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		maxlamb on April 11, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I worked at Google for -10 days Were these companies startups or outside the U.S.? I’ve never heard of a big company doing a background check after start date, that makes no sense.

RussianCow on April 11, 2023 | [–]

These were US-based startups, to be clear. I would be surprised if very many larger companies did it this way since they generally have a formal process for this.

licebmi__at__ on April 11, 2023 | [–]

Bank of America did this for outside US contractors.

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