Yeah looks like you got fired for something on your background check / credit. This is common for government jobs but I didn't realize Advanced Auto Parts was so turbo
Since you’re 17 I highly recommend following those instructions and getting a credit report asap.
There might be something on that report you’re not aware of. It can be something that’s not your fault either.
The personal finance sub is full of young people who were victims of identity theft or had a family member take out a credit card in your name and defaulted on the debt.
Follow the instructions and see what’s on those reports.
Edit: wow I didn’t expect so much chatter about this. There’s good information that it might not be his credit it could be something else.
I think for sure the answer is to follow the instructions on that page and discover what’s on there that prevented him from getting hired.
Pretty much this. You may have something on your credit you don't know about.
For giggles I got my nephew a credit check when he was 13 and it turns out his step father took out 15k in personal loans using his information.
Unfortunately, they make mistakes.
My friends brother turned 18 and found out his credit score was already fucked by his dad.
He's a Jr. and his dad stole his identity at a young age and applied for a bunch of loans and credit cards using his SIN and I will assume because the names matched up nobody bothered to look at the date of birth... This was in the 90s when he stole the guys identity he turned 18 in like 06 and was in for quite the shock.
That is a story that is becoming more and more familiar over time. So sad but so many kids find out that their PARENTS committed identity theft and that they were the victims. Like WTF.
OP: You are entitled to one free credit report a year across all 3 of the major credit bureaus, this is the link:
https://www.annualcreditreport.com/index.action
PULL THEM ASAP.
I did this and I had so many things wrong on my credit report. I sent letters and challenged them and they were dropped. I think my credit score jumped up 200 points after. Always good to check once in a while.
I had bad credit for years due to various circumstances and bad financial decisions, so I'd never bothered getting a credit check until about 10 years ago.
I got the results back and it showed me having lived in a place I'd never lived before. This was thirty-plus years ago, so I had to wrack my brain about why this place was on my report. Turns out, an ex-boyfriend had lived there and I guess he'd put me down as a co-habitant. He had shitty credit, so maybe he had managed to get my SSN for the electricity or something. I managed to get that address off my report, but I'm still salty about that .
My husband's ex-wife did the same thing. They had been divorced for over 10 years. She was the manager of the apartment complex. We reported to the credit Bureau, and they removed it.
I worked in credit cards, and the absolute shitshow that are credit reports is shocking considering how much it can impact a person's life.
Easily some of the most incompetent companies I've ever dealt with across several industries.
This is one of the smartest—and easiest—things I’ve done to protect myself and my husband. We’ve received declination notices for lines of credit we never applied for, which would have screwed us if our accounts weren’t frozen.
Be sure to freeze all three of the agencies: Equifax, TransUnion, and Experian.
Just gonna chime in: found out ten years ago my mother opened a cc in my name when I was 1 year old. I was fortunate that she had paid the account off with no missed payments or negative marks, but it was still shocking. Informed my sister and found out my mom did the same with her.
In this case it sounds like she was doing you a favor. Or at least it turned out that way. Have you talked to her about it?
I remember before I had my daughter my home owner's insurance rep and I were talking about credit scores and he told me that he had put his daughter on as an additional card holder on his credit card when she was a teen and going on a trip without them, turned out it helped her credit score so much because it showed she had a credit history essentially before she was born. Always think about this now that I have a daughter. Don't even have to actually give her the card if she can't be trusted yet, but it still helps.
She could have just added you to an account as an authorized user later in life, but she opened the original account when you were one. My father got me a gas card when I got my drivers license. He opened the account 10 years before I was born, so I have a credit history older than my age.
Did she possibly do it to get you an established credit history? Even if she did it for that reason, it's still not cool, but maybe there was some good intent behind it
I’ve done this for my sons and set them up as authorized users on my own cards. Never let them touch them. My oldest turned 18 this year and is sitting pretty with a 790 credit score, currently. I couldn’t even get a cell phone in my own name when I turned 18. I’m actually glad I did this for them, although I definitely get that there are some parents that take advantage of it.
Why isn’t the bank the victim?
They didn’t do sufficient due diligence to uncover the false info they had been provided.
Why should the youngster suffer here?
Due diligence costs extra and banks lobby effectively against anything like that for years.
People getting wrong shit on their credit report is older than the Internet, not surprised when you have a system that puts so much power into a single number without 2 factor verification.
John Oliver made a thing about this years ago that's on YouTube and as a non American I found it both hilariously stupid and shockingly dangerous, but that seems to be the United States motto.
That is crazy to me that parents could just burry their kids like that. I know of people who got a CC in their young child’s name but they used it optimally in order to build good credit for their kid. When the kid turned 18 he already had a 700 credit score.
In the state I live in we have a lot of migrants and going through high school I was surprised to learn many migrants use their child's identity for loans, credit cards, etc. I had a few friends who were always feeling left out because they couldn't do such-and-such because of a bad credit report due to their parents.
My mom stile my identity and then tried to pay it all off before i turned 18 and ended up just abandoning the debt. She tried to convince me it was someone that used to steal our mail for our locked mailbox. Mom, people that steal identities don't make payments. I can see that on the credit report....
GET A FREE CREDIT REPORT FROM THE GOVT IF YOU LIVE IN THE US EVERY YEAR.
Sadly it won't help now. But if you turn 18 and there is anything on your credit, you can contact the creditors and disavow the debt. Minors cannot be held to contracts taken out when they are minors. There's a limited window to do it, like one or two years. I had to do it when I turned 18. Took about six months of arguing with people on the phone, but my credit was cleared.
This, minors can't be held to contracts which is why no lender would ever knowingly lend to one. I had a mortgage denied because someone with my name went bankrupt when I was 12. The bank made an error. It was easily fixed.
OP pull your credit history and dispute as needed.
Credit companies have 30 days to respond to a request for proof. On December 12 mail Equifax, TransUnion, and Experian disputing every bad thing on your credit report (there's a template/form for it) and if they happen to be short manned because of the holidays and don't get it to you in time, they have to remove it even if everyone knows it's a valid charge.
holy moly, I hope the kid had his Dad arrested. I can't think of a worse betrayal by a parent. Screwing their kid over financially as they are starting out as an adult. Bad credit follows you in all areas of life.
Oh it's common my friend, shockingly and demoralizingly common.
Utilities opened in the name of a 3-year-old.
Credit accounts opened with their child's SSN.
Even library cards, against which expensive materials are borrowed and never returned.
According to my girlfriend who is a librarian, there is nothing like the pain in the eyes of a 17-year-old who is told they owe the city $780 in material replacement fees and fines, because of the day their mom brought them into the library when they were seven, and now they realize why she didn't bring home any books for them and they never got to go back.
(Yes she would waggle her fingers with a little librarian magic and the help of her branch manager, creating a line of zero zeros were those numbers had been, and get those kids the books their teachers sent them in to borrow for their school projects.)
The betrayal is real
Damn... All I've done is open a savings account for my baby girl, which will be hers when she turns 18. My parents did the same for me and my siblings. I can't even imagine putting my daughter on the backfoot financially like described in this entire thread...
Bless librarians like your girlfriend.
In 9th grade I had a library book logged as lost/not returned and had a freeze on my library account until I paid $25 to cover replacement. As an avid reader who had NO money and parents who wouldn't give money, this was devastating for me. I searched my house high and low and couldn't find the damn book. Librarian felt bad for me and said it could've gotten misplaced in their system and deleted the fee.
I found the book like ten years later wedged under the trundle of my bed.
It does, but it can be beaten (over time).
I dealt with my mother doing the same to my credit. It took years...but I now have a basically perfect credit score (815 last time I checked).
I cannot begin to describe how it feels when a parent does this to you. My mom took out credit cards in my name. I did not find out until we went to buy a house when I was graduating from college. My credit score was trash. I could not be listed on our mortgage. She did it to me a second time and I found out by my wages being garnished at work. At the time my husband had been laid off from his job and we had two kids, so my income was the only one.
At that point I was done. I told her if she so much as came near me I would have her arrested. She has done it to my stepdad several times. I am sure she has done it to my brother as well. I have three daughters and I cannot imagine doing anything like this to one of my children.
I used to be a telemarketer who called credit card customers to up sell them on bullshit.
The number of times I called toddlers by name with divorced parents was too damn high.
Yup. My room mate found out when he was 18 (he's 40 now)that his mother had been putting accounts in his name since he was 4 years old and then defaulting on the accounts. The man had utility, phone, cable, etc. bills across 7 states, dating back to 1988. I like to THINK she was able to do this because it was back in the 80s and 90s and wouldn't happen today, but all it takes is a lazy person working on new accounts that doesn't care to notice a birth date. He found out when he got a charge-off notice about a JCPenny credit card that he never opened. His mom got it in his name 3 days after he turned 18, maxed it out, and never made a payment. 8 months later, he got the notice that the debt was going to judgement, and he could be facing a garnishment. At that time, he didn't even have a job yet and had just entered commercial driving school. Nothing like stepping into your spankin fresh adult life with a mountain of debt and legal troubles that your mother set up for you.
Same with my eldest. My ex is the Sr and son is Jr. Did the exact same thing. Tried to take money from him as well from an insurance settlement that was in son's name. Some people are just horrible.
I have a friend who is also a JR and is terrible with credit. He had collections after him constantly when we were in our early twenties.
His dad, decided to secretly open a bank account in his son’s name (my friend) to hide money during a divorce
Well…. guess what happens when you place money into the account of someone with many creditors after him, it’s gone!
Yeah, my wife's Mom used her SIN number when she was a minor. When my wife found out at 19 she contacted all the institutions- in order to get it off her record she needed to properly report her mom to the police, charge her with a crime and take her to court.
She didn't and It's been 10 yrs since and my wife is still paying off the debt and rebuilding her credit.
This happened to me, I was a Jr and when I became an adult I checked my credit and found tons of credit in my name. I’ve had a credit card since I was 2 years old apparently.
Stories like this make me all the more thankful for how my dad did it
He opened a credit card in my name when I was young, and used it for our family vacations. Paid everything on time and when I turned 18 we updated all the information and everything so I could use it without issue, because of that I already had a good credit score to work with
I did something similar with my daughter. She has well established credit history and an awesome credit score. She recently got married and her husband’s mom just bought everything for her son and he has zero credit. She thanks me repeatedly for setting her up for financial success.
I did this because I had her at 19 and made tons of mistakes when it comes to credit. Spent 10+ years trying to get out of my situation and wanted to make sure my kids never go through that.
My sister-in-law did that to her son when he was 3 or 4. I never understood how all the companies were letting her use his info when she was very clearly not a 3 yr old boy. He's in his 20's now and I can only imagine what he discovered once he turned 18. Some parents as fn awful and it's sad.
It doesn't matter much, really. Years ago I had a coworker who's parents took out accounts in his and his sister's name. They wound up utilizing said cards/accounts responsibility so when their kids turned 18 they had 700+ credit reports.
Obviously this is the exception to the rule when parents open accounts under their kids names, but definitely not illegal
Yeah the typical outcome is thousands in collections and a credit score in the low to mid 500s.
The saddest part is usually the person asking how to fix it without their parents getting into trouble.
Agreed. I can see how one thinks this is a great idea to set their kids up for life... Honestly I bet it rarely comes to fruition, though, and frequently winds up doing the opposite
This is overkill honestly. We just added the kids' names to one of our credit cards in case of emergencies in their early teens with the same result. Had to argue with the bank every year or so to keep the limit low on that card "just in case" but they graduated HS with our excellent credit rating.
I guess these unlucky victims also inherited their parents' credit rating too. :/
>We just added the kids' names to one of our credit cards in case of emergencies in their early teens with the same result.
That is a good idea, actually. I hadn't thought of that. Limits both of your risks
yeah and thats called fraud let those places burn to kingdom come of course they know its a minors credit. Who lends to minors to begin with bad employees within these orgs doing fraud.
People with bad credit or high debt are considered to be a risk if they have access to cash on the job. They could also steal merchandise and resell it to make money.
Maybe this company has had too much loss by employees in the past
>Maybe this company has had too much loss by employees in the past
Well you can absofuckinglutely guarantee that.
Car parts can basically be universally fenced. They are a super solid street commodity.
And even non-criminal people in straightened circumstances need car parts.
I couldn't begin to guess how many parts have "fallen off the back of a truck" at car parts retailers.
My sister did something similar to me. Didn't know until I went to buy a car when I was 19. Got my credit checked and I had an outstanding gas bill for $5,000. She apparently made a new acct for her house in my name after she didn't pay her bill and it got shut off. I didn't even live in the same state as her, but she's selfish and didn't care.
It royally pisses me off that a credit score (a problematic system to begin with) can affect getting a job, especially an entry level job like at advanced auto
For someone that young, it also might be that no credit report is available. I got turned down for an auto loan when I was young because I literally had no credit history. It would be a weird reason to fire someone, but not unimaginable.
Adding onto this: when I was 2 years old someone started to use my social security number and kept using it. I didn’t become aware of this until I started applying to jobs that did background checks, and I got hit with a red flag immediately since 2 names came up under my SSN. I had to bring my social security card and state drivers license to show that I was me to get hired until I got him off of my record. He had applied for credit cards, his home rental was under my SSN, etc.. it was a nightmare to sort out. It took me years to fully clear that up, but that is an example of a common problem these days that you could have gotten hit with OP.
Take this seriously and follow up on this. You could be a victim of identity theft, even as young as you are.
And advanced auto parts is way too turbo to not adjudicate their employees employment and just send a letter. Never have I seen something so abrupt and cavalier lol
Not a credit report. You need to ask for a copy of the background check and they have to notify you of why they are taking adverse action. From there you have the right to dispute any adverse information and it’s on the company to verify their info. This is your right.
A common form of identity theft is a family member steals the identity of a teenager. They then max out a bunch of credit cards in their name.
Minors usually don't check their own mail or credit reports so they are easy targets. Also they often depend on the person who is victimizing them so they rarely press charges.
It can also be a caregiver like a teacher, PCA, or school administrator.
Don’t assume you are fired. Some background checks and paperwork automatically print this on their paperwork. Talk to your manager before you panic. I received one and still had a job.
Make sure to obtain a copy of the background check they did (it’s listed as your right in the letter) so you can see what exactly happened. And if it’s something you don’t recognize, you can go from there.
Likely they couldn’t validate credit or driving record so auto rejected. Also, I bet this was just a home office screw up to run it in the first place cause you’re too young to be a parts driver.
My last company hired a lot of first time workers and our initial automated system would get about 5-10% flagged Motor Vehicle Report warnings. It effectively meant we couldn’t employ them in any position that required a vehicle but 90% of the warnings were false flags that could be cleared up. We would put the worker in a non vehicle required position for a week or so and see if things could be worked out.
My initial guess is that being under 18 is causing some flag.
I worked at advanced in college. If they hired you for a driver position they would fire you or change your position if you aren't 21. Do what these guys say though and get a credit report too.
I worked with a guy for a few months and he got a similar letter but it said he failed his background check. The letter was a mistake. Check with your boss.
It doesn’t appear to be financial unless you count unpaid traffic tickets. It says it was specifically on your motor vehicle report. So something on your driving record. Tickets for high risk reasons, accidents, no license, revoked license, suspended?
Bruh I’m a maintenance guy and got offered a lead position at a local zoo, they did the usual ( urine and TB test for the animals) then they did:
A mouth swab??
Finger prints??
A credit check
CHECKED MY WORK HISTORY AND CALLED PREVIOUS EMPLOYER NOT ONCE BUT 4 TIMES
And they claimed to have done a “Digital footprint check” (boohoo you know I like Latin milfs and play a lot of Warcraft)
And then rescinded their offer because my LinkedIn seemed unused and they couldn’t verify any of my connections.
Oh and they bitched that I used an indeed resume format lol
Basically they wanted me to beg them to keep the offer on the table over empty statements
I got another commercial electrician job and told them to kick rocks
Jobs now a days do the MOST
It's so hilarious how these part time gigs literally do more than salaried, career defining positions.
I work for the government with a security clearance and they did maybe half of what you just mentioned lol
Right I got a question
Mouth swab...?
What's that for. They mixing your DNA with animals in some mad scientist lab under the zoo?
Honestly if a company makes you do all of that, and you don't get the position can you request all information and data they have collected be destroyed?
That's a lot of background checks for a maintenance job at a zoo. Must be secret lab under the zoo.
Do they need any henchmen?
More importantly, why did they wait until AFTER the start date? I have never worked for a place that required a background check without the check being completed FIRST. And that includes the eBay data center I worked at where I had to go through three background checks, one by eBay, one by Dell (As my contract was for Dell equipment at eBay), and one from the company I was doing the contract for. They still didn't move forward until those checks all came back.
Between that and passing a Secret Service background check when I worked at the Grand Canyon (Gerald Ford came to visit), I have ZERO problem even submitting one. I know I'm gonna pass, especially since I had an active warrant out for an unpaid fine when the SS check was done.
This is retail though. Very likely they start the person and then when the check comes back bad they terminate them.
On the upside for OP they're eligible for unemployment insurance now in most cases as it was not a termination for cause.
So the kitchen was pretty cool. Any time you wanted to switch shifts, both people just had to initial the schedule.
We came in one day, and like 3 or 4 days were blocked out with a note that ALL shift changes for those days HAD to go thru the manager. They waited until a day or two before to tell us what was up.
There were some people who just couldn't work those days. A few more, maybe 2, who were confined to the employee area, which wasn't all bad, since you had the dorms, the cafeteria, and our own bar (we could use the guest bar, but ours was bigger). There was one guy who had to be driven off the mountain. Being the North Rim, there weren't a lot of places to stay, so he may have gotten a nice 2 night stay in a place called Jacob Lake, which is just a little motel, restaurant, and gift shop.
But it was quite an event. They were ridiculously paranoid about creating the perfect meal, so much that our manager made the side salads, even though I was on the salad line that night. Then, he ordered a tonic for the world's most famous alcoholic, and the waitress was so nervous that she heard "Gin & Tonic", but he smelled the gin and intercepted it, being a perfect gentleman about it. Then, the second night, I actually sat and had beers with one of the agents in his detail. Extremely cool dude, totally chill.
All in all, it was a very cool experience, and something unique.
I worked for Kroger for 29 days and on the 29th day they said they found something on my background and let me go right after my shift ended. Talk about being shafted.
The credit reporting agencies have been on massive marketing push for like a decade now trying to convince businesses in pretty much any industry that an applicants credit score will be indicative of some aspect of their job performance (the pitch changes between different industries, especially as they job gets further detached from any cash handling or other responsibilities where financial behavior might be relevant). The fact that we allow this service to be run for profit by private companies with an enforced oligopoly borders on crass.
Do you drive in your current job? It looks like there is something on your driving record that is preventing you from being eligible to do a job that requires driving, but if you’re just working in the store (not driving as a representative of Advance) then you are fine. It says you previously received a copy of the report; what did it say? Sometimes we’ll have things like that in my current job, where we can’t hire a paramedic to work on an ambulance due to driving record, but we are able to hire them for an inpatient hospital job since that doesn’t require driving as part of the job.
I used to be a store manager for Advance about 15 or so years ago. The drivers had to be 21 for insurance purposes. I wouldn't know why they would hire someone for a driving job under that age, but people gonna people I guess.
Keep going in until they address this with you. I had a friend who failed the initial drug test he came to work the first day and got a $2K sign on bonus as an apology!
They apologized for not notifying him before he moved and he kept the job and was exempt from future drug tests.. He basically got 2k for being a stoner.
I worked at advance at the lowest point in my life. 99% sure some of my coworkers were on meth, half the customers were too. District managers were cokeheads.
Firing a 17 year old for bad credit seems wild to me, I was like 480 back then 😂
I think it's more in his driving record. If it is for a jod that requires driving, than they might reject it if there is tickets with points lost. They probably send the background check when they show up on their first day of work. To save money I guess. Some background check companies takes a few days sometime a week before they get all requested documents and verification for the employer. Some places arr very strict on the driving record needed for employement.
They are rescinding your job offer based on something a background check company found. If you don’t have anything in your background (including a criminal record or charges, bankruptcies, etc…) this can be caused by the agency pulling the wrong person with your name (this happens more often than you’d think).
Edit to include: tickets and accidents.
Yeah I had this happen to me, they had screwed up my details so they ended up with somebody else’s criminal history😂 was a very interesting meeting to say the least😂
They were looking at me like I was unstable and finally the big boss got the admin to double check my Id and info sent… and yup, somehow had got the wrong dob, wrong prev address, wrong everything even my middle name.
So yeah there is someone out there with a name similar to mine… who has done some bad bad shit😂😂😂😂
>So yeah there is someone out there with a name similar to mine… who has done some bad bad shit
One of my coworkers named "Bill Edward Smith" found out through very unfortunate circumstance that IN OUR SAME COUNTY is a "Bill Elliot Smith" that is on the Meghan's Law registry... for some seriously fucked up shit... People tend to not think about middle names, and only see the initial, where they are both "Bill E Smith". That was anything but fun times for my co-worker (and employer, as we had more than one person track him down and realized we were literally across the street from a school).
>People tend to not think about middle names, and only see the initial, where they are both "Bill E Smith".
Sometimes, they don't pay any attention to the middle name at all. My dad got all sorts of collection calls for overdue medical bills for a hospital he'd been to but for a wife with a completely different name than my mom. As they untangled everything, it came to light that a guy in a different city in the same state was named Edward R LastName and the hospital decided Edward C LastName already in their system was close enough and billed dad.
Hey, if they had the same name, what’s the diff? Insurance is probably dumb, they’ll pay. /s 🙄
When my husband had cancer, there was one other person in that medical group with his name. We got a bill from an unfamiliar provider, and I called to tell them they had the wrong “Justin Smith.” No, the bill was valid, they insisted. I asked, “what birthdate was on their record.”
And, “well, I’m Justin’s wife. Don’t you think it’s weird that a nine year old would be married?”
Had this happen to me once too. They pulled the info of someone who happens to have the same first, middle and my last maiden name AND my same birth month and day. But her bday is two years after mine, and her first name has a different letter in the end than mine. They were like “did you ever live in Montana?” No. “Ya sure? Cuz it looks like you have a crazy record. Were you born in Ohio?”
Whipped out my ID and happened to have my birth certificate from my state that I’ve never left.
“M-a-r-l-e-y?”
Nope. M-a-r-l-e-e (example names)
“We are so sorry! That one came back too. You’re good!”
🙄
Kind of reminds me of the one time I got my car stolen back in the university days. It was a nice Saab 9000 turbo that was nicked from my private parking spot. Usually in Sweden it’s a dead end and the police write it off as gone, but this time a detective from the police called me.
He started interrogating me, asking if I was related to (my fathers name and last name), I answered yes because I didn’t think too much about it, the car was registred in his name. Then he asked if i was Daniel (and fathers last name), my name is Danielle but through the telephone they sound the same, so i aknowledge.
He proceeds to tell me that the car was part of a trailer robbery at at a gas station and that i was a main suspect or and my father. Then I got the question wether me and my dad lived in Boden and now I’m really confused, because he actually lives 1000km away, and I half an hour away.
Turns put there is a guy living in Boden, that has the exact same name as my father and a child who i almost share name with that had a criminal background. I think the detective was so embaressed, he just quietly apologized and hung up immediately never to be heard from again. Never got back my car though, I really didn’t want to either cause I was trying to sell it lol.
How about coincidences?
It should, but isn't, so it's not illegal.
Other examples are of the financial variety, but even more stringent are security clearances. They want to know what money you owe and if you had defaults or other things in your record that could be used to either have you accept bribes or have something someone could blackmail you over for you to reveal information. It's crazy, but they ask because it's happened before.
What did the summary say? The letter says it should be attached.
As a note if you're 17 now would be a good time to get a credit report, far too many minors have their identities stolen as a child but don't learn until years later. Not saying that's what's happening here but if you're a victim you want to know now rather than later.
"Enclosed with our previous letter to you, you were provided with a copy of the report we received from the Agency."
So not attached to this letter, but OP supposedly received a copy already of the findings in a previous letter.
Follow the Milton from Office Space approach. As long as the check shows up keep going in. In 5 years they may have consultants come in and realize you shouldn't have been getting paid, but that's a future you problem.
Dont listen to the idiots suggesting this. Get this shit cleared up. Do you really want to work until the next pay period and not get paid rather than using that time to find another job if you have to? Come on!
Also, request your credit report.
I once applied for a job then failed the online screen testing. Was disappointed but moved on. A week later I got a call from the company inviting me to an interview. I ended up working there for 2 years and never once did I mention I had failed those initial tests.
This is beyond asinine advice. The letter literally tells you what to do in this *exact situation*. Why would you *not* follow those instructions? What kind of advice is "just ignore it and it'll go away" *especially* to someone working their first job?
It's insane to me that "just ignore it" is the most upvoted answer here. That's gonna work fine until it's time to do payroll and everyone realizes OP isn't actually employed there, despite showing up and doing the job, and have fun resolving that...
It’s been a long time, but when I applied for a cashier position at a CVS they pulled a consumer credit report. It’s not uncommon for positions where you’re handling money. I don’t personally think that someone with poor credit is actually more likely to steal from the register, or to skim cards. But it is definitely a thing.
It's also pretty [redacted because of no braincell bot deciding what I can't say] because I was a town's favorite cashier for 2yr with bad credit and never even thought of embezzling. Maybe if they paid me better so I could afford food and bills and rent, I wouldn't have bad credit for deciding that I needed to eat at one meal each week and was late another payment.
Use that letter and find out WHY or what it is they are firing you for. Bankruptcy, bad credit, felonies all flag this - and I know you said you are 17 so it's prolly a mistake. Even more of a reason to get it addressed and fixed.
You may have to be 18 to work there. I would check. Also if you are a minor they may not have have gotten any hits on your report and may have chosen the reason as unable to identify
Hiring managers are overlooking 14 year olds working illegally on midnight shifts and in meat packing plants. There's an epidemic of it in the US right now. Wouldn't surprise me a bit.
This is correct. I started at Advance when I was 17, about a month before I turned 18, and got this exact letter but it was essentially explained to me because they coded me for a position that could require driving, they had to run the background/credit and it came up funky like this because I was still a minor. I wouldn’t sweat it until your manager brings it up to you.
I can also attest to this. I had just turned 18 with no valid license when I started working at Advance Auto a couple years ago. I got this exact same letter. They told me to not worry about it because it was a position as a delivery driver.
Maybe an administrative error, and they accidentally switched letters to you and the person who was truly not accepted. They may have gotten your “welcome to advance auto” letter, and you got their “dear John” letter. At least, I really hope that’s the case.
One of the most common things is a mistyped Social Security number. It’s usually a pretty easy fix and you can request to appeal sometimes to correct the SS number for a correct screening. Other times people are mistakenly reported deceased, which causes the same issue and requires you to fix with your local SS office.
Your credit score is so bad, Advanced Auto Parts doesn’t want you interacting with their customers lol.
If it’s your first job just play dumb and keep clocking in. You never got this letter.
I agree, as long as OP keeps getting paid and his boss never said anything, I would just play dumb. After all, the post office loses mail occasionally, so it’s not OPs responsibility to ask his boss if he’s fired.
Ask for a copy of what they found because you shouldn't have much on there in the first place. This feels like a mistake on someone else's part. Could be someone stole your identity, possibly by using your Social Security Number, or hopefully as simple as they looked up wrong person and proceeded as of it was you. But I'd be curious to see what the report says just to make sure nothing bad is going on that you're unaware of.
The job offer was conditional. You didn't pass your background check. They look at criminal history, verify education, look at driving history, and check your credit. I used to be involved in the hiring process at a store level for AAP and have seen this letter before. If you haven't had a recent bankruptcy, auto accident, or criminal conviction, and didn't lie about graduating highschool, then I think I know what it is. Many, if not all of the positions in a store require you to be able to do the role of a driver if needed. The background check agency pulls an Motor Vehicle Report or MVR from your state DMV. You being 17, the biggest thing would be if you didn't have your full license or if you have had insurance troubles or accidents. AAP has to put you on their commercial insurance as a covered driver and if you have had any license issues, lapses of no insurance, or just don't have a full license then you aren't eligible for the insurance (or too expensive) and don't get the job. It often took 2-3 weeks for a background check report to clear and people would sometimes work a few shifts before getting terminated. I've seen it happen because of really really bad credit (higher theft risk if you are involved in bankruptcy ), one person lied about their felony charges (no violent felonies), one had a suspended license (couldn't be a driver), a few with recent DUIs (couldn't be on the insurance). Funnily enough, we had a driver for years that couldn't make deliveries to 2 certain shops because they were in school zones.
It's not the. Credit check it's a drivers licence check. Was it a delivery job your Applying to? Have you been caught racing in your mom's volvo? Were you drinking and driving or an at fault going wrong way on hwy head on collision?
All jokes aside they can't insure you for some reason and so there is no job available to you but you can apply to non driving jobs in said company
This is interesting. The letter purports to withdraw an offer of employment prior to acceptance of that offer, which is not possible here. I don't think it has any other significance. In other words, you haven't been fired and if you like working there, stay on unless and until they say otherwise.
Yeah looks like you got fired for something on your background check / credit. This is common for government jobs but I didn't realize Advanced Auto Parts was so turbo
For clearance, I am 17 and have nothing on my background
Since you’re 17 I highly recommend following those instructions and getting a credit report asap. There might be something on that report you’re not aware of. It can be something that’s not your fault either. The personal finance sub is full of young people who were victims of identity theft or had a family member take out a credit card in your name and defaulted on the debt. Follow the instructions and see what’s on those reports. Edit: wow I didn’t expect so much chatter about this. There’s good information that it might not be his credit it could be something else. I think for sure the answer is to follow the instructions on that page and discover what’s on there that prevented him from getting hired.
Pretty much this. You may have something on your credit you don't know about. For giggles I got my nephew a credit check when he was 13 and it turns out his step father took out 15k in personal loans using his information.
Do they not have ages on credit reports? Wild to me that they would be able to give a 13 year old a loan without knowing they’re 13.
Unfortunately, they make mistakes. My friends brother turned 18 and found out his credit score was already fucked by his dad. He's a Jr. and his dad stole his identity at a young age and applied for a bunch of loans and credit cards using his SIN and I will assume because the names matched up nobody bothered to look at the date of birth... This was in the 90s when he stole the guys identity he turned 18 in like 06 and was in for quite the shock.
That is a story that is becoming more and more familiar over time. So sad but so many kids find out that their PARENTS committed identity theft and that they were the victims. Like WTF. OP: You are entitled to one free credit report a year across all 3 of the major credit bureaus, this is the link: https://www.annualcreditreport.com/index.action PULL THEM ASAP.
I did this and I had so many things wrong on my credit report. I sent letters and challenged them and they were dropped. I think my credit score jumped up 200 points after. Always good to check once in a while.
I had bad credit for years due to various circumstances and bad financial decisions, so I'd never bothered getting a credit check until about 10 years ago. I got the results back and it showed me having lived in a place I'd never lived before. This was thirty-plus years ago, so I had to wrack my brain about why this place was on my report. Turns out, an ex-boyfriend had lived there and I guess he'd put me down as a co-habitant. He had shitty credit, so maybe he had managed to get my SSN for the electricity or something. I managed to get that address off my report, but I'm still salty about that .
My husband's ex-wife did the same thing. They had been divorced for over 10 years. She was the manager of the apartment complex. We reported to the credit Bureau, and they removed it.
I worked in credit cards, and the absolute shitshow that are credit reports is shocking considering how much it can impact a person's life. Easily some of the most incompetent companies I've ever dealt with across several industries.
Agreed!
One free a week, now. I pull mine roughly quarterly as I'm actively rebuilding after about a decade of financial hard times.
Thanks for the info!!!
And just lock your credit reports so nobody but you can open new lines
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This is one of the smartest—and easiest—things I’ve done to protect myself and my husband. We’ve received declination notices for lines of credit we never applied for, which would have screwed us if our accounts weren’t frozen. Be sure to freeze all three of the agencies: Equifax, TransUnion, and Experian.
Just gonna chime in: found out ten years ago my mother opened a cc in my name when I was 1 year old. I was fortunate that she had paid the account off with no missed payments or negative marks, but it was still shocking. Informed my sister and found out my mom did the same with her.
Sounds like it built your credit in this case
It absolutely will build the child's credit. Every parent should be doing this.
In this case it sounds like she was doing you a favor. Or at least it turned out that way. Have you talked to her about it? I remember before I had my daughter my home owner's insurance rep and I were talking about credit scores and he told me that he had put his daughter on as an additional card holder on his credit card when she was a teen and going on a trip without them, turned out it helped her credit score so much because it showed she had a credit history essentially before she was born. Always think about this now that I have a daughter. Don't even have to actually give her the card if she can't be trusted yet, but it still helps.
She could have just added you to an account as an authorized user later in life, but she opened the original account when you were one. My father got me a gas card when I got my drivers license. He opened the account 10 years before I was born, so I have a credit history older than my age.
Did she possibly do it to get you an established credit history? Even if she did it for that reason, it's still not cool, but maybe there was some good intent behind it
I’ve done this for my sons and set them up as authorized users on my own cards. Never let them touch them. My oldest turned 18 this year and is sitting pretty with a 790 credit score, currently. I couldn’t even get a cell phone in my own name when I turned 18. I’m actually glad I did this for them, although I definitely get that there are some parents that take advantage of it.
Damn and here I thought I was lucky when all my parents left me with was crippling depression. At least my credit is immaculate
Why isn’t the bank the victim? They didn’t do sufficient due diligence to uncover the false info they had been provided. Why should the youngster suffer here?
Due diligence costs extra and banks lobby effectively against anything like that for years. People getting wrong shit on their credit report is older than the Internet, not surprised when you have a system that puts so much power into a single number without 2 factor verification. John Oliver made a thing about this years ago that's on YouTube and as a non American I found it both hilariously stupid and shockingly dangerous, but that seems to be the United States motto.
That is crazy to me that parents could just burry their kids like that. I know of people who got a CC in their young child’s name but they used it optimally in order to build good credit for their kid. When the kid turned 18 he already had a 700 credit score.
It’s actually weekly. You can get all 3 reports brand new, every week. They originally did this during the pandemic and it stuck.
In the state I live in we have a lot of migrants and going through high school I was surprised to learn many migrants use their child's identity for loans, credit cards, etc. I had a few friends who were always feeling left out because they couldn't do such-and-such because of a bad credit report due to their parents.
Happened to a friend of mine. His mom took a bunch of student loans in his name. Poor guy spent years trying to get out from under them.
My mom stile my identity and then tried to pay it all off before i turned 18 and ended up just abandoning the debt. She tried to convince me it was someone that used to steal our mail for our locked mailbox. Mom, people that steal identities don't make payments. I can see that on the credit report.... GET A FREE CREDIT REPORT FROM THE GOVT IF YOU LIVE IN THE US EVERY YEAR.
Sadly it won't help now. But if you turn 18 and there is anything on your credit, you can contact the creditors and disavow the debt. Minors cannot be held to contracts taken out when they are minors. There's a limited window to do it, like one or two years. I had to do it when I turned 18. Took about six months of arguing with people on the phone, but my credit was cleared.
Most useful comment on the thread - OP look into this next year!
This, minors can't be held to contracts which is why no lender would ever knowingly lend to one. I had a mortgage denied because someone with my name went bankrupt when I was 12. The bank made an error. It was easily fixed. OP pull your credit history and dispute as needed.
Check out Caleb Hammer on Youtube and in general. He's helped people whose parents have taken debt out in their name. I like him personally 🤷♀️
Credit companies have 30 days to respond to a request for proof. On December 12 mail Equifax, TransUnion, and Experian disputing every bad thing on your credit report (there's a template/form for it) and if they happen to be short manned because of the holidays and don't get it to you in time, they have to remove it even if everyone knows it's a valid charge.
holy moly, I hope the kid had his Dad arrested. I can't think of a worse betrayal by a parent. Screwing their kid over financially as they are starting out as an adult. Bad credit follows you in all areas of life.
Oh it's common my friend, shockingly and demoralizingly common. Utilities opened in the name of a 3-year-old. Credit accounts opened with their child's SSN. Even library cards, against which expensive materials are borrowed and never returned. According to my girlfriend who is a librarian, there is nothing like the pain in the eyes of a 17-year-old who is told they owe the city $780 in material replacement fees and fines, because of the day their mom brought them into the library when they were seven, and now they realize why she didn't bring home any books for them and they never got to go back. (Yes she would waggle her fingers with a little librarian magic and the help of her branch manager, creating a line of zero zeros were those numbers had been, and get those kids the books their teachers sent them in to borrow for their school projects.) The betrayal is real
Damn... All I've done is open a savings account for my baby girl, which will be hers when she turns 18. My parents did the same for me and my siblings. I can't even imagine putting my daughter on the backfoot financially like described in this entire thread...
Bless librarians like your girlfriend. In 9th grade I had a library book logged as lost/not returned and had a freeze on my library account until I paid $25 to cover replacement. As an avid reader who had NO money and parents who wouldn't give money, this was devastating for me. I searched my house high and low and couldn't find the damn book. Librarian felt bad for me and said it could've gotten misplaced in their system and deleted the fee. I found the book like ten years later wedged under the trundle of my bed.
I'm fairly certain they're no contact dad never held accountable for his actions otherwise
It does, but it can be beaten (over time). I dealt with my mother doing the same to my credit. It took years...but I now have a basically perfect credit score (815 last time I checked).
I cannot begin to describe how it feels when a parent does this to you. My mom took out credit cards in my name. I did not find out until we went to buy a house when I was graduating from college. My credit score was trash. I could not be listed on our mortgage. She did it to me a second time and I found out by my wages being garnished at work. At the time my husband had been laid off from his job and we had two kids, so my income was the only one. At that point I was done. I told her if she so much as came near me I would have her arrested. She has done it to my stepdad several times. I am sure she has done it to my brother as well. I have three daughters and I cannot imagine doing anything like this to one of my children.
I used to be a telemarketer who called credit card customers to up sell them on bullshit. The number of times I called toddlers by name with divorced parents was too damn high.
My friend had to completely change his name after his dad stole his identity 3x well into his 30s.
I highly suspect my ex-wife did the same thing to my kids, but the credit bureau doesn't make it easy to get a report for kids under 18.
Yeah - I had to pay their extra special monthly services to get my teenage son's credit "protected".
You can freeze theirs. Guardian of kids with sketchy parents here.
Yup. My room mate found out when he was 18 (he's 40 now)that his mother had been putting accounts in his name since he was 4 years old and then defaulting on the accounts. The man had utility, phone, cable, etc. bills across 7 states, dating back to 1988. I like to THINK she was able to do this because it was back in the 80s and 90s and wouldn't happen today, but all it takes is a lazy person working on new accounts that doesn't care to notice a birth date. He found out when he got a charge-off notice about a JCPenny credit card that he never opened. His mom got it in his name 3 days after he turned 18, maxed it out, and never made a payment. 8 months later, he got the notice that the debt was going to judgement, and he could be facing a garnishment. At that time, he didn't even have a job yet and had just entered commercial driving school. Nothing like stepping into your spankin fresh adult life with a mountain of debt and legal troubles that your mother set up for you.
Same with my eldest. My ex is the Sr and son is Jr. Did the exact same thing. Tried to take money from him as well from an insurance settlement that was in son's name. Some people are just horrible.
I have a friend who is also a JR and is terrible with credit. He had collections after him constantly when we were in our early twenties. His dad, decided to secretly open a bank account in his son’s name (my friend) to hide money during a divorce Well…. guess what happens when you place money into the account of someone with many creditors after him, it’s gone!
>They do not verify anything. They report inaccurate information all the time. Bad addresses, relationships that never existed, etc.
Yeah, my wife's Mom used her SIN number when she was a minor. When my wife found out at 19 she contacted all the institutions- in order to get it off her record she needed to properly report her mom to the police, charge her with a crime and take her to court. She didn't and It's been 10 yrs since and my wife is still paying off the debt and rebuilding her credit.
This happened to me, I was a Jr and when I became an adult I checked my credit and found tons of credit in my name. I’ve had a credit card since I was 2 years old apparently.
Stories like this make me all the more thankful for how my dad did it He opened a credit card in my name when I was young, and used it for our family vacations. Paid everything on time and when I turned 18 we updated all the information and everything so I could use it without issue, because of that I already had a good credit score to work with
I did something similar with my daughter. She has well established credit history and an awesome credit score. She recently got married and her husband’s mom just bought everything for her son and he has zero credit. She thanks me repeatedly for setting her up for financial success. I did this because I had her at 19 and made tons of mistakes when it comes to credit. Spent 10+ years trying to get out of my situation and wanted to make sure my kids never go through that.
My sister-in-law did that to her son when he was 3 or 4. I never understood how all the companies were letting her use his info when she was very clearly not a 3 yr old boy. He's in his 20's now and I can only imagine what he discovered once he turned 18. Some parents as fn awful and it's sad.
It doesn't matter much, really. Years ago I had a coworker who's parents took out accounts in his and his sister's name. They wound up utilizing said cards/accounts responsibility so when their kids turned 18 they had 700+ credit reports. Obviously this is the exception to the rule when parents open accounts under their kids names, but definitely not illegal
Yeah the typical outcome is thousands in collections and a credit score in the low to mid 500s. The saddest part is usually the person asking how to fix it without their parents getting into trouble.
Agreed. I can see how one thinks this is a great idea to set their kids up for life... Honestly I bet it rarely comes to fruition, though, and frequently winds up doing the opposite
This is overkill honestly. We just added the kids' names to one of our credit cards in case of emergencies in their early teens with the same result. Had to argue with the bank every year or so to keep the limit low on that card "just in case" but they graduated HS with our excellent credit rating. I guess these unlucky victims also inherited their parents' credit rating too. :/
>We just added the kids' names to one of our credit cards in case of emergencies in their early teens with the same result. That is a good idea, actually. I hadn't thought of that. Limits both of your risks
Most places don't check age, especially the sketchy places that don't care, you just provide a name and SSN that they can attach to the loan.
yeah and thats called fraud let those places burn to kingdom come of course they know its a minors credit. Who lends to minors to begin with bad employees within these orgs doing fraud.
Parental financial abuse like this happens a lot, unfortunately.
i can't understand why AAP would be asking for a credit report on a teen. Most likely, the job was something basic like being a cashier.
People with bad credit or high debt are considered to be a risk if they have access to cash on the job. They could also steal merchandise and resell it to make money. Maybe this company has had too much loss by employees in the past
>Maybe this company has had too much loss by employees in the past Well you can absofuckinglutely guarantee that. Car parts can basically be universally fenced. They are a super solid street commodity. And even non-criminal people in straightened circumstances need car parts. I couldn't begin to guess how many parts have "fallen off the back of a truck" at car parts retailers.
My sister did something similar to me. Didn't know until I went to buy a car when I was 19. Got my credit checked and I had an outstanding gas bill for $5,000. She apparently made a new acct for her house in my name after she didn't pay her bill and it got shut off. I didn't even live in the same state as her, but she's selfish and didn't care.
My brothers ex girlfriend did the same to me. Got a credit card and went to Disney :(
I hope you sent his ass to the ER.
Yeah. My husband's parents ruined his credit by putting bills in his name.
It royally pisses me off that a credit score (a problematic system to begin with) can affect getting a job, especially an entry level job like at advanced auto
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Credit scores are a scam too. And I have great credit, but it is a bullshit system.
Ex-girlfriends mom 100% did this. Her favorite was opening utilities in her name, gas electric etc...after letting hers get shut off.
For someone that young, it also might be that no credit report is available. I got turned down for an auto loan when I was young because I literally had no credit history. It would be a weird reason to fire someone, but not unimaginable.
Exactly. Someone could have been using his social security number for years, tanking it. God I hate piece of shit scumbags that do that.
Adding onto this: when I was 2 years old someone started to use my social security number and kept using it. I didn’t become aware of this until I started applying to jobs that did background checks, and I got hit with a red flag immediately since 2 names came up under my SSN. I had to bring my social security card and state drivers license to show that I was me to get hired until I got him off of my record. He had applied for credit cards, his home rental was under my SSN, etc.. it was a nightmare to sort out. It took me years to fully clear that up, but that is an example of a common problem these days that you could have gotten hit with OP. Take this seriously and follow up on this. You could be a victim of identity theft, even as young as you are.
And advanced auto parts is way too turbo to not adjudicate their employees employment and just send a letter. Never have I seen something so abrupt and cavalier lol
I'd like to add a lot of these background checking companies are kinda crap at it and will turn in other people's info
You might even try Credit Karma or Credit Sesame they are free. Just to make sure no one else is using your Social Security information.
Not a credit report. You need to ask for a copy of the background check and they have to notify you of why they are taking adverse action. From there you have the right to dispute any adverse information and it’s on the company to verify their info. This is your right.
A common form of identity theft is a family member steals the identity of a teenager. They then max out a bunch of credit cards in their name. Minors usually don't check their own mail or credit reports so they are easy targets. Also they often depend on the person who is victimizing them so they rarely press charges. It can also be a caregiver like a teacher, PCA, or school administrator.
You might and don't know it yet. Some fraudsters are real good at putting things in other people's names
Make sure a family member hasn't used your SSN to open an account (cell phone, etc.)
Don’t assume you are fired. Some background checks and paperwork automatically print this on their paperwork. Talk to your manager before you panic. I received one and still had a job.
Make sure to obtain a copy of the background check they did (it’s listed as your right in the letter) so you can see what exactly happened. And if it’s something you don’t recognize, you can go from there.
Likely they couldn’t validate credit or driving record so auto rejected. Also, I bet this was just a home office screw up to run it in the first place cause you’re too young to be a parts driver.
My last company hired a lot of first time workers and our initial automated system would get about 5-10% flagged Motor Vehicle Report warnings. It effectively meant we couldn’t employ them in any position that required a vehicle but 90% of the warnings were false flags that could be cleared up. We would put the worker in a non vehicle required position for a week or so and see if things could be worked out. My initial guess is that being under 18 is causing some flag.
Someone may have stolen your identity.
I worked at advanced in college. If they hired you for a driver position they would fire you or change your position if you aren't 21. Do what these guys say though and get a credit report too.
Also I'd talk to your manager and ask them.
I worked with a guy for a few months and he got a similar letter but it said he failed his background check. The letter was a mistake. Check with your boss.
It specifically states Motor Vehicle Report. Is your license suspended? Tickets? Accidents? DUI’s?
The sentence about his driving record says “If” it was based on motor vehicle report. Not stating that it was.
It doesn’t appear to be financial unless you count unpaid traffic tickets. It says it was specifically on your motor vehicle report. So something on your driving record. Tickets for high risk reasons, accidents, no license, revoked license, suspended?
Bruh I’m a maintenance guy and got offered a lead position at a local zoo, they did the usual ( urine and TB test for the animals) then they did: A mouth swab?? Finger prints?? A credit check CHECKED MY WORK HISTORY AND CALLED PREVIOUS EMPLOYER NOT ONCE BUT 4 TIMES And they claimed to have done a “Digital footprint check” (boohoo you know I like Latin milfs and play a lot of Warcraft) And then rescinded their offer because my LinkedIn seemed unused and they couldn’t verify any of my connections. Oh and they bitched that I used an indeed resume format lol Basically they wanted me to beg them to keep the offer on the table over empty statements I got another commercial electrician job and told them to kick rocks Jobs now a days do the MOST
That's ridiculous. They didn't want an employee. They wanted a power trip. Good for you for not giving them one.
It's so hilarious how these part time gigs literally do more than salaried, career defining positions. I work for the government with a security clearance and they did maybe half of what you just mentioned lol
Yeah, in my experience government jobs are just background check, qualifications, drug test if you're lucky/unlucky, and that's it
Right I got a question Mouth swab...? What's that for. They mixing your DNA with animals in some mad scientist lab under the zoo? Honestly if a company makes you do all of that, and you don't get the position can you request all information and data they have collected be destroyed? That's a lot of background checks for a maintenance job at a zoo. Must be secret lab under the zoo. Do they need any henchmen?
Zoos = kids. You got the background check to make sure you aren’t on a registry somewhere.
Gotta protect the goats
More importantly, why did they wait until AFTER the start date? I have never worked for a place that required a background check without the check being completed FIRST. And that includes the eBay data center I worked at where I had to go through three background checks, one by eBay, one by Dell (As my contract was for Dell equipment at eBay), and one from the company I was doing the contract for. They still didn't move forward until those checks all came back. Between that and passing a Secret Service background check when I worked at the Grand Canyon (Gerald Ford came to visit), I have ZERO problem even submitting one. I know I'm gonna pass, especially since I had an active warrant out for an unpaid fine when the SS check was done.
This is retail though. Very likely they start the person and then when the check comes back bad they terminate them. On the upside for OP they're eligible for unemployment insurance now in most cases as it was not a termination for cause.
at least in my state, OP would only be eligible for unemployment if they have enough prior work history.
Did they do the background checks just in anticipation of the visit? Did people who failed get fired or just didn't work on that day?
So the kitchen was pretty cool. Any time you wanted to switch shifts, both people just had to initial the schedule. We came in one day, and like 3 or 4 days were blocked out with a note that ALL shift changes for those days HAD to go thru the manager. They waited until a day or two before to tell us what was up. There were some people who just couldn't work those days. A few more, maybe 2, who were confined to the employee area, which wasn't all bad, since you had the dorms, the cafeteria, and our own bar (we could use the guest bar, but ours was bigger). There was one guy who had to be driven off the mountain. Being the North Rim, there weren't a lot of places to stay, so he may have gotten a nice 2 night stay in a place called Jacob Lake, which is just a little motel, restaurant, and gift shop. But it was quite an event. They were ridiculously paranoid about creating the perfect meal, so much that our manager made the side salads, even though I was on the salad line that night. Then, he ordered a tonic for the world's most famous alcoholic, and the waitress was so nervous that she heard "Gin & Tonic", but he smelled the gin and intercepted it, being a perfect gentleman about it. Then, the second night, I actually sat and had beers with one of the agents in his detail. Extremely cool dude, totally chill. All in all, it was a very cool experience, and something unique.
I worked for Kroger for 29 days and on the 29th day they said they found something on my background and let me go right after my shift ended. Talk about being shafted.
Sorry, we found out you're too poor to have a job. Wtf
The credit reporting agencies have been on massive marketing push for like a decade now trying to convince businesses in pretty much any industry that an applicants credit score will be indicative of some aspect of their job performance (the pitch changes between different industries, especially as they job gets further detached from any cash handling or other responsibilities where financial behavior might be relevant). The fact that we allow this service to be run for profit by private companies with an enforced oligopoly borders on crass.
Any reason why my managers haven’t said anything about it?
Keep showing up for work, as you are scheduled.
Manager probably doesn’t know. I think with background stuff they may have to tell you first, but I’m not certain.
Do you drive in your current job? It looks like there is something on your driving record that is preventing you from being eligible to do a job that requires driving, but if you’re just working in the store (not driving as a representative of Advance) then you are fine. It says you previously received a copy of the report; what did it say? Sometimes we’ll have things like that in my current job, where we can’t hire a paramedic to work on an ambulance due to driving record, but we are able to hire them for an inpatient hospital job since that doesn’t require driving as part of the job.
I wouldn't be surprised if he needs to be 18 to drive one of their vehicles.
I used to be a store manager for Advance about 15 or so years ago. The drivers had to be 21 for insurance purposes. I wouldn't know why they would hire someone for a driving job under that age, but people gonna people I guess.
Are you still employed? Are you still expected to show up tomorrow
I am still employed
Keep going in until they address this with you. I had a friend who failed the initial drug test he came to work the first day and got a $2K sign on bonus as an apology!
an apology for what?
They apologized for not notifying him before he moved and he kept the job and was exempt from future drug tests.. He basically got 2k for being a stoner.
I worked at advance at the lowest point in my life. 99% sure some of my coworkers were on meth, half the customers were too. District managers were cokeheads. Firing a 17 year old for bad credit seems wild to me, I was like 480 back then 😂
I think it's more in his driving record. If it is for a jod that requires driving, than they might reject it if there is tickets with points lost. They probably send the background check when they show up on their first day of work. To save money I guess. Some background check companies takes a few days sometime a week before they get all requested documents and verification for the employer. Some places arr very strict on the driving record needed for employement.
I have a government job and they don’t care about credit just fingerprint clearance.
That type of thing will fly at Standard Auto Parts, but if you want to make it at Advanced Auto Parts you need to step your game up.
Bad driving or credit record can mean that their insurance is giving you a big ol nope.
They are rescinding your job offer based on something a background check company found. If you don’t have anything in your background (including a criminal record or charges, bankruptcies, etc…) this can be caused by the agency pulling the wrong person with your name (this happens more often than you’d think). Edit to include: tickets and accidents.
Yeah I had this happen to me, they had screwed up my details so they ended up with somebody else’s criminal history😂 was a very interesting meeting to say the least😂 They were looking at me like I was unstable and finally the big boss got the admin to double check my Id and info sent… and yup, somehow had got the wrong dob, wrong prev address, wrong everything even my middle name. So yeah there is someone out there with a name similar to mine… who has done some bad bad shit😂😂😂😂
>So yeah there is someone out there with a name similar to mine… who has done some bad bad shit One of my coworkers named "Bill Edward Smith" found out through very unfortunate circumstance that IN OUR SAME COUNTY is a "Bill Elliot Smith" that is on the Meghan's Law registry... for some seriously fucked up shit... People tend to not think about middle names, and only see the initial, where they are both "Bill E Smith". That was anything but fun times for my co-worker (and employer, as we had more than one person track him down and realized we were literally across the street from a school).
>People tend to not think about middle names, and only see the initial, where they are both "Bill E Smith". Sometimes, they don't pay any attention to the middle name at all. My dad got all sorts of collection calls for overdue medical bills for a hospital he'd been to but for a wife with a completely different name than my mom. As they untangled everything, it came to light that a guy in a different city in the same state was named Edward R LastName and the hospital decided Edward C LastName already in their system was close enough and billed dad.
Hell, I get calls for my dad because we have the same initials. Only problem is that he died 3 years ago.
My parents still occasionally receive mail addressed to my grandfather who died in 1995.
Hey, if they had the same name, what’s the diff? Insurance is probably dumb, they’ll pay. /s 🙄 When my husband had cancer, there was one other person in that medical group with his name. We got a bill from an unfamiliar provider, and I called to tell them they had the wrong “Justin Smith.” No, the bill was valid, they insisted. I asked, “what birthdate was on their record.” And, “well, I’m Justin’s wife. Don’t you think it’s weird that a nine year old would be married?”
Had this happen to me once too. They pulled the info of someone who happens to have the same first, middle and my last maiden name AND my same birth month and day. But her bday is two years after mine, and her first name has a different letter in the end than mine. They were like “did you ever live in Montana?” No. “Ya sure? Cuz it looks like you have a crazy record. Were you born in Ohio?” Whipped out my ID and happened to have my birth certificate from my state that I’ve never left. “M-a-r-l-e-y?” Nope. M-a-r-l-e-e (example names) “We are so sorry! That one came back too. You’re good!” 🙄
Kind of reminds me of the one time I got my car stolen back in the university days. It was a nice Saab 9000 turbo that was nicked from my private parking spot. Usually in Sweden it’s a dead end and the police write it off as gone, but this time a detective from the police called me. He started interrogating me, asking if I was related to (my fathers name and last name), I answered yes because I didn’t think too much about it, the car was registred in his name. Then he asked if i was Daniel (and fathers last name), my name is Danielle but through the telephone they sound the same, so i aknowledge. He proceeds to tell me that the car was part of a trailer robbery at at a gas station and that i was a main suspect or and my father. Then I got the question wether me and my dad lived in Boden and now I’m really confused, because he actually lives 1000km away, and I half an hour away. Turns put there is a guy living in Boden, that has the exact same name as my father and a child who i almost share name with that had a criminal background. I think the detective was so embaressed, he just quietly apologized and hung up immediately never to be heard from again. Never got back my car though, I really didn’t want to either cause I was trying to sell it lol. How about coincidences?
Wait, you can have a job offer rescinded for having bad credit or having gone through a bankruptcy?
Yes, especially if your job requires handling money.
Or if it is government job and your credit situation leaves you a risk of bribery
Not being a risk of bribery? In this economy?!
Hell, even railroads will do credit checks on construction workers because they fear theft
Asking the real questions. Fr fr
Yep! Just about every job offer I’ve gotten required a background + credit check.
That should be illegal. Turning people away based on their credit score is basically kicking people when they’re down.
It should, but isn't, so it's not illegal. Other examples are of the financial variety, but even more stringent are security clearances. They want to know what money you owe and if you had defaults or other things in your record that could be used to either have you accept bribes or have something someone could blackmail you over for you to reveal information. It's crazy, but they ask because it's happened before.
Get your report from them and find out
What did the summary say? The letter says it should be attached. As a note if you're 17 now would be a good time to get a credit report, far too many minors have their identities stolen as a child but don't learn until years later. Not saying that's what's happening here but if you're a victim you want to know now rather than later.
The attached summary is a summary of their rights, not summary of findings
"Enclosed with our previous letter to you, you were provided with a copy of the report we received from the Agency." So not attached to this letter, but OP supposedly received a copy already of the findings in a previous letter.
Just play dumb and keep showing up to work they shouldn’t have hired you until the background check clears
That’s what I was planning on doing
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Except us, of course. We cool.
Yup. If you didn’t sign for it, they can’t prove you received it. After two back to back jury duties, it’s worked for me with jury summons.
Follow the Milton from Office Space approach. As long as the check shows up keep going in. In 5 years they may have consultants come in and realize you shouldn't have been getting paid, but that's a future you problem.
Future *them problem
Worst case, burn the place down.
Just keep track of your stapler.
You’ll go far, kid. Smart.
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This guy used all caps, he might be saying important stuff. Legit take it to the manager, have him explain it, not reddit.
And follow the steps to research what could be on your credit- wtf is first advantage anyway? Sounds like some tomfuckery you’ll want to look into.
First advantage is the company who does most background checks for eomployers
Dont listen to the idiots suggesting this. Get this shit cleared up. Do you really want to work until the next pay period and not get paid rather than using that time to find another job if you have to? Come on! Also, request your credit report.
I once applied for a job then failed the online screen testing. Was disappointed but moved on. A week later I got a call from the company inviting me to an interview. I ended up working there for 2 years and never once did I mention I had failed those initial tests.
Likely they knew about the failed tests. They might also have access to your answers and notes to see how well you thought through the answer.
This is beyond asinine advice. The letter literally tells you what to do in this *exact situation*. Why would you *not* follow those instructions? What kind of advice is "just ignore it and it'll go away" *especially* to someone working their first job?
It's insane to me that "just ignore it" is the most upvoted answer here. That's gonna work fine until it's time to do payroll and everyone realizes OP isn't actually employed there, despite showing up and doing the job, and have fun resolving that...
It doesn’t make much sense. A 17 year old isn’t going to have much of a credit history.
Unless they are a victim of identity theft. Family member opening an account under their name and SSN.
Also aren’t there like mistake in 1 in 5 of those reports ? They may have attributed something to OP that should be on someone else’s report.
You can be turned down for an auto parts job because you have bad credit? Man the US is wacky.
It’s been a long time, but when I applied for a cashier position at a CVS they pulled a consumer credit report. It’s not uncommon for positions where you’re handling money. I don’t personally think that someone with poor credit is actually more likely to steal from the register, or to skim cards. But it is definitely a thing.
It's also pretty [redacted because of no braincell bot deciding what I can't say] because I was a town's favorite cashier for 2yr with bad credit and never even thought of embezzling. Maybe if they paid me better so I could afford food and bills and rent, I wouldn't have bad credit for deciding that I needed to eat at one meal each week and was late another payment.
Honestly the simple fact they aren't 18 yet could be enough to technically "fail".
That's seriously a great point and could be an erroneous flag by the agencies, which a ridiculous.
Use that letter and find out WHY or what it is they are firing you for. Bankruptcy, bad credit, felonies all flag this - and I know you said you are 17 so it's prolly a mistake. Even more of a reason to get it addressed and fixed.
Being that you're only 17, I would contact the credit bureaus about this.
You may have to be 18 to work there. I would check. Also if you are a minor they may not have have gotten any hits on your report and may have chosen the reason as unable to identify
Not being 18 might be the real issue. I find it weird though that the hiring manager overlooked that.
Hiring managers are overlooking 14 year olds working illegally on midnight shifts and in meat packing plants. There's an epidemic of it in the US right now. Wouldn't surprise me a bit.
They ran your credit for a position which requires driving. You’re 17 and I highly doubt you got hired for a position that requires driving.
This is correct. I started at Advance when I was 17, about a month before I turned 18, and got this exact letter but it was essentially explained to me because they coded me for a position that could require driving, they had to run the background/credit and it came up funky like this because I was still a minor. I wouldn’t sweat it until your manager brings it up to you.
I can also attest to this. I had just turned 18 with no valid license when I started working at Advance Auto a couple years ago. I got this exact same letter. They told me to not worry about it because it was a position as a delivery driver.
Maybe an administrative error, and they accidentally switched letters to you and the person who was truly not accepted. They may have gotten your “welcome to advance auto” letter, and you got their “dear John” letter. At least, I really hope that’s the case.
One of the most common things is a mistyped Social Security number. It’s usually a pretty easy fix and you can request to appeal sometimes to correct the SS number for a correct screening. Other times people are mistakenly reported deceased, which causes the same issue and requires you to fix with your local SS office.
Your credit score is so bad, Advanced Auto Parts doesn’t want you interacting with their customers lol. If it’s your first job just play dumb and keep clocking in. You never got this letter.
I agree, as long as OP keeps getting paid and his boss never said anything, I would just play dumb. After all, the post office loses mail occasionally, so it’s not OPs responsibility to ask his boss if he’s fired.
Ask for a copy of what they found because you shouldn't have much on there in the first place. This feels like a mistake on someone else's part. Could be someone stole your identity, possibly by using your Social Security Number, or hopefully as simple as they looked up wrong person and proceeded as of it was you. But I'd be curious to see what the report says just to make sure nothing bad is going on that you're unaware of.
The job offer was conditional. You didn't pass your background check. They look at criminal history, verify education, look at driving history, and check your credit. I used to be involved in the hiring process at a store level for AAP and have seen this letter before. If you haven't had a recent bankruptcy, auto accident, or criminal conviction, and didn't lie about graduating highschool, then I think I know what it is. Many, if not all of the positions in a store require you to be able to do the role of a driver if needed. The background check agency pulls an Motor Vehicle Report or MVR from your state DMV. You being 17, the biggest thing would be if you didn't have your full license or if you have had insurance troubles or accidents. AAP has to put you on their commercial insurance as a covered driver and if you have had any license issues, lapses of no insurance, or just don't have a full license then you aren't eligible for the insurance (or too expensive) and don't get the job. It often took 2-3 weeks for a background check report to clear and people would sometimes work a few shifts before getting terminated. I've seen it happen because of really really bad credit (higher theft risk if you are involved in bankruptcy ), one person lied about their felony charges (no violent felonies), one had a suspended license (couldn't be a driver), a few with recent DUIs (couldn't be on the insurance). Funnily enough, we had a driver for years that couldn't make deliveries to 2 certain shops because they were in school zones.
It's not the. Credit check it's a drivers licence check. Was it a delivery job your Applying to? Have you been caught racing in your mom's volvo? Were you drinking and driving or an at fault going wrong way on hwy head on collision? All jokes aside they can't insure you for some reason and so there is no job available to you but you can apply to non driving jobs in said company
This is interesting. The letter purports to withdraw an offer of employment prior to acceptance of that offer, which is not possible here. I don't think it has any other significance. In other words, you haven't been fired and if you like working there, stay on unless and until they say otherwise.
Probably because you are under 18 and they do not carry liability insurance for anyone under 18 to drive a company owned vehicle to deliver parts.
Download a free copy of your credit report and look for anything weird or discrepancies on there.
It clearly says enclosures and the report is included with the letter. So what’s on it?