Why are you guys subject to a credit check for a job? This makes no sense to me. Do they also inspect your house to ensure there's nothing untoward there? If not, they will soon by the sound of it.
Why are you guys subject to a credit check for a job? This makes no sense to me. Do they also inspect your house to ensure there's nothing untoward there? If not, they will soon by the sound of it.
Credit checks today are done because of theft and fraud. A person with good credit probably does not have personal financial issues, so common thinking is they are less likely to steal.
Why are you guys subject to a credit check for a job? This makes no sense to me. Do they also inspect your house to ensure there's nothing untoward there? If not, they will soon by the sound of it.
Situation that I went through several years ago that another friend of mine went through. I thought I would ask the crew here for opinions...
Situation: I was working at job A for several years and was secretly job hunting on the side. I found a nice job and was accepted after several rounds of interviews (job B). During the last interview, job B gave me a start date. I was set to give job A my 2 week notice when job B calls me up and requests from my some documentation that they will need to give to their HR dept in preparation for my start.
At this time I was notified that I would need to pass a criminal background check, credit check and drug test. I asked job B why wasn't this mentioned to me at our last interview? I was seconds away from giving my two week notice to job A and I get notified that I still need to fulfill requirements in order for job B to hire me. So I notified job B that I would need to have a concrete job offer on the table or else I cannot give my 2 weeks notice to job A. I said that I would cooperate and provide all documents necessary and do a drug test to get the concrete job offer from them.
Job B was pissed and asked me to start anyway while we get the tests underway but I ended up withdrawing my acceptance. I could not quit job A to work at job B where I was still having to jump through hoops to get hired.
This came up recently with a friend of mine. She was accepted for job at a hospital and was psyched to start. She gave her 2 weeks notice to job A, and took a drug test for job B. She doesn't use any kind of drugs so she had nothing to fear. Turns out she was rejected from job B due to a drug test showing too many "nitrates". Some doctors she asked about these results said that nitrates could have resulted from OTC cough medicine. Now she doesn't have either job A or B and is looking for work.
Opinions?
You do know that your employment being contingent on drug test and criminal background is not an "at point of hire" thing, right? They could opt to rerun those tests at any point and fire you. So there's basically no difference in your job security at point of acceptance and post-hire.
You do know that your employment being contingent on drug test and criminal background is not an "at point of hire" thing, right? They could opt to rerun those tests at any point and fire you. So there's basically no difference in your job security at point of acceptance and post-hire.
One its pretty much standard protocol to expect to do a drug test and pass a criminal and credit check today. Its pretty much assinine to even question a company why they didn't mention those things. I have been working almost 20 years now and have passed everything from fbi background checks to credit, criminal, and drug screens. I worked at a hospital for several years as well. I have never heard of anyone ever failing a drug test for cold medicine. Sorry sounds like bs to me. Standard protocol is to recieve job offer, take the drug test, let background and credit checks come through (usually just hours for credit results), recieve official offer letter, then give two weeks notice.
this. you cant get any type of decent job without drug, criminal and credit checks, how come you didnt know that?????
Yes you are right. At the same time, it still is prudent to get a concrete job offer in hand before quitting an old and starting a new one.
could you guys expand on the concrete job offer? my wife is kinda in this situation, she received an offer letter explaining rate of pay, and benefits. she signed and returned it. she has a start date of feb 21. is this pretty much a solid job offer? i would hate for her to put a 2 weeks in if that is not the case.
Standard protocol is to recieve job offer, take the drug test, let background and credit checks come through (usually just hours for credit results), recieve official offer letter, then give two weeks notice.
Don't give job A a two-week notice.