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Subject:RE: What do you ask references? From:"Mike O." <obie1121 -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 12 Jul 2004 09:18:09 -0700 (PDT)
Robert Milkovich wrote:
> You may encounter people whose companies forbid
> them from providing any information other than
> "He or she worked here from this date to that date"
> ...It happens because people have sued former
> employers for giving bad references...
... and properly so, if the court finds that the employer improperly
caused harm to the employee. Ahh, the American judicial system in
action, protecting working people... it's a beautiful thing. I salute
the wisdom of the Founding Fathers. The US is the land of the fresh
start, of second chances... it was never intended that your whole
career should be subject to the whims of a bad boss with a peeve.
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