Comment by const_cast

Comment by const_cast 8 hours ago

The thing I don't like is that US companies take it too far, to the point they're violating my privacy and making me uncomfortable.

Why do you need to do a hard credit check before you give me an offer? Why do you need to know exactly how much I owe on my credit cards, car, house, how much I'm paying per month, and how much I've made at every job for the past 7 years?

That feels... excessive. And weird. And kind of unfair. Now you know my paycheck, and the paycheck before that, and how desperate I am. Well, there goes negotiations.

asteroidburger 7 hours ago

Who's doing a hard credit pull at all, especially before salary's negotiated and the offer's extended?

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const_cast 5 hours ago

It's a thing, but I'm not in the business of naming names. IMO we should just nip this in the bud and make it illegal.

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red_admiral 7 hours ago

It feels like you're going through some kind of security clearance.

To be honest, getting insight and access to a major company's networks and maybe customer data is perhaps the same kind of risk to the company as it is for the government to give someone access to (top) secret files. It might not be so much a negotiating tactic as awareness that more sophisticated spies and criminals than the ones in the OP article are targeting your company.

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AndyMcConachie 5 hours ago

> That feels... excessive. And weird. And kind of unfair. Now you know my paycheck, and the paycheck before that, and how desperate I am. Well, there goes negotiations.

I think that's partly the point.

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