Comments | ontd_political: Discrimination against those with bad credit is possibly about to end

akuma_river in ontd_political

Discrimination against those with bad credit is possibly about to end

Mar 01, 2010 22:58

States may ban credit checks on job applicants
By KATHLEEN MILLER, Associated Press Writer Kathleen Miller, Associated Press Writer - Mon Mar 1, 1:42 pm ET

ANNAPOLIS, Md. - It's hard enough to find a job in this economy, and now some people are facing another hurdle: Potential employers are holding their credit histories against them.

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economics, credit, jobs, law

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schexyschteve March 2 2010, 05:16:18 UTC

Good! Your credit score has nothing to do with your job. I hate that the credit score has become this almighty number.

tanya1976 March 2 2010, 05:18:02 UTC

exactly

peacetrains March 2 2010, 05:26:22 UTC

empressfunk March 2 2010, 05:30:21 UTC

Same. Such bullshit--how can you possibly work on improving your credit score if you have no job to help pay your bills?

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tanya1976 March 2 2010, 05:17:49 UTC

I do. Hard times are hard times. My credit is shoddy because I'm not employed full-time or permanently. I live in Southern CA (I don't have to say more). I can't afford to pay back the majority of my student loans because I can't choose between them and feeding my family. Credit checks do not mean a person would make a good employee.

mary_shelley77 March 2 2010, 05:24:24 UTC

Ban this shit NOW.

layweed March 2 2010, 05:24:32 UTC

I'm a little puzzled by why you would be discriminated against when getting a job because of your credit history.

gnomenapper March 2 2010, 05:30:39 UTC

Apparently it shows bad character and that you're a thief. I shit you not. Bad credit for some companies means you "stole services you couldn't pay for"

jwaneeta March 2 2010, 17:24:06 UTC

Which is crazy because there are eight zillion reasons a person could get bad credit that have nothing to do with "stealing services you couldn't pay for." Grr.

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enflmdphnx March 2 2010, 09:42:38 UTC

Cell phone companies are the fucking worst. The "early termination fee" that is basically just giving them money for no reason. I can think of no purpose that they would need you to pay an early termination fee. Or why you need to enter into a contract for the service. And then if you don't pay the early termination fee, they'll just keep charging you the monthly service and late fees each month even though you're not using the phone anymore!