How does unknown, unfixed credit trouble cost you your job?

In a few cases, a bad credit rating could affect your current job if, for example, it caused you to lose a required security clearance. Financial problems are a red flag for clearances.

One thing some people may not know is that a bad credit rating may make it more difficult to get a good job in the first place. Many employers check the credit ratings of potential employees and won't hire someone with a poor rating. I'm not saying it's right or wrong - it just is a common practice.

The pirate one has something to do with his girlfriend's bad credit causing a home loan to not go through or something.

I've seen 3 commericals in the series. The first I saw was the pirate one. The second was about a guy having to live in in-laws' basement because his wife had a bad credit rating that prevented them from living in a home of their own. The third is the one about buying a car.

I don't see the one about the wife any more. It was a rare commercial that makes a woman look bad. That will not do. It seems perfectly acceptable for a commercial to make men (especially husbands/fathers) look like idiots (e.g. Sonic) but don't dare do it about a woman.