A fresh repo install, pulse is popping this in the pending job scan (running as a separate process):
2015-12-04 18:59:15: BEGIN - deadline02.scanlinevfxla.com\root
2015-12-04 18:59:15: Deadline Command 8.0 [v8.0.0.41 Beta (cd240c614)]
2015-12-04 18:59:15: Purging old Pending Job Scan logs.
2015-12-04 18:59:15: Performing pending job scan
2015-12-04 18:59:15: Pending Job Scan - Loading pending and active jobs
2015-12-04 18:59:15: Pending Job Scan - Loaded 0 pending and active jobs in 18.166 ms
2015-12-04 18:59:15: Pending Job Scan - Done.
2015-12-04 18:59:15: Processing Pending Job Events
2015-12-04 18:59:15: Pending Job Events - Checking for pending job events
2015-12-04 18:59:15: Pending Job Events - Processing 0 job events
2015-12-04 18:59:15: Pending Job Events - Error checking for pending events: Object reference not set to an instance of an object (System.NullReferenceException)
2015-12-04 18:59:15: Pending Job Events - Done.
There are no jobs in the repo, maybe thats why its throwing an exception?