HireRightReviews of hireright.com

I made the CRUCIAL mistake of putting 2 unpaid internships on my background check. When they couldn't reach my managers, they asked me for W2's like how uninformed can a company be. It is unpaid there aren't any W2's or paystubs. They won't take any other documents even though I have signed NDA's and internship agreements. I even have one of the old GitHub repos on my computer! I gave them a second set of contact points and had to email my hiring manager letting them know I had plenty of ways to verify my internships but HireRight was being a pain and wouldn't take anything that wasn't a tax document or active phone call. Now I have to wait and see what my manager says. I've already heard that this company has cost people their jobs and I would be fuming if the same happened to me. Yeah yeah HireRight doesn't make the final choice but providing a bogus report that can't verify 2 things sure does make an impact. Thankfully I haven't had to provide any more information for my education or third IT job that I submitted.

Reported inaccurate AND outdated information on my background check to an employer, which resulted in the employer revoking my job offer. I even provided proof that the information HireRight provided was inaccurate... but the employer in question was in fintech and decided it was too much of a liability, I guess? I literally moved across the country for that job, and wasn't notified of any of this until 5 days before my start date... so I was stranded in a new city with no family or friends, left to figure it out myself. The job was supposed to be my first job as a software developer... but the whole experience was so traumatic, I never ended up landing another junior developer job like that again. I gave up pursuing software engineering entirely. I literally cannot express the negative impact HireRight made on my life. I still suffer those consequences to this day, as the salary trajectory of my life was altered dramatically as well. This is an EVIL company that should be shut down. I'm disgusted that they're still operational. Anytime a company contracts through HireRight for their background checks, I don't even bother applying. They nearly ruined my f***ing life with their careless work, and I will forever regret not pursuing a lawsuit against them more aggressively (I was so defeated and depressed when it all happened that I just didn't have the energy to pursue it). STAY AWAY FROM THIS EVIL COMPANY

This company is just collecting your personal information. I have never had a background check performed on myself where I had to provide all of the information for them to check. Currently in the process of a background check that so far, has been ongoing for 2 weeks. I have had to provide multiple W-2s from multiple employers. And after all of that, they requested a paystub from the same company! It just seems a little off for a company that does background checks to not be able to verify any information unless you give them all of your personal tax forms. Its sketchy!!! I really am worried about the possibility of identity theft!

Waste of time asked for information they already had. don't do their work themselves, but let you do everything

Quite terrible. They ask for very specific and weird information (such as a utility bill from an address I lived on 3 years ago, even though I can provide the proof of residence). Why I am supposed to submit all this information, is beyond me.

This is the ABSOLUTE WORST background company EVER! I have been unable to start a position i took, which was projected to start Nov 18, the background process began Nov. 5. It took too long to verify my education, which was so simple, I have yet to begin because of some court issues on their end it just keeps getting pushed back for numerous of the stupidest reasons. Its Dec 12, and still pending background. So incompetent and then speak of customer service? Lol what joke, this company is going to be looking forward to a lawsuit. I'm researching as we speak.

This company is awful, I don't know how they are still in business with all these bad reviews. It's been a headache dealing them and I can't wait until it's over. I will tell everyone about this company so they choose not to use them. Y'all are lazy and slow and keep asking for the same thing over and over.You should want to do things different due to having all these bad reviews.

I would give them zero stars. I'm retired from a 40 year federal government career holding numerous clearances and the their background check is going to take over 5 months for a $16 hour part time job. This is embarrassing and an insult.