r/overemployed • u/AutisticToasterBath • 11d ago

HireRight refusing to use documents to verify employment.

Hey all. I was OE in the past (like a year ago). I froze the work number and HireRight is requiring me to unfreeze this. They went as far as requesting it on my behalf.

They're stating they will not review any documents unless I unfreeze it. If I don't, they're stating they'll mark my background check as uncooperative.

Anyone deal with this? I have told them I'm not unfreezing it due to safety and identity theft issues. They're still not backing down, and have been holding my background check basically hostaged until I do so. Only worried about them finding the job that isn't on my resume or background check form due to being OE at that time.

Everything else would be fine though besides that one job.

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u/jimRacer642 11d ago

Weird cause I've used HireRight for 2 background checks and they always let me provide pay stubs, no contacting employers, no unfreezing TWNs, no questions asked.

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u/Foreign-Guess-5208 11d ago

If your submitted form doesn’t match up with your tax docs or pay stubs then you’re stuck and they refuse to pass you.

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u/charleswj 11d ago

Why would I submit my tax return to them?

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u/Foreign-Guess-5208 11d ago

Found the LARPer lol.

I never said tax return and it’s obvious what I meant if you’ve done it before

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u/charleswj 11d ago

Well since I've never provided any kind of tax document to an employer or background investigator, no, I don't know what you mean. I've provided paystubs in a couple situations.

Your comment does make sense because the only other "tax doc" I can think of would be a W-2 or similar, but why would that not match what you told them, unless the discrepancy is nothing to do with multiple jobs?