I believe my past boss is bad mouthing me to prospective employers when I put that work experince on my resume! I believe he holds a grudge because I didn't like to play office politics with the other office girls. I.E. gossiping, talking about confidentual issues.
2006-10-19 08:11:38 · 7 answers · asked by what can i do 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
This happened to me as well, but fortunately I was able to provide enough proof to his boss to put an immediate stop to it. I would have sued, but I was friends with several other people in the company, and I would have had to sue the company as well.
You'll need a couple of allies that your old boss doesn't know for this. Have them call looking for employment references for you as if they were going to hire you and write down EVERYTHING he says verbatim. They should ask for your dates of employement, last salary, position, job description, if you're eligible for rehire. They shouldn't try and goad him into saying anything or get mad or pressure him for answers - just let him talk and answers their questions. They shouldn't reveal that they are calling on your behalf. DO NOT try and record the conversatons.
Once they've done that, you'll have a much better idea what he's saying. There should be resources available in your jurisdictions for employers that say what they absolutely can't say about ex-employees. If he's violated any of those, go see a lawyer or your local labor department immediately.
2006-10-19 08:27:42 · answer #1 · answered by Chris H 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Start a file. Note every job you have lost, if possible, get feedback on why you didn't get job. You only get money in a lawsuit for losses (called "damages"). Not looking for a job means no damages. Looking and not getting a job is damages!
Talk to a legal aid service about having someone call your former boss to ask for a reference. Do not do it without an attorney's help, you might screw up your chances for a lawsuit even if he is acting unlawfully.
Be honest and upfront with future employers, telling them that your former experience was a bad one, and that you feel you were treated poorly and unfairly at the previous company. Don't tell a future employer anything about your plans to talk to an attorney, or a lawsuit. That turns future employers off.
The best scenario is that you get a new job quickly. Don't let this get you down. He's a jerk, and people can see through that.
2006-10-19 08:26:41 · answer #2 · answered by Polymath 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The lawyer first and imagine someone posing as a potential employer and having a record of what he says. Sounds like a great personal lawsuit against him and maybe the company.
2006-10-19 08:25:02 · answer #3 · answered by Dean * 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like to me you just have a lot of ranting and bitching to do.. Sorry for the blunt perspective but maybe you can tell them why you left honestly but professionally. Say that you felt your co-workers and bosses treated clients disrespectfully and your boss made a request that you do something in which you felt was inappropriate and due to ongoing issues in those areas you felt it was best to resign from your position because it goes against your beliefs of honesty and integrity and the behavior made you feel uncomfortable.
2016-05-22 02:48:55 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If him saying bad things about you to prospective employers is keeping you from getting hired you can sue the pants off of him. Which I don't think is necessarily a good thing as when looking to hire someone, you'll never know if they were a bad employee as most places won't give a bad reference for fear of being sued.
2006-10-19 08:20:36 · answer #5 · answered by bradys_mommy 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There's not thing one you can do about it unless one of those prospective employers steps forward with evidence of it...and you know they're not going to do that because the bastards all stick together so they can step on the backs of the workers!
2006-10-19 08:20:02 · answer #6 · answered by synchronicity915 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get a lawyer. The x-boss is in big trouble.
2006-10-19 08:14:57 · answer #7 · answered by samssculptures 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋