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Having medical bills you can't pay does sometimes motivate people to do desperate things that are not in the interests of their employer. There are exaggerated

Having medical bills you can't pay does sometimes motivate people to do desperate things that are not in the interests of their employer. There are exaggerated tropes in Hollywood like Breaking Bad, however, all kinds of real risks do rise if the employee has significant debts that they can't pay - issues ranging from motivation to internal fraud or being unable to focus on work because their car or house gets repossesed or even suicide - all these things are more likely if the employee has significant financial problems, and so it's in the best interests of a cynical employer to ensure that they don't hire candidates with financial problems, unless they intend to abuse their desperation to have horrible conditions since the employee can't afford to quit.

withinboredom 3y ago
Do people really believe that? Maybe some people care about paying bills on time and will go balls-to-the-wall to make that happen. Not me, I learned to realize 'you get paid when I get paid, so fuck off.' Now, if we entered into a debt together, you know, with a contract. I always pay on time, but if you just show up saying I owe you money with the power to put it on my credit report ... fuck off. I don't think there is actually any science behind what you (or they) are saying, but I could be wrong (I didn't find anything definitive on Google Scholar, but I might be searching for the wrong thing) -- this smells like "it's the status-quo, so why question it."