He means they never checked if anyone went to the places they said they did, I only use to check for people who said they had Phds, a surprisingly high number of people lie about that
Yes, that’s right, so pretty easy to check, some people would say they’re still doing their PhDs, you know I can digitally check with the university right?
Yeah you have to write a dissertation, and these days all universities tend to announce current dissertations online, with the abstract if not the full documents. And even for older stuff - a copy or two of every dissertation are always deposited with the university library. In fact they're pretty much the only ones guaranteed to have a copy of any dissertation. So you could check a PhD in a few minutes just by searching the university library catalog without even needing to send a query to the uni.
If you think about it, they've got nothing to lose. If you catch em on it, fine, they're in the same position they were before. If you don't catch it, they've got a better paying job. I used to tell my dad he should lie and say he finished his bachelor's in accounting, rather than just his associate's. He knows how to do the stuff, and could easily move up the ladder, but because he's only got the 2 year degree he's basically advanced as far as his company will allow.
I worked in accounting in a dax company. Maybe they do those checks at higher levels or other large companys but this one did not at my level in the hierarchy. But I think it's not normal here outside like security relevant stuff and such. We even have a doctor from time to time that's not a doctor or has any medical degree so even not our big hospital companies check their doctors apparently.
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u/CYOA_With_Hitler May 28 '25
He means they never checked if anyone went to the places they said they did, I only use to check for people who said they had Phds, a surprisingly high number of people lie about that