• Null User Object@lemmy.world
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    6 hours ago

    UG Solutions (UGS) defended its employees’ qualifications for the job, saying it does not screen people out for “personal hobbies or affiliations unrelated to job performance”.

    I had to submit to a background check for a job sitting at a desk writing code and had absolutely nothing to do with security or carrying a weapon. Pretty sure that being a member of an anti-Islamic biker gang would have disqualified me.

    • Jo Miran@lemmy.ml
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      No, it doesn’t. One of our clients (very large firm that services, directly or indirectly, a majority of Americans) requires us to run a background check with monitoring on any of our staff servicing them. They pay for it as long as we use their provider (Orange Tree). They definitely do not check for any sort of affiliations. As long as your criminal record is clean, you’re good.