Providing bank statements / credit card bills for time spent on the bench???

[Alf W]

Agency on new gig has outsourced the confirmation of my references to a third party. However, this third party has now asked me to provide bank statements for the period I was on the bench as it was over a month.

Anyone else come across this sort of thing?

In times of richer pickings I'd tell them to shove it but I think I'll comply after liberal use of an indelible marker pen.

[HairyArsedBloke]

WTF!!!


No. Don't do it. Tell 'em to shove it.

[swamp]

Why?!

[KentPhilip]

I got this with a contract I am doing in the Netherlands. A little over-the-top but has not proved to be a problem (yet).

...Although funny you should say that - my new Dutch credit card has stopped working

Best advice is to stall them by saying things like the statement's in the post, or the cat ate your photocopier etc until you actually start working at the client. Only then can you be sure they are kosher and not identity thieves.

[Menelaus]

Agency on new gig has outsourced the confirmation of my references to a third party. However, this third party has now asked me to ?provide bank statements for the period I was on the bench as it was over a month.

Anyone else come across this sort of thing?

In times of richer pickings I'd tell them to shove it but I think I'll comply after liberal use of an indelible marker pen.

WTF?

Where are the client based? The ICO suggests that data should only be used as necessary and I'd suggest that this is wholly unnecessary.

[Alf W]

Article

Andy Church, managing director of Lorien, a specialist IT recruiter, says that after terrorist attacks in recent years, clients became concerned that they did not have enough information about their workforce.

"A significant number of our clients no longer accept the previously standard process of acquiring two references, and require stringent checks including credit, fraud, proof of residence, eligibility to work, proof of address, and criminal record checks," says Church. "In all cases, the process of obtaining the information for the screening is the responsibility of the agency."

Church says that if everything runs smoothly these checks take a minimum of 48 to 72 hours, but there can be delays, and the biggest drain on resources is the need to check references going back up to six years.

According to Church, the process has become so rigorous that to corroborate periods of inactivity or unemployment, for example, the agency may have to provide passport stamps to verify a candidate was travelling, and bank statements to prove there was no irregular activity. "In one extreme case," Church says, " a client insisted on viewing a death certificate when a candidate had been absent because his wife died."

A growth industry! Industrial paranoia,

[Menelaus]

Article



A growth industry! Industrial paranoia,

Andy Church, managing director of Lorien, a specialist IT recruiter, says that after terrorist attacks in recent years, clients became concerned that they did not have enough information about their workforce.

What a ****. And a pimp too. Quelle surprise.

****.

[HairyArsedBloke]

It's a good job I'm not contracting anymore. I'd never pass these tests.

I've spent the last ten years up to right dodgy things and covering my tracks. I've not been in chokey though despite my gags about it.

This has got out of control. Everybody has something in their lives that they are not particularly proud of.

During the recession many people will run into problems with debt. These tests will mean that they will never work again.

It's no wonder that they have to import so many workers. They are the only ones with no 'previous' and can pass the tests.

[MPwannadecentincome]

It's a good job I'm not contracting anymore. I'd never pass these tests.

I've spent the last ten years up to right dodgy things and covering my tracks. I've not been in chokey though despite my gags about it.

Care to share any stories?

So we don't make the same mistakes of course.

[HairyArsedBloke]

Care to share any stories?

So we don't make the same mistakes of course.

Er, nope.