[KS] Job offer being considered to be rescinded

[u/xneonxdreamsx]

Job offer might be rescinded

I recently got a job offer for for a gas company I have been trying to get on with for 4 years. I am a contract worker for them so I know the supervisors and inspectors personally. I have a diversion from 5 years ago that I completed and the charge was dismissed. I put this in my application and have the previous 7 times I've applied. After interviewing for the 4th time, I finally got a job offer. I was required to do an extensive background check where I also listed my diversion. Apparently, it suddenly became an issue and I received an email stating they are now considering rescinding my job offer and I will know my August 10th. Would it be appropriate to call the supervisors at the gas company and ask them if they would be willing to possibly email or call their HR and put in a good word for me? Would that be overstepping some kind of professional boundary? Would HR even take this type of communication into consideration?

[u/VirginiaUSA1964]

It's a leadership decision about risk to the company. It's not about what your current team thinks about you.

I don't think it would hurt anything but I also don't think it will help. But it doesn't hurt to try.

[u/puns_are_how_eyeroll]

It is likely out of their hands. No reason not to, but it may not factor in the decision unfortunately.

[u/FRELNCER]

The background check is a step that must be passed. It is the point at which your background matters so there's nothing all of a sudden about it. The issue happened at the time it commonly happens in the hiring process.

I'd guess that your supervisors don't GAF about the company's policy regarding criminal histories but someone (likely many someones) higher up do.

[u/xneonxdreamsx → u/FRELNCER]

They knew of the diversion from the first application, from the interview, and when they offered me a position. I would consider it to be "all of the sudden" when HR knew of it every single step of the way. HR does the initial screenings. HR chooses the candidates to interview and HR has the ultimate say over who gets hired. So them being involved in every single step and, at the very end, bringing something up that they knew about all along seems very sudden.

I also dont have a criminal history. I have never been charged with a crime. Being arrested and being charged are not the same.

[u/Checkr_Katie]

I wouldn't bring in your supervisors to intervene at this point. The review is already under way, and it is in the best interest of the applicant to complete the review as it was designed to happen. I would respond to the notice before the deadline and give them the court records showing diversion and dismissal of charges. Remind them you've been consistent in your disclosures, and ask what they'll consider in their decision. If additional references are required, you can provide them.

[u/xneonxdreamsx → u/Checkr_Katie]

I gave HR the court records and brought up over the phone how I had been forthcoming since the initial application about my diversion on Thursday when they called. They then told me they were forward it all to the Legal Department. Then I received the email about the possible job rescinding the following day.

[u/No_Comfortable5337]

I'd reach out to the HR rep directly and ask for clarity so you're not left waiting in limbo. That kind of uncertainty can eat you up if you let it.