized point of failure/control.

notch656c 4y ago

People are lazy. If they can't get the information a very large portion of them will rubber stamp it or just ask you if it's true, possibly to provide some evidence which they will be to lazy to verify as authentic. >it can take a few days for them to call the business and confirm employment directly with someone who works there If you hire out this kind of work, half the min wage slaves getting screamed at with hot breath down their neck for "low productivity" are gonna call once at most and likely not at all and then check it off. Speaking as someone who has worked at a call center along with the populace which was basically people on work release/probation.

kevin_thibedeau 4y ago
> If they can't get the information a very large portion of them will rubber stamp it They'll just toss your application out without a human ever seeing it. You're clearly a noncompliant troublemaker and not worth hiring.
- notch656c 4y ago
  Most places don't do much vetting of your background until you're hired. At which point it can be a lot of work to offer to someone else, especially if it's been more than a few days.