Q: Is it legal for an employer to have someone else verify your SSN and drivers license info via email and be coercive?
I just finished a very strange hiring process and have walked away feeling uncomfortable and unsure of how it happened. The recruiter from Teleperformance spoke quickly over the phone and rushed me through a bunch of paperwork insisting that it needed to be finished right then while she was on the phone. Part of that included uploading photos of my drivers licence and SS card. Part of it also included having someone else (in this case my fiance) verify my identity via a link sent to their email where they also input MY drivers licence and SS card info. The recruiter said this person could be anyone (a neighbor, etc.). I don't know why I didn't hang up right then. I definitely don't want to work for this place and I feel that their practices can't be legal, or are at best incredibly shady. I don't know what to do. I don't want them to have any of my info, photos of these documents, etc. Are they operating in a legal way? Am I wrong to feel so uncomfortable? What can I do?
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