employer id number
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You're a bad man, Peter.
Does any ID number have to be your SSN?
This makes absolutely no sense.
This makes absolutely no sense.
No, not a DBA, but my employer can bill certain gov. agencies for my work. One of the gov. computers were compromised and now we're advised to take precautions since info about our ID was in the files, including our employment number, which is our SSN.
The company I contract for (a very large one) uses SSN's. It drives me nuts when I think about it, so I try not to think about it.
My employer just uses a sequential employee ID number, though, and the SSN is just stored in an HR database with very limited access.
My employer just uses a sequential employee ID number, though, and the SSN is just stored in an HR database with very limited access.
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You are right. I thought he was going to become an employer so was asking about the IRS. The question should have been about employEE ID number.
The answer is no - it is the most stupid thing to use the SSN as an identifying number besides for SSN uses.I have come across such idiotic practices such as assigning credit union membership numbers same as the SSN. One wonders about the competency of some managers. No wonder consultants are in such demand.
We used to use SSN for ID for many years but a year or two ago we were assigned an Employee Identification Number. Yeah, in this day and age using SSN for such ID is totally nutso.
I work for Washington State, a rather large employer.
I work for Washington State, a rather large employer.
No doubt the database is stored on a laptop that an intern has access to.
It still baffles me how people walk out the door of any organization with this kind of information.
Not baffling @ all. Companies now want support 7x24, people to work from home etc, and they are too cheap to encrypt the hard drive.
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I handle the radiation badges for our facility. The State of Michigan requires that I have the SSN and birth date of each badge wearer on file! I thought this was a bit much, since I don't like to lock my files, nor do I think it's proper for myself to have this information. To satisfy the State of Michigan, I simply put a note in the radiation badge files directing any reader to the company's Human Resources department where the SSN information is kept.
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At any place I've been your employee number is numerical to your hire date. One of the tools that people who don't really know the person they might be dealing withs' rank in the company. Never mess with someone with a lower number than you... they are a survivor.
If you are Mexican, you don't need any number.
Good responses.... gotta love it. Ours is a hybrid. First two digits of last name followed by 4 selected digits from SSN. So it serves two purpi - no SSN and you can actually recall the number with a little memory (trick)
But I got to think that if someone REALLY wants to get your SSN, they can.......... or if you just crossed the border, ¿quién cuida? ¿quién sabe?
But I got to think that if someone REALLY wants to get your SSN, they can.......... or if you just crossed the border, ¿quién cuida? ¿quién sabe?
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