Bad reference from last job
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- clearThoughts0
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.
- antimotion0
maybe you could send them a Hallmark card : )
- bored2death0
Freelance
- detritus0
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 themmonospaced
- renderedred0
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.
- aanderton0
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.
- d_rek0
The design industry uses references?
- drgs0
Use your roommate as reference
- sine0
"References available on request."... they never ask.
- Yes they do.waterhouse
- maybe if you look like someone they should check out., they never asked me.moldero
- DRIFTMONKEY0
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.
- bjladams0
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.
- KarenCowell0
Contact an employment lawyer.
- animatedgif0
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" referenceanimatedgif
- this had to do with ruthlessness from my end and 'supposedly' breaking the contract... Although technically I didn't.clearThoughts
- 23kon0
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 employermonospaced
