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Comment by xeromal

3 years ago

My first company out of college used it for when you needed employment verification for buying a house. Your bank could call the number and get all the info they needed.

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yupper32  3 years ago

Why wouldn't you just... call the company?

  • xeromal  3 years ago

    I assume because they wanted to outsource it and relieve HR. I'm not entirely sure but I'm sure offloading any compliance with that data is a benefit too.

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