{"id":131034,"date":"2016-07-08T23:53:39","date_gmt":"2016-07-09T05:53:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/07\/08\/well-maybe-i-get-to-sleep-in-an-extra-morning.html"},"modified":"2016-07-08T23:53:39","modified_gmt":"2016-07-09T05:53:39","slug":"well-maybe-i-get-to-sleep-in-an-extra-morning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/07\/08\/well-maybe-i-get-to-sleep-in-an-extra-morning.html","title":{"rendered":"Well, maybe I get to sleep in an extra morning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ugh. <\/p>\n<p>Got a note today from my New Employer that my background check hasn&#39;t yet come in. Went to the online site where I submitted all the requested information and document scans, and see that it notes &quot;Background &#8211; In Process \/ Pending 5 of 6 searches completed&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>Per regulations \/ rules, I can&#39;t actually start or report in until that&#39;s complete. Which kind of sucks, since it&#39;s all been been in the background check company&#39;s hands since 27 June, or two full business weeks (minus the 4th of July holiday).<\/p>\n<p>I will say that my New Employer is being nice, even apologetic about this &#8212; I exchanged emails with the admin running this at <i>11pm<\/i> tonight, and she assures me that HR has asked the checking company to expedite things. Hopefully that means word will come in some time Monday, and I&#39;ll drive in when it does.<\/p>\n<p>It&#39;s not like one more day will make a difference &#8212; but it&#39;s still damned frustrating, given I have my briefcase packed, my boxes packed, and my inspiring speech for my new team all written. (I do not have an inspiring speech for my new team written, but I have given thought to how I want to introduce myself to them.)<\/p>\n<p>For the record, my assumption is that some responding agency \/ educational institution \/ previous employer has just been slow getting off the stick responding to the background check request, possibly because The Person Who Does That was out on vacation this week. As far as I know (hitherto-unknown Jason Bourne-style reprogramming aside), there&#39;s nothing that the background check is going to find that is amiss.<\/p>\n<p>Still. Ugh.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div><iframe type='text\/html' width='100%' height='385' src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LQfdSBq7flw' frameborder='0'><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/jJH3E3imYZg'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ugh. Got a note today from my New Employer that my background check hasn&#39;t yet come in. Went to the online site where I submitted all the requested information and document scans, and see that it notes &quot;Background &#8211; In Process \/ Pending 5 of 6 searches completed&quot;. Per regulations \/ rules, I can&#39;t actually &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/07\/08\/well-maybe-i-get-to-sleep-in-an-extra-morning.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Well, maybe I get to sleep in an extra morning&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-131034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":131061,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/07\/12\/no-i-havent-started-the-new-job-yet.html","url_meta":{"origin":131034,"position":0},"title":"No, I haven&#039;t started the new job yet","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 12-Jul-16 2:32pm","format":false,"excerpt":"I did call the background check company to see where the hang-up is, but didn't get any more significant info than off their status page: 5 of the 6 checks submitted have come back; the 6th, with a \"public agency,\" is scheduled back on Friday, fergoshsakes.The New Employer is sympathetic\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Die%2BHard%2Brickman%2Bwaiting.gifimgmax%3D660.gif?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":131115,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/07\/18\/not-only-do-i-have-a-new-job-i-will-get-to-actually-work-at-it.html","url_meta":{"origin":131034,"position":1},"title":"Not only do I HAVE a new job, I will get to actually WORK at it!","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 18-Jul-16 2:50pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Just heard from the recruiter at my New Employer, and they have figured out how to get me in the office and working before the background check is formally finished (basically, as it was a public entity that was dragging their feet on this, they were able to use their\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/i-request-the-highest-of-fives-himym.gifimgmax%3D660.gif?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":131096,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/07\/16\/dave-hill-international-man-of-mystery-remains-mysterious.html","url_meta":{"origin":131034,"position":2},"title":"Dave Hill, International Man of Mystery, remains mysterious","author":"***Dave","date":"Sat 16-Jul-16 3:31pm","format":false,"excerpt":"And I got a call COB Friday from the recruiter at my New Employer that the background check is still not finished. 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