I had to get a background check for my job; the report is a 300 page pdf
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Re: I had to get a background check for my job; the report is a 300 page pdf
#2For those wondering, as I did, who’s behind this terrible report:
> The background check company is Sterling Talent Solutions, and it looks like they contracted with Fama Technologies for this part of the report.
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#3I'm torn between "My god, this is a dystopian nightmare" and "Well, you did all that in public, in print, with your real name attached, what did you expect?".
Maybe both things are right.
Edit: Since, looking at the downvotes, this seems to be controversial, let me clarify that I'm not blaming the victim, I'm questioning whether it's a good general policy to give everyone, including various bad actors, a vast database of information about you, carefully indexed and attached to your real name, that they can then use against you.
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#4Here's the company doing this: https://fama.io/
The idea that you can assess someone's workplace performance based on automated screening of their tweets is utterly absurd.
If anyone works somewhere that uses this tool, or anything similar to it, you should run far, far away from that company. This is a terrible precedent, and much too much Orwellian for my taste.
EDIT: somewhat related, but a while back I made a Twitter bot to delete my tweets because I was worried about how someone might misinterpret them: https://github.com/brndnmtthws/tweet-delete
Re: I had to get a background check for my job; the report is a 300 page pdf
#5Here's the company doing this: https://fama.io/ The idea that you can assess someone's workplace performance based on automated screening of their tweets is utterly absurd. If anyone works somewhere that uses this tool, or anything similar to it, you should run far, far away from that company. This is a terrible precedent, and much too much Orwellian for my taste. EDIT: somewhat related, but a while back I made a Twi…
> If anyone works somewhere that uses this tool, or anything similar to it, you should run far, far away from that company.
You might not even know --- and it could extend beyond hiring. Didn't get promoted? Maybe it's because someond keyword matched you for "toxic". The only real way to safeguard yourself is to keep your identity as small and bland as possible, and that's no way to live.
Re: I had to get a background check for my job; the report is a 300 page pdf
#6I'm torn between "My god, this is a dystopian nightmare" and "Well, you did all that in public, in print, with your real name attached, what did you expect?". Maybe both things are right. Edit: Since, looking at the downvotes, this seems to be controversial, let me clarify that I'm not blaming the victim, I'm questioning whether it's a good general policy to give everyone, including various bad actors, a vast databas…
Is it normal to live your private life in accordance to what a future hypothetical employer might think ?
EDIT: private should be replaced with personal, as opposed to work
Re: I had to get a background check for my job; the report is a 300 page pdf
#7For those wondering, as I did, who’s behind this terrible report: > The background check company is Sterling Talent Solutions, and it looks like they contracted with Fama Technologies for this part of the report.
> The smartest way to screen toxic workplace behavior. Compliant, AI-based online screening for the enterprise.
I'd be surprised if their AI is more than a "bad" and a "good" keyword list. Results certainly look about as sophisticated.
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#8I don't understand having a social media presence linked to your real name, unless it's just a placeholder you don't really use.
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#9Name and shame these companies until this stops.
Re: I had to get a background check for my job; the report is a 300 page pdf
#10Here's the company doing this: https://fama.io/ The idea that you can assess someone's workplace performance based on automated screening of their tweets is utterly absurd. If anyone works somewhere that uses this tool, or anything similar to it, you should run far, far away from that company. This is a terrible precedent, and much too much Orwellian for my taste. EDIT: somewhat related, but a while back I made a Twi…
> If anyone works somewhere that uses this tool, or anything similar to it, you should run far, far away from that company. You might not even know --- and it could extend beyond hiring. Didn't get promoted? Maybe it's because someond keyword matched you for "toxic". The only real way to safeguard yourself is to keep your identity as small and bland as possible, and that's no way to live.
IIRC, aren't employers required to provide some notice of background checks, especially in the case where they're used to justify adverse actions?