Bingo. Most background check companies seem like literally the scummiest things in the world. I have no problem with a background check, but I don't trust these companies at all.
It would be a different story if people at companies of our ballpark size had stories about how background check results were informative, or mitigated some risk. But nobody has those stories.
It's funny how much fraud could have been prevented with simple background checks however. There's an entire podcast about financial fraud called "Oh My Fraud" about many instances where a simple background check might have prevented hundreds of thousands of dollars of fraud at charities. Ah well.
I understand the negative impact upon recidivism that background checks and stigma may have, but also we have to balance the interest of financial and information controls of organizations performing essential functions in society. Ideally speaking.
