I’m 35 years old. I went to a 2 year technical college after graduating high school.
I’ve been working as a medical coder, biller, and front desk lead at doctors offices for about 11 years. All of this was on the job training, no school needed.
I just moved to a new town and picked a medical front desk receptionist job that was offering a great schedule. Only HS diploma needed. This position would be a step down for me technically, but I’m taking it because I’m self studying to test for a higher medical coding degree.
I had to do a background check- the email from HR specifically stated “do not add technical colleges or vocational schools under education”. Not sure why??? But fine, I left it out.
HR and background check place blowing me up for the last 2 days to submit any pictures of my diplomas AND transcripts. I don’t have them. I graduated 15 years ago and moved 10 times since then.
Even though my background check was super clear and all of my previous medical jobs confirmed my employment, I was told I would lose my job offer if I didn’t submit education.
College transcripts and diploma would take weeks to receive and sent by mail only (for $10). I could get high school diploma & transcripts emailed immediately for $35, so I did that. All of this was after I drove 30 minutes each way to complete a drug screen.
All of this effort just to answer fucking phones and type on a keyboard.
Thanks for listening, fuck corporate world,
bye.