Sadly, it's more and more common these days, especially for very large companies, to run credit checks on potential employees -- dooming me to really crappy jobs for the next 7 to 10 years ;-). I guess they consider it an indicator of how "reliable" you are. I'm plenty reliable, I was just unemployed for damn near a year and then took a 1/3 cut in pay. But I bet I get discriminated against anyway.

I've also applied at Best Buy and a large local grocery store chain here. They also asked permission to do credit checks, along with a driving records check -- that's the one that gets me -- strikes me as an invasion of privacy unless I'm applying to be a driver! -- and also a criminal background check. I am a world-class parking-ticket-getter, but that's about all they'll find on either of those scores.

It's all just very frustrating. I wouldn't bother applying to these places if I didn't need a second job. It's unfair that they disqualify me right off the bat because of their perceptions of what I might be like, without actually meeting me.

I tell you what -- I went and spent part of my grocery money on Thai food and a good Wisconsin microbrew, because I'm sick of never getting to treat myself -- y'all come over and we'll have a proper pity party! :-) Dex started one on another thread, but we can move it over here.

Candy