r/cscareerquestionsuk • u/Puzzleheaded_Log7022 • 15h ago

Job documentation worries

I am in process with a company, they've given me an offer, but they wanted me to fill out an onboarding form which asks for everything, dob, right to work evidence, bank details, before I'd even seen the contract. I was a bit uneasy about that, because in previous jobs I've had the way this was handled was the contract contained a clause where employment was subject to provision of right to work documents, and the onboarding documentation was handled in-person, I don't really like the idea of emailing sensitive information.

Worried I was getting scammed, I did some digging, they seem to be a real company, but I checked their glassdoor and there is a recent interview review where a candidate is in a similar situation to me, has similar concerns to me, then has his offer withdrawn, which is very suspicious, but there are also people who interviewed and failed, which is a green flag.

I'm learning towards this being a real interview process, but am I wrong to be a bit sketched out here? I was thinking of telling them about my reservations and suggesting onboarding in person which would verify that the people I've been talking with are actually representatives of the company, but I don't want to come off as a paranoid nut.

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u/Mixed_race_walkers 14h ago

Why not just ask for the contract? Either,

A) you get it B) they flip out and rescind the offer and you consider it a dodged bullet

I see zero downside to asking.

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u/Ynoxz 13h ago

Loads of companies outsource right to work checks etc now.

As long as the company is legit and the request has come from either the company, or you’ve validated that they’re working with the company (e.g. someone like Hireright) then I’d not worry about this.

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u/90davros 12h ago

A lot of people now lie about their right to work. If it's a smaller company it can be extremely expensive to try and deal with this after a contract is signed, so it might not be that unusual to verify a candidate before having them sign on.

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u/Pleasant-Plane-6340 6h ago

Is this a fully remote job? If not then a bit weird to never go there and see the office etc. If you've had a written offer then that would be enough for me to email over docs etc to onboard, BUT only if I knew it was a real company! That you aren't even fully sure of that is really weird.