[prepend]

It seems unusual that the company would rely solely on theworknumber to verify employment. My equifax report shows me having two employers, one from 13 years ago and one from 16 years ago and doesn’t show my current employer.

So it seems unlikely that this is the only method the anonymous person whose story this is based on actually used that data.

Also, if someone has three jobs and violates one of the jobs employment agreement, then it makes sense that they are fired. That’s unethical. My employer doesn’t allow second jobs without ethics reviews and I’d be fired (or at least really chewed out) if I had a second job.

[owenmarshall]

When refinancing my mortgage last year, my lender pulled a report from theworknumber.

I had to submit paystubs and a 2021 W2 from my employer because it was hopelessly wrong, claiming my income was >60% lower than actual.

I locked it right then.

[FeaturelessBug]

This is really good to know- I shared this mainly as a warning to people who might be caught up in the same mess.

[George83728]

My guess is they probably didn't rely solely on this report, but confronted her with the report and she probably confessed and gave some excuse for it instead of saying "the report is wrong, call those other companies if you don't believe me".

Or maybe they actually did call those other companies and got verification from them.