posted 19 years ago
When you gave permission for the check, did you request a copy? If so, you'll get notified by the company doing the check, plus by your new employer. I too waited until my new employer said "it's a go" because once, a long time ago, I quit one job to start another, and was told at the new job that the person who hired me didn't have the authority to do so, so I didn't have a job and neither did the guy who hired me (they fired him). Better safe than sorry, in my opinion.
Give a man a fish, he'll eat for one day. Teach a man to fish, he'll drink all your beer.
Cheers, Jeff (SCJP 1.4 all those years ago...)