2006-07-08 16:14:02 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Corporations
No.
Why? Because they are too afraid of being sued for slander.
Most employers will only give start and closing date of employment, no other information. They will not even answer as to whether or not they would rehire you, whether or not you were fired, and they sure won't give any work perfomance details. Generally they won't give any reference, good or bad.
You might find some small mom and pop business dumb enough to give out info, but any major employer has an HR dept, and lawyers on retainer, and would never risk being sued.
If you are concerned that by some chance your former employer is giving you a bad reference, get a friend to pose as a prosepective employer, have them call them and try to get them to say something bad about you. If, by some chance they do say something bad, get a lawyer to write a letter on your behalf telling them not to, or just sue them.
2006-07-08 16:28:59 · answer #1 · answered by Mary K 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely, because it happened to me. I was working a job at a Fortune 500 company and I loved the job until I found out something unethical was taking place with my immediate manager ( I was a supervisor). I reported this to the ethics office, sent e-mails that proved my boss was doing something against company rules and etc but they turned on me and waited 3 days until I came back from having heart surgery and terminated me. I was told that a client requested that I was removed from the project but I know this wasnt true. So, I was terminated, had no health insurance after a major procedure, and I was pissed but I didn't act a fool or anything. I just said it was nice working for you and good luck in your search. For almost 6 months I couldnt get a job and I know I was given a bad reference when I worked 60+hrs per week, rarely missed work, and etc. However, the company policy is to go through TheWorkNumber.com but in my case they violated their own rule to go out of their way to make it hard for me to find employment. So, former employees will screw you in a minute regardless of defamation lawsuits and etc.
2006-07-08 21:02:59 · answer #2 · answered by rodaerc06 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In small towns the employers all know each other, or, many of them do, so if you do something like steal, or something like go out with the boss's wife or husband or something like that, you could easily be blackballed. In executive positions of large coorperations, I've heard it often happens, all across the country.
2006-07-08 16:20:34 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes they do because I moved and left my job in the old town on kind of a sour note, and almost all places I applied at said my old job gave me a bad reference....they had no reason to I never called out and was always on time, they were very mad they wasted time/money to train me and I decided to move away, it took a long time to find a job where I am now
2006-07-08 16:26:22 · answer #4 · answered by GD-Fan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that is considered a breach of inner most ideas. ought to you be terminated on your psychological state, i'd propose you contact an criminal specialist today. also, in case you go away the business enterprise, the only reference they can provide is, "sure, this individual worked right here from this date to that date and became fired/resigned." besides as, "This individual's interest became to do XXX." ought to your organization expose any personal ideas, you should contact an criminal specialist today. in spite of the indisputable fact that, if you're considered plausible to the safe practices of others, the corporate has particular primary jobs to different workers and ought to request a restraining order and a police escort off the premises. No implication on your challenge! very few suggestion!
2016-11-30 21:52:19 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, actually a friend of mine in a small industry in NYC had a job offer revoked, because her boss had it revoked from her.
Legal - schmegal. Crooked people do whatever they can to keep their show together. And where there's people there is going to be a few who play by their own rules.
2006-07-08 17:26:17 · answer #6 · answered by Josie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yep, especially if you got caught surfing gay midget circus donkey porn. that can ruin your rep for awhile.
2006-07-08 16:18:45 · answer #7 · answered by ripperdear6766 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely they do! That's normal!
2006-07-08 16:17:58 · answer #8 · answered by cyanne2ak 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
depends on the person, and there status/authority!
2006-07-08 16:22:55 · answer #9 · answered by *FLIRTACIOUS* 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure, and they seldom get caught.
2006-07-08 16:18:18 · answer #10 · answered by curious115 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋