False References... 4

[keano]

Recently the company I work for has had to let go an employee taken on only six months ago due to their lack of cooperation and non team spirt participation.

On reviewing their C.V. details and references our H.R reported that the previous company had given this employee a glowing reference, all the things he was not to us.

My question is, Why those this happen? Do companies give references to troublesome just to get rid of them so that they can avoid possible lawsuits when they try to sack them.

Has your company ever done or even considered such action?

 

[jcfoley]

jcfoley,

The dismissal part is written into company policy. Of course, some HR type wrote this in due to a fear of lawsuits.

ScottyUK,

I am proud of who I am. I am just concerned that we are becoming a very small minority. That is the sad part.


Chris

 

[RARWOOD]

This thread reminds me of a person who was interviewing with a company I worked for at the time. The company decided to make an offer to this person, so they checked with some of his references. Later my supervisor came back and indicated thay they were not going to extend a job offer to that person.

As my supervisor put it "If these guys are his friends we don't want to talk with his enemies.