Ask HN: New job at BigCo. Everything has friction

Re:Ask HN: New job at BigCo. Everything has friction by edmcnulty101 on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @08:27PM (#31676246)

I had the same issue. I got every W-2, a paycheck stub from every job, a boss contact from every job, all my school transcripts, and pretty much any and all paper work I could come up with and uploaded to the background check ppl.

Then I bugged the background check people literally every 2 to 3 days and asked the status.

I would push back your start date until it's confirmed though to be honest.

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Re:Ask HN: New job at BigCo. Everything has friction by drachun on Thursday June 09, 2022 @11:09PM (#31689523)

How long did it take you to finally get approved?

I don't even have a contact with the background people, I filled out information on the third party site, and they finished report within a day or two. But they couldn't reach the companies, and didn't ask me about any proof, just wrote a report that they couldn't reach them.

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Re:Ask HN: New job at BigCo. Everything has friction by edmcnulty101 on Friday June 10, 2022 @09:03AM (#31693495)

I had a company like that and my companies HR department handled it directly. It took me two weeks specifically because of that one company.

If you have w-2s, paycheck subs, and Boss contacts I think you HR company can handle it also.

Also you can make a W-2 online if you lost yours. just download the template and use a paycheck stub to fill it out.

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