Why does a prospective employer need my address?

Submitted ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨mulcahey@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨workreform@lemmy.world⁩

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This happens a lot: I apply for a job and they ask for my complete address. Why? I would understand if they just want to know what city/town I’m in: That has bearing on how easily I can get to the office.

But why do they need to know my street address?

The only thing I can think: Indeed/LinkedIn/take-your-pick is building a profile of me based on this info.

From now on, when they ask me, I’m just going to put a rich person’s address. For this one I used a Brooklyn townhouse where Maggie Gyllenhaal and one of the Saarsgaards lives.

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Kolanaki@yiffit.net ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
To mail you shit…? Out of all the things an employee can ask, your address is one the least shady. 🤨

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- tkohldesac@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  If I was employed by the employer, 100% they’ll get the address. This is for an APPLICATION. That you don’t even know for sure is the actual company. I hope people aren’t just giving their address out to any faceless “person” on the Internet that asks.
  
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- AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  It’s so they can weed out potential applicants that are experiencing homelessness.
  
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tkohldesac@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I think they’re just trying to verify that you’re from a country they want to hire from and that you have a physical address. I just give them City Hall’s address because it’s in my same zip code and I doubt anyone’s going to verify that I physically live there.

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- snooggums@midwest.social ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  
  and that you have a physical address.
  
  Homeless people need not apply!
  
  Businesses are often required to do some things by mail, but also judge people’s reliability based on where they live. Another atupid hurdle for people having housing issues trying to get a job so they can afford housing.
  
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  - tkohldesac@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    100% agree, they don’t want the filthy poors to be anything but filthy and poor.
    
    Zip code I understand but FULL ADDRESS? I think not.
    
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plz1@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
It could be innocuous, but the paranoid brain I have leads me to believe it’s so they can attampt a background check based on where you live.

“maybe we don’t want to hire someone from that neighborhood”

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mrfriki@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
When I was looking for jobs I realized that many employees asked this data to assess the distance from your home to the workplace and try to determine if you will be “happy “ on the long term or if you will quit for a job that was closer to your home. It was local jobs anyway.

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Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
To mail you documents related/associated with your employment? Not really unheard of to receive 401k/insurance/other benefits mail.

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- numberfour002@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Companies aren’t mailing taxes, tax documents, or 401k/insurance/benefits docs to someone just because they applied for a job, though.
  
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  - Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Fair point! I misread this, I’ll edit my comment.
    
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- AA5B@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I doubt it’s a background check. Those cost actual money, so why do one before you need to?
  
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  - Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Everyone and their mother in entry level job postings I can remember (2016-2020 ish range, so may have changed) had a caveat of passing a background check. This being in a relatively wealthy suburb, too. I imagine there’s some sizeable kickbacks from the companies doing them.
    
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r00ty@kbin.life ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Just put their office address in. If they query, just say "Yes, I'm already living there so you may as well give me a job while I'm there".

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OutOfMemory@sh.itjust.works ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Background check?

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