Reply #114: We were discussing credit checks and security clearances

[jmowreader]

When someone gets a "security clearance" they're normally handling national security information; someone just handling sensitive corporate information would be bonded if that. Someone came back and said "oh no, there are a lot bigger vulnerabilities than financial distress." Sorry. Not in the State Secrets business, there isn't.

Outside of something like banking I don't see a reason why you'd ever need to pull a credit report on someone you were thinking about hiring. I've seen some really stupid jobs, though...in one that stood out they were looking for a "utility worker"--what Army guys call a duty body--who they wanted to pay $8 per hour to. This was to work on construction sites, now...anyone who might want to apply for this job had to undergo a blood drug test (blood! I thought fucking HAIR was bad, but these assholes wanted to draw blood!), credit check, 10 year motor vehicle record, "extensive" background check and you must be bondable. Now remember, this is the guy who's going to go around the worksite picking up the 2x4 chunks, empty joint compound cans and scraps of wire--and they're going to do an investigation more like an armored car driver would receive?