Employee Screening with Fama Pulse: The Critical Step You’re Missing After the Hire

You did everything right: screened the candidate, checked the references, made the hire. But six months later, your team is walking on eggshells. Morale is down, trust is gone, and your culture feels off. What changed?

That’s the hidden half of misconduct, and it’s exactly why we built Fama’s newest product: Employee Screening with Fama Pulse.

What Is Employee Screening, and Why It Matters Now

Employee Screening is the process of evaluating current employees for emerging risk after they’ve been hired. While pre-employment background checks show how someone has behaved in the past, employee screening helps you understand how they behave publicly today.

In today’s digital-first world, online behavior often mirrors real-world conduct. Yet most employers only screen candidates before day one, leaving the door wide open to safety risks and toxic behavior that shows up later. Fama’s Employee Screening closes that gap.

The Reality of Modern Misconduct

Today’s people risks don’t start with a complaint. They start with subtle signals: an exclusionary comment, a hateful meme, or a violent rant buried in a thread. When ignored, these early warning signs can spiral into workplace violence, misconduct scandals, performance issues, and more.

Fama’s 2024 State of Misconduct at Work found:

• Online misconduct is up 50% year-over-year
• Threats have increased 180%
• 1 in 4 workplace violence incidents involve a current employee

Additional research also shows:

• Just 5% of toxic employees can slash team output by 40%
• High performers are 54% more likely to quit when misconduct is left unchecked
• Workplace polarization costs businesses $2 billion per day

And yet, many employers still rely on one-time background checks.

Real Stories, Real Risk

Fama’s platform has helped employers surface threats long before they escalate. Examples include:

• Stopping a workplace shooting by finding an employee online hit list and manifesto
• Doctors selling body parts on X
• CFOs linked to fraud, prostitution, and trafficking
• Employees making violent threats or promoting hate speech
• Teachers posting racist, violent remarks about children

These aren’t hypotheticals. They’re public, real-world warning signs of behavior that put people and brands at risk.

Introducing Fama’s Employee Screening Capability

The Fama Pulse Employee Screening feature gives HR and Compliance teams the power to identify extreme misconduct risk as it emerges, without surveillance, overreach, or heavy admin work.

Our AI-powered platform scans over 10,000 public online sources, including Facebook, X, Instagram, TikTok, and more for job-relevant, high-risk behaviors such as:

• Violence and threats
• Insider threats
• Hate speech and discrimination
• Harassment
• Fraud and illegal activity

Here’s how it works:

• Ongoing Insight, No Monitoring: Schedule employee rescreenings monthly, quarterly, or as needed, without constant surveillance.
• Behavior-Based Risk Detection: Spot patterns that quietly erode psychological safety, trust, and performance.
• Built for Compliance: FCRA, EEOC, PIPEDA, GDPR—you’re covered.
• Signal, Not Noise: We only flag public behavior that’s legally sound, job-relevant, and worth your attention.

Why Employers Are Moving From Reactive to Proactive

Traditional background checks are built for day one. But people change. Circumstances shift. And new risks can surface at any time.

Employee Screening flips the script, shifting HR from reactive to proactive risk mitigation. You don’t have to wait for the next crisis to happen, exit interview, viral scandal, or lawsuit to realize something is wrong.

With Fama, you can:‍

• Protect employees from potential workplace violence or extreme behaviors
• Identify early warning signs of misconduct without crossing privacy lines
• Reduce burnout and turnover by protecting psychological safety
• Prevent HR emergencies and public scandals before they start
• Build a culture of trust, integrity, and accountability

Navigating People Risk Across the Employee Lifecycle

Thousands of organizations trust Fama to prevent risky hires. Now, they’re using employee screening and rescreening to protect their workforce long after onboarding.

Whether it's a promotion to a sensitive role, a triggered risk event, or quarterly rescreening for all employees, Fama helps you stay ahead.

Because the truth is, what you don’t know can hurt you, your team, your culture, and your bottom line.

Protect Your People. Stay Ahead of Risk.

Fama’s Employee Screening gives you the behavioral insights you need to stay ahead of misconduct, evolve your risk strategy, and protect your most valuable asset—your people.

Don’t wait for the lawsuit, the exit interview, or the viral post.

Request a demo of Fama’s Employee Screening and see how we help you stay ahead before the damage is done.