Sherri
Piedmont,#2Consumer Comment
Mon, December 13, 2004
A lot of companies do the same thing, particularly if the job entails handling cash, credit cards or other negotiables. I'm sure that the position is required to be bondable by their insurance company. The surety bond carrier likely found you to be nonbondable, due to adverse credit. Their rationale probably was that you would be a greater risk for theft than someone with a clean credit history. They usually also run a criminal background check for these positions, and a person with a criminal history would also not be bondable. The policy may not be fair to people who may have bad credit due to uncontrollable situations, but unfortunately, that is the way it is.