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Comment by luckydata | Hacker News Reader

Whatever they do, they can't do worse than HireRight, the company with the most hilariously bad reviews I've ever seen in my life.

https://background-check-websites.no1reviews.com/user-review...

and

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/hireright-to...

and

https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2012/08/emplo...

They are the fucking worst.

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I used Checkr once for screening an employee and had a terrible experience. After two weeks, the check was still pending as they had to do some sort of manual process with the courts in Los Angeles to complete it. I didn't find their service useful because of the delays and was promised many times that the report would be done shortly. Eventually I gave up and went to another service. I asked for a refund after about two weeks and was told NO, because the check had already been initiated. I don't think it's an acceptable SLA (two weeks or more) for a background check - most services turn these around in a couple of days.

They're all pretty worthless. Checkr couldn't verify almost ANYTHING about my background. HireRight called my CURRENT employer for a job I had 8 years ago, said "unable to verify dates", then when I pointed out the obvious problem (they verified the exact dates of my current employment down to actual start date), they just closed the whole process with 'unable to verify'. Of course, none of it mattered, because the employers don't expect them to do a good job anyway, so they hire you regardless. But god forbid you actually have something in your background that needs research/explaining.

Wow, that's comical and sad at the same time.

I have a few friends that would always pass background checks in spite of having some issues in their past. Maybe this is how they lucked out.

It's quite sad that we (collectively) consider this "lucking out" - I don't want to assume your friends situations, but our collective consciousness leaves a permanent mark on their life for past mistakes.

And checkr is even more help in the saturated background check industry.

Actually, they did luck out. Usually, those companies report inaccuracies that tend to lose people jobs they completely deserve.

Is this company revenue tied to the amount of denials they do, as in, they charge per check and if the hire is made they stop making money? Halon's razor and all.

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