[anxx]

I agree that employers are way too nosy these days. Drug tests, background checks, credit score checks are personal; employers shouldn't be able to request them even. It should be taboo, like asking religion.

The need to reduce the risk of hiring a bad employee should not come at the expense of the privacy of all employees. The risk should be on the business to make the interview process tougher, to reach out to their connections and check the person's references, to follow their hired employees carefully to make sure they're not embezzling or muffing things up.

[newbie12]

It is not just a personal matter if someone has a criminal background or routinely doesn't pay their bills. Credit scores are a statistically significant indicator of other kinds of behavior-- for example, people with better credit are also likely to be safer drivers, which is why insurance companies use them.