Even in the difficult-to-fire federal world, employees have been fired for being unable to pass security clearance.
A story for FederalNewsRadio.com written by Suzanne Kubota says that:
If you can’t pay your bills, you can’t keep your job.
That’s what it has come down to for 39 employees at the Defense Finance and Accounting Service. The employees have been terminated or indefinitely suspended after they were found “ineligible” to meet security requirements of the job.
The article titled “DFAS employees fired after security review” goes on to mention that the decision to fire those employees included background checks. The article does not specify how the background checks were performed but did give this information:
The background checks included financial delinquencies, bankruptcies, liens, tax liens and the like.
It seems likely that the DFAS performed a credit check on these current employees to determine whether they were able to meet the security requirements of their job.
Though the article states that it is “unusual” for an employee to be removed from their job for strictly financial issues, it may be a harbinger of things to come. Or it might be a new way for difficult-to-fire employees to be removed from their post.
Either way, in this current market, whether you have a job or are currently looking for a job, taking care of your credit is becoming a bigger part in job security.
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I definitely agree. Credit Scores are becoming a much more critical part of everyday life.
I can see where the pressures while having financial difficulties might become a security risk for certain positions, but firing doesn’t take into account there are many temporary issues that can cause poor credit scores.
The background checks included financial delinquencies, bankruptcies, liens, tax liens and the like.
Forcing people out of jobs because of lower credit scores and delinquent accounts is not going to help our economy. The more people who are out of work, the more spending stops, the more people on unemployment benefits, food stamps or welfare. And what about the people who resort to crime? We must ask ourselves, do we really want to make it harder on our people and the economy. Maybe employees need to start carrying guns to work, so that when they get that discriminatory pink slip, they can just blow the bosses friggin head off.
I’m undergoing a security clearance check now, because of my bad credit caused by a recent divorce, I will probably be unemployed by the end of the year, have 27 years of government service, its just a RIF tool !!!!
I have counseled my clients regularly that your credit report can break you or make you when it comes to a job. Most people fail to take their credit issues seriously until something important like a job is taken away from you. I’m sorry to see what happen at that firm, but there is hope. A person can always bounce back restore their credit.
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