from Hacker News

Employer used Work Number to out employee with 3 current jobs, fires her

by FeaturelessBug on 4/29/23, 9:01 AM with 17 comments

• by rozab on 4/29/23, 12:29 PM

  Would it have killed them to do any research at all on this article instead of just rephrasing a tiktok?

  >“I never signed up for this website to put this kind of information out for anybody to obtain who gets the code to obtain it.” It is unclear what code Flint is referring to.

  Seriously, it would take two minutes to log onto the site and see what verification process they have in place. The dogged insistence on adding absolutely no value is frustrating

• by prepend on 4/29/23, 12:38 PM

  It seems unusual that the company would rely solely on theworknumber to verify employment. My equifax report shows me having two employers, one from 13 years ago and one from 16 years ago and doesn’t show my current employer.

  So it seems unlikely that this is the only method the anonymous person whose story this is based on actually used that data.

  Also, if someone has three jobs and violates one of the jobs employment agreement, then it makes sense that they are fired. That’s unethical. My employer doesn’t allow second jobs without ethics reviews and I’d be fired (or at least really chewed out) if I had a second job.

• by adamkochanowicz on 4/29/23, 1:13 PM

  There are so many ads on this page, it crashes before I can read a sentence

• by tyingq on 4/29/23, 3:37 PM

  Companies also use this to throw out lowball salary offers to candidates, on the assumption that it's showing accurate number for their current job.

• by kranke155 on 4/29/23, 11:51 AM

  Does GDPR prevent this in Europe ?

• by samirsd on 4/29/23, 2:27 PM

  what a joke website