What Do I Do if Someone Wants to Discuss Who Pays for An Investigation?

Sometimes people that I’m interviewing ask who is paying me. I guess that’s fair, they seem sometimes concerned that because the employer is paying me as an independent third-party investigator, that I am going to be biased in favor of the employer. And I suppose superficially, that makes sense, but the reality and what I explain to people when they bring it up is that I would have a very bad reputation in my industry if I told my clients what they wanted to hear. And so I get paid… And I often would make a joke about it that I get paid no matter what I find, but since I am really interested in my next client, I maintain my integrity and reputation by always telling my clients what I actually find not what they want to hear because falsifications get me nowhere in my career.