The Employer File

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Who are you looking up?

Type the name and the searches below fill themselves in where the source allows it. Your file saves as you go.

Employer name

Legal name, if different

Records are filed under the legal entity. When a search comes back empty, this is usually why.

State

Kind of employer

Role you're considering (optional)

Part one · Reference data

The public record

Each of these is a filing the employer had to make or a case someone brought. Open the search, read what's there, then log it. Mark a source checked even when it comes back empty, because an empty result is a result.

Part two · Your own experience

What you've seen yourself

Nothing here comes from a database. It's what the employer has shown you and told you so far, written down before your memory improves it.

Why is the role open?

How long has it been posted?

How have they treated your time?

What have they told you about the company?

What have people who work there, or used to, told you?

Anything that made you pause?

Part three · Side by side

The record and your read

Two columns that stay two columns. The left is what was filed. The right is what you were told and what you saw. This tool won't merge them into a score, because the useful part is where they disagree.

What the record shows

From public filings, as you logged them

What you've seen

From you, and nobody else

Things to consider

These are prompts drawn from what you entered. They are things to think about and ask about. They are not a verdict on the employer or on whether to take the job.

How to read this

What this tool can't tell you

It doesn't look anything upThe tool builds the search and holds your notes. You read the records. That keeps your judgment in the loop and your data on your machine.
Public records run lateRetirement plan filings arrive seven months or more after the plan year closes. Annual reports and nonprofit returns lag about as long. Last quarter isn't in here.
Empty isn't cleanNo results means nothing was filed under the name you typed. Small employers, young employers and employers with a different legal name all leave thin trails.
A charge is an allegationAn NLRB charge, an OSHA inspection or a complaint is the start of a process. Read how it ended before you read anything into it.
Size distorts everythingAn employer with 40,000 people will have more cases, more filings and more layoff notices than one with 40. Compare it with employers its own size.
It isn't adviceNothing here is legal, financial or career advice, and none of it tells you whether to take the job. It tells you what to ask before you decide.

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