John Oliver on the ugly state of credit reporting and background checks
People like to claim that background checks are used when someone is placed into a trusted position. However in my experience lower end jobs (where you're often trusted less) are often much MORE likely to have a background check.To give a specific example: Work in a fast food place handling small amounts of cash and they'll background check you. Work in a company handling SSNs, Credit Cards, and medical records and they didn't even ask me if I had a criminal record (I don't).So I cannot help but wonder if ex-convicts are going to suffer more while getting a low end job than they would if they were applying for high end positions. I guess the assumption is if you have a degree that you are somehow above crime...I guess that's why so called "white collar crime" often goes undetected for longer and is often more successful overall.