I work for one of the largest financial companies in the U.S. in the mutual fund sector. There are real, legitimate concerns with so much money involved. To me, asking for my fingerprints wasn't an outrageous request. I think I could have argued it was superfluous, but not unreasonable.
I'm not saying every company is in this boat, indeed most probably are not. In most cases it probably is ridiculous to ask for such things. In some cases though, like my company, a full background check doesn't seem crazy to me.
-- Frank W. Zammetti Founder and Chief Software Architect Omnytex Technologies http://www.omnytex.com
Luiz Esmiralha wrote:
In my country, it's against the law to take your fingerprints unless you are accused of a crime and only the police can do it. It's a great disrespect to treat an employee as a criminal. You shouldn't have to prove yourself innocent, rather THEY should have to prove you guilty.
On Sat, 11 Dec 2004 11:38:39 -0400, Derek Broughton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Friday 10 December 2004 16:57, Jim Barrows wrote:
Just found out that the 800lb brass monkeys have decided that it's a good idea to do full background and checks on all their employees. Which has got to be the dumbest thing ever been done to me as a contractor or employee...
so what's the stupidest thing a company has ever done to YOU?
That was it. Complete with fingerprint checks because they claimed they couldn't tell from knowing my date and place of birth whether I actually had a criminal record. Never mind that the _police_ told me they knew I didn't. -- derek
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