Originally Posted by Poopdeck90210
Here's a pip for you: AMEX themselves as a company does the same thing! An aquaintenace of mine applied for an IT job with AMEX in Minneapolis. After the interviews and a background check, he was offered the position and started in his job; I am not sure if any other contingencies existed, but they must have based on what happened next.
About two weeks into his new IT job at AMEX, he was called in and informed that he was being let go because he did not pass the credit check.
Hmm... I guess if you are going to work for a Financial Services company you better have your own house in order in that regard, but I think that AMEX should have done all of their checking up front before extending a job offer and having him start -- don't you?
-A
Lost of Fin Institutions do this. I work for one, every new employee can start, and they must be bonded within 2 weeks or they are back out the door, we do credit/FBI backround checks. Most of the time everything is clear by the start date, but not always.