Bad reference from last job 1616 Responses

Last post: 11 months, 3 weeks ago | Thread started: Jul 2, 12, 3:47 a.m.

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• clearThoughts

  As in VERY bad... what to do? Would that make getting a new full-time job almost impossible?

  Jul 2, 12, 3:47 a.m. – Permalink

• detritus

  How on Earth did you manage that?

  I thought it was legally tenuous for an employer to provide a 'bad' reference?

  • detritus is right, previous employer can ONLY CONFIRM your employment with them– monospaced

  

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  Dog-earJul 2, 12, 3:57 a.m. – Permalink

• renderedred

  Almost every job I ever held is one "bad reference". Ask my clients, they'll tell you I'm horrible and most don't come back except a crazy few. Not a big deal, man. Nothing is impossible.

  • "Let's hire this bad boy!"– raf1/2

    "Why not?"– renderedred2/2

  

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  Dog-earJul 2, 12, 4:04 a.m. – Permalink

• aanderton

  Find someone else who works at the company you used to work at. give their details instead as a person to contact for a reference. Scrap the written reference if there is one, just leave the contact details.

  

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  Dog-earJul 2, 12, 4:34 a.m. – Permalink

• d_rek

  The design industry uses references?

  

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  Dog-earJul 2, 12, 7:19 a.m. – Permalink

• drgs

  Use your roommate as reference

  

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  Dog-earJul 2, 12, 7:35 a.m. – Permalink

• sine

  "References available on request."... they never ask.

  • Yes they do.– waterhouse1/2

    maybe if you look like someone they should check out., they never asked me.– moldero2/2

  

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  Dog-earJul 2, 12, 7:37 a.m. – Permalink

• DRIFTMONKEY

  Did you supply a name for a reference? I thought they could only verify your employment through HR. Try to use it to your advantage. Makes them look a bit immature if you ask me.

  

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  Dog-earJul 2, 12, 7:50 a.m. – Permalink

• bjladams

  i was listed (and called upon) as a ref recently for someone i'd rather not have my name associated with- and was asked to fill out a character reference on them. i found it really hard, and had to choose my words carefully.

  • Can;t you just say no.– animatedgif1/2

    probably.– bjladams2/2

  

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  Dog-earJul 2, 12, 7:57 a.m. – Permalink

• ebertzjaw

  bad references are defamation.

  • pay someone to throw acid in your referees face.– ebertzjaw

  

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  Dog-earJul 2, 12, 8:18 a.m. – Permalink

• KarenCowell

  Contact an employment lawyer.

  

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  Dog-earJul 2, 12, 8:22 a.m. – Permalink

• animatedgif

  Can you give us a hint how you managed that?

  • I mean I've seen some really incompetent people who'd still get a "Good" reference– animatedgif1/2

    this had to do with ruthlessness from my end and 'supposedly' breaking the contract... Although technically I didn't.– clearThoughts2/2

  

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  Dog-earJul 2, 12, 8:50 a.m. – Permalink

• 23kon

  If the person who wrote the reference just has a grudge against you and you feel that it was written like that because of this then you should think about seeing an employment lawyer.

  However, if you were a knob at that job, missed deadlines, turned up late, spat on clients and your work was that of a 5 year old then you probably deserve a bad reference.

  Most companies would only use the reference of a current job once you've got the job - e.g during 6 weeks probation if you turn out to be crap then they might contact your previous employer (to see if you were crap there too).

  • it's illegal to discuss the subject with a previous employer– monospaced

  

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  Dog-earJul 2, 12, 8:59 a.m. – Permalink

• clearThoughts

  I pissed off the big guns. I came out clean but they hate me and it might take a while for it to clear out... I think after a while it will.

  I had a pretty high profile position, so I just think if anybody would hire me for a BIG role, they would look into the history of what happened in my last position.
  I personally think they are pretty nasty people and they might as well through in a bad word for me.

  My situation was a Bit like (Ray Liotta) Henry Hill in Good-fellas... I knew I was fucking up, but also had a lot of anger accumulated...

  I did learn the lesson though. That you ALWAYS have to do your best to leave in good terms.

  

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  Dog-earJul 2, 12, 4:13 p.m. – Permalink

• antimotion

  maybe you could send them a Hallmark card : )

  

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  Dog-earJul 2, 12, 4:15 p.m. – Permalink

• clearThoughts

  

  

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  Dog-earJul 2, 12, 4:55 p.m. – Permalink

• bored2death

  Freelance

  

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  Dog-earJul 2, 12, 5:16 p.m. – Permalink