Because, if I pay for something, I should have access to it. That includes the drug results. What if it came back with a false positive? How would I know?
Also, what if the background check has false information on it? What if someone stole my identity and I did not know about it? I had that happen to me. I was trying to get a contract job a Fort Knox, and they did a credit check on me and wanted to know when I lived in Florida. I have never lived in Florida. At that point they said I should contact one of the credit reporting agencies to verify my information. That is when I found out someone had stole my identity and charged up over $30K in medical expenses. You know how hard it is to let the company know that you are not the person they are trying to collect their charges from? I had to sign at least three affidavits stating that I was not the person who accrued those charges and that I never lived in Florida. Took two months to get this all straightened out. Seriously, it is not just the $50 or so dollars. It is the attitude that some of the recruiting companies get the idea that, "Hey, we can save money by passing these costs on the the prospective contractor." But this is before I even have accepted a contract. I know, the paperwork says that they will deduct those charges from the first paycheck, but I haven't even found out where the job is at, let alone what the payrate is. And by the way this recruiter sounded, when I talked to him, he didn't give me the payrate, or whether or not I was accepted by their client. Just sounded like he wanted to get a whole pool of people to accept this job/contract and then fill in the blanks, later. On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 2:04 PM, Maglinger, Paul <[email protected]>wrote: > I could see charging you up front and reimbursing you when you are hired. > You should have a good idea going into the job if you will pass or not. If > you pay for the test and fail, that’s your money wasted. If you’re hired, > what’s $50 to the employer compared to your salary? > > > > *From:* Daniel Rodriguez [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Wednesday, January 19, 2011 11:24 AM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* OT: Background Checks and Drug Test > > > > To all, > > I am looking at taking a contract position. I am currently talking to the > contracting rep about this position. He wants me to fill out some online > forms, standard stuff, but I am concerned about one of the forms. > > This form is a release for a Background Check and Drug Screening. Now, I > don't mind the background check or the drug test. But what kinda irks me is > that they want to charge $10 for the Drug Test and $25 for the Background > Check. What the form basically says, is, that I am giving the contracting > firm to deduct those amounts from my first paycheck. I am also hesitant in > filling out any forms for them, as they haven't told me what the payrate is > on this position. > > I thought all Background Checks and Drug Test charges where the > responsibility of the contracting company? > > What are your thoughts on this? > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
