New Employment Screening process

13 Comments

1. AnonymousOctober 22,2024 at 2:13PM UTC

   How do you prove a negative? What will bank statements prove? You could have deposited the money somewhere else or cashed the check for cash. If you had UI during the time, you could show them those statements, but if you weren't actively job searching, UI makes you ineligible in most states. If the money was a friend or family member helping you out with bills, I don't see where that is any potential employer's business. If you have the estate paperwork that shows you are all or partially responsible for settling the estate, that should be good enough. Sorry, but this sounds hinky to me. If you turn over bank statements, ensure all account information is redacted and unreadable. Have you asked why this is so important to them? It almost sounds like someone is trying to get you to divulge private banking information, so unless you have thoroughly vetted this company as legitimate, push back hard, and if you have to, walk away.

2. AnonymousOctober 22,2024 at 2:40PM UTC

   This seems like personal information that you shouldn't have to be obligated to provide.

   I would never show my employer all of my bank statements. Why do they care if you made money or not? Only a mortgage lender cares about that.

   I am not sure what your employer is trying to get at, doing investigative work as to why you were not employed... You need to be more firm as to what issue are they hoping to resolve or address by auditing your financial records or your personal life.

   Would agree with below post. You can provide death certificate, estate records, but seriously WTF? Your employer shouldn't be asking about monies into or out of you account. They should be asking you how soon you can start and if you need any accommodations. The only thing I can think of is that they want to help file your employee taxes accurately, to which I say, tell them not to worry about it and you'll sort it out with the Tax department. Otherwise this whole thing sounds like a scam.

3. Katia MahiddineOctober 22,2024 at 2:52PM UTC

   I agree with the two previous comments. This sounds fishy. An employer should not be asking you for this type of information. Please make sure this is a genuine offer. Call or email the employer's company via their website if you can to confirm the legitimacy of this offer and never divulge your personal information until you have that confirmed. Good luck!

4. AnonymousOctober 22,2024 at 4:07PM UTC

   This is in the United Kingdom. Now I am worried that they are asking and will try find out from others if they can ask for such information

5. AnonymousOctober 22,2024 at 4:28PM UTC

   Well for starters, I question why they even need such specific information about this. I know the UK may have different rules over the US, but this sounds super fishy and super specific to just get a job. Why would they need such proof about the 'gap' in employment? It was only a few months in dealing with the family death. That's stressful enough, but the employer is also asking for this information? Just doesn't seem right to even ask such specific information.

6. AnonymousOctober 23,2024 at 3:15AM UTC

   I’m in the U.S. this is not done here. Do not give any financial statements to anyone. Look up your country’s law on that and also your bank statement has zero to do with if you are capable work wise. Is this common practice in the UK??

7. AnonymousOctober 25,2024 at 1:56PM UTC

   Nope, ice never heard of this in the UK. Unless it’s a government body maybe? I haven’t applied for a UK government job. If it’s a company, I’d guess it’s a scam.

8. AnonymousOctober 23,2024 at 1:02PM UTC

   Huge red flags all over this. Run! First, this employer is tone deaf about the current job market. 4 months is really not a long period of time during the current Dynamics. They should know that. Second, you never ever ever give your bank information or anything else that can be used for identity theft. You're not their employee - and even if you were their employee, I still wouldn't give most of this information! The only reason you get Bank info is for direct deposits. Keep looking.

9. AnonymousOctober 23,2024 at 2:33PM UTC

   it is scam! Leave immediately, notify that corporation, you’re NOT in for a 300 job. Report to law enforcement and corporate lawyer immediately

10. AnonymousOctober 24,2024 at 6:14PM UTC

    It's none of their business what you were doing for 4 months. This is a SCAM trying to get your banking info. RUN and report them to the authorities.

11. AnonymousOctober 25,2024 at 12:59PM UTC

    Um do not provide any banking statements. That’s not legit- a company would never ask for that nor would they ever ask for proof of airline tickets. Why would they not accept a letter from your former company confirming your dates of employment and your word? This is sketchy.

12. AnonymousOctober 25,2024 at 4:48PM UTC

    Never ever provide personal bank statements. That being said if you have a copy of the obituary and or some other form - death certificate of the person then offer that up. Let them know that this was a truly difficult time during which you unplugged everything to solidify the estate and that you are happy to give them details of the timeline. Email the hiring manager and explain this to them as well and let them know that revisiting this loss is extremely painful and you hope that this will not taint their finalizing your hire.

13. SheriOctober 30,2024 at 3:05PM UTC

    Everything about their intrusive questioning is out of line. You don't need to provide proof of employment that was not with them. Simply stating you had a personal matter that required your attention for an extended period of time - that is sufficient. Any POTENTIAL employer should have healthy boundaries. This employer clearly does not. If this is what they demand of you BEFORE your work them, I cringe thinking of what they will demand once you are an employee. This is one rabbit hole I strongly urge you not to fall down.

    A solid rule of thumb is to never provide anyone - family, friend, employer - with any type of private information. There are obviously exceptions such as providing bank information for direct deposit, SSN for HR to process employment. But formal systems are used to collect this information. Nothing sounds formal about this.