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Does anybody work in HR or employment law?
Bit of a story but;
A good pal of mine worked somewhere and left under a bit of a cloud. They then went onto a new job with excellent references from the previous employer.
They then (about 6 months later) applied for another job, successful at interview and awaiting dbs and adequate references.
Current employer gave an exemplary reference.
Previous employer (who had left a good one before) gave a bad reference meaning that my buddy couldn’t start the new job.
Now I feel it’s a bit sneaky and underhand, and that the last firm gave them a good ref to get rid of them, but can a firm subsequently give a bad ref after giving a good one? Costing that person the job they’ve just been successful in getting?
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I didn’t think you could give someone a bad reference unless someone has something on their employment record anyway such as a disciplinary or excessive absences or similar.
People tend to just stick to a template reference and try and tailor it to the individual.
How would they know they’ve had a bad reference? It’s not something you would tell a candidate, you’d just say they were unsuccessful. They don’t normally give specific reasons. |
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"I didn’t think you could give someone a bad reference unless someone has something on their employment record anyway such as a disciplinary or excessive absences or similar.
People tend to just stick to a template reference and try and tailor it to the individual.
How would they know they’ve had a bad reference? It’s not something you would tell a candidate, you’d just say they were unsuccessful. They don’t normally give specific reasons. "
That's what I was thinking...
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Contrary to popular belief a employer can 100% give a person a bad reference is what has been written is believed to be true by the company. Depending on who at the company gave the good reference that does not stop a manager or someone with a different relationship with the person to give a somewhat different reference. It all depends on who has written the current and previous references  |
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"I didn’t think you could give someone a bad reference unless someone has something on their employment record anyway such as a disciplinary or excessive absences or similar.
People tend to just stick to a template reference and try and tailor it to the individual.
How would they know they’ve had a bad reference? It’s not something you would tell a candidate, you’d just say they were unsuccessful. They don’t normally give specific reasons. "
The new employer told them the reason why the employment offer was withdrawn. |
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