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Website: http://www.hireright.com



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Skirting the law - filthy
23 June 2021
Reviewer: Tallndn from HENDERSON, NV

38 of 76 people found this review helpful

If you are retired, and have held a few odd jobs to "fill in time", hireright has absolutely no way of handling that.
the result is a kind of "defacto" age discrimination. but they can hide behind their incompetence as a perfect defense.

clever way for employers to discourage up-in-age and experience potential applicants.
dirty?
you bet.
effective?
absolutely.
conclusion: if you want to work for a devious and filthy emloyer (client of hireright) go for it. but can you convince yourself they will be only dirty in this one regard?
probably not.

In summary, I would not recommend Hire Right to a friend.



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Worst background check company - HireRight
12 November 2020
Reviewer: Aa from Singapore

41 of 82 people found this review helpful

It has been more than 4 weeks since I completed all the information required to start the background check process at HireRight and they still cannot complete the report.

Their applicant centre is useless with only 3 status, Form, Verification & Report & Review. Needless to say my application has been in Verification status for the past 3 weeks and counting.

My certification comes from an industry association of financial services in my country where all banks and most financial institutions are members of. I will be lodging an official complaint about my experience with HireRight. If they are not familiar with the industry association and accreditation in my country then they do not deserve to do business here.

I have only worked at international and public listed companies and never have I been put through such a terrible background screening process.

This is the first time a background check has taken this long and it reflects badly both on HireRight and the company using them that they made such a poor choice of vendor and have such low standards. I am ready to walk away from my current job offer after being put through this circus act of a background... (Read the full review)

In summary, I would not recommend Hire Right to a friend.



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Not so bad
18 August 2020
Reviewer: Incognito from Il

46 of 87 people found this review helpful

Admittedly I was upset with them for not being able to verify my education but it was ultimately my fault for putting a wrong number on the education verification form. I sent them my transcripts and with some help from the hr at my soon to be new company everything was completed.

In summary, I would recommend Hire Right to a friend.



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Azure consultant
29 April 2020
Reviewer: Anonymous from Usa

52 of 103 people found this review helpful

I just wanted to give -ve review for this. Be aware of this. The worst company doing background check. They cannot perform a simple thing also. They will ask you everything and at the end they will waste your time and money;

Sincere request to employer please donot use hirerights for background check.

In summary, I would not recommend Hire Right to a friend.



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Bad company
05 January 2020
Reviewer: Un Real from Usa

54 of 111 people found this review helpful

Hire right has me down for a company I never work for and another company I never driven for I never seen any good reviews about them I'm just adding to the list. The good ones you see are usually the managers

In summary, I would not recommend Hire Right to a friend.



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HireRight? More like HireShite
05 April 2019
Reviewer: Tron from San Francisco, CA, USA

64 of 124 people found this review helpful

HireShite seem to be completely incompetent at their soul function. I am basically doing the job for them to the point of rubbing their nose in it.

I repeatedly receive automated emails informing me that they can't do their job and I have to follow up by emailing or calling customer service and inform the mouth breathing Cletus on the other end on how to do their job.

A brief google search and it is no surprise that there are thousands of one star reviews and the FTC/BBB warns against using HireShite.

Looks like the FTC sued them for incompetence back in 2012. https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2012/08/employment-background-screening-company-pay-26-million-penalty

This unfortunately reflects poorly on the company that wants to hire me.

In summary, I would not recommend Hire Right to a friend.



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Cost me a job because of their gross negligence!
23 February 2018
Reviewer: F*doff from South Africa

70 of 144 people found this review helpful

HIRERIGHT'S GROSS NEGLIGENCE COST ME A JOB!!!

Despite having provided overwhelming written evidence of my professional qualification (including a certificate issued by court and correspondence from a governing body), HireRight could not verify this! How they would not be able to verify this from the documentation provided is beyond incomprehensible. They can really mess up your life!!

In summary, I would not recommend Hire Right to a friend.



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Secert Shopper Scam
18 December 2017
Reviewer: Tg from Va

69 of 131 people found this review helpful

There is a scam involving a company out of Irvine, Calif. Robert Lehman is the Coordinator.
This company sends out checks to be deposited in your bank account to do secret shopping at WalMart and Kroger stores. My credit union informed me of this tactic they use. Only to come back a week later and they withdraw the check and whatever you have in your account. Save all paperwork they send and turn it over to local authorities, Police!!

In summary, I would not recommend Hire Right to a friend.



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HireRight Should Reassess Their Entire Background Process
09 June 2016
Reviewer: Caviar Dreams from Los Angeles, CA

161 of 316 people found this review helpful

As you can see by ALL of the other reviews dealing with this company is a nightmare. I received an offer for a great position that I had been waiting for, for months! HireRight is the company that they used to do the background check.

First of all they were unable to contact/reach any of my last employers including a worldwide well known staffing agency. What was so crazy was the company that they were doing the background check for was the SAME company that had hired me previously through that staffing company. Yet and still they were unable to reach them to verify dates. So I had to provide a W-2's for them and two other companies that they "could not" reach. Thank God I kept all of those w-2's or I would have lost out on the position. They also falsely claimed they called one of my educational institutes I attended in the report and that they asked me for documentation and I refused. Which was a complete lie.

Thankfully since I did have proof of past employment by providing W-2's I successfully passed their: 'I- did-all-the-work-for-them background process' or they would have threw me under the bus... (Read the full review)

In summary, I would not recommend Hire Right to a friend.



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Second time a charm with HireRight? I'm guessing not
16 February 2016
Reviewer: Mad At Hireright from Atlanta

175 of 369 people found this review helpful

I had an interview with a company 3 years ago that used HireRight, Everything was completed between myself and the hiring company and I was to start on a Monday. The Friday before the starting date I was called by the HR dept. of the new company and told they could not hire me because HireRight had found something?? I needed to call and give HireRight the information they needed. When I called HireRight told me that they did not make the decision to hire or fire and I needed to talk to my HR department. I went round and round with HireRight and the new company for the rest of the day. I lost that job because of HireRight. THANK YOU HIRERIGHT YOU A**#^$%*.

Now I am interviewing with another company that is using this poor excuse of a background company and some of the same issues are occurring that happened three years ago. If I loose another position because of HireRight I believe that I will be contacting the EEOC, and I have already sought legal council on this matter.

This is the WORST excuse for a background checking service I have ever had the misfortune of dealing with. I... (Read the full review)

In summary, I would not recommend Hire Right to a friend.



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