Losing Offer Over Background Check?

Hi all,

My firm is going to request my references and employment history prior starting FT.

However, I was never officially employed with one of my employers, just worked for free and the boss said he will provide a reference when needed. However, it is a big PWM firm that has HR. If background check finds out I was never officially on papers, am I fucked?

As well, I got a return for one of my internships because I actually tried, when I came back for the second internships, they rescinded my full time offer because I was not interested, as I got an offer for my BB. They saw I stopped caring and figured just not extend FT since I did not even plan on coming, is this an issue?

And last, I just briefly worked with people on all of my internships, did not really connect with anyone really, how can I make sure they actually provide a good reference and not try and fuck me over?

Thank you

4 Comments
 

For FT positions out of undergrad I’ve never seen the background check ask for references in the way you describe them. If they reach out to a reference (which is far from certain) it’ll be limited to something like ‘Did Jonny work here’ ‘Yes/No’.

I wouldn’t sweat it.

 

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