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submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by mulcahey to c/workreform
 

This happens a lot: I apply for a job and they ask for my complete address. Why? I would understand if they just want to know what city/town I'm in: That has bearing on how easily I can get to the office.

But why do they need to know my street address?

The only thing I can think: Indeed/LinkedIn/take-your-pick is building a profile of me based on this info, using my street as a proxy for my income, credit score, or, ultimately, for my social class.

From now on, when they ask me, I'm just going to put a rich person's address. For this one I used a Brooklyn townhouse where Maggie Gyllenhaal and one of the Saarsgaards lives.

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[โ€“] plz1 21 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It could be innocuous, but the paranoid brain I have leads me to believe it's so they can attampt a background check based on where you live.

"maybe we don't want to hire someone from that neighborhood"

[โ€“] afraid_of_zombies 2 points 9 months ago

Could easily be both. I kinda feel like I ran into this once with a resume I saw that the person lived way too far away don't remember exactly.