I understand that if you are in the financial sector, that might be relevant (MIGHT--one could argue that our "billionaire" Commander in Chief is not that fiscally responsible--with his bankruptcies, would he be denied a job?)
But if anyone looked at my credit report in 1998 when I was taken out of the typing pool and given a great entree position as a market research analyst, I surely would not have gotten that job. But I argue that my financial status made me a very good employee. It is argued that one of the reasons Henry Ford wanted to extend credit to his employees to buy cars was because they were handcuffed to the job to pay the debts. That's where I was at that time--I was a PhD (Poor, Hungry, and Driven). I was desperate to get out of debt and so I worked my a$$ off. I think it's presumptuous to believe that an employee with bad credit is a bad employee. It simply is not relevant IMHO.
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When my dad worked at IBM many years ago, you could be fired for adultery. “If you’ll cheat on your wife, you’ll cheat your company.”
good luck ultralight!
Have we really changed that much from the days when people were fired for adultery, or have we just redefined moral turpitude? Google fired an engineer over his heterodox views concerning diversity. A corporate CEO got canned for making a contribution to the wrong side of a ballot initiative. A law professor lost one of his university posts for serving on the defense team in a sexual harassment case.
At work I will just have to be very careful about my language and never express any views that might be controversial.
If everything goes well tomorrow (Friday) is my last day at my current job. haha
Today I am packing up my apartment, like FREALZ!
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