If the old company knows that you've broken the law or were a danger to people in some way (e.g., threats, extremely inappropriate and worrisome behavior), they can get in more trouble for not telling the next employer who calls. That's where serious liability kicks in.
Adam Churvis wrote: > They're concerned with the possible liability over tacit endorsements of you > or your work. If they hire you and then claim that they were damaged because > of hiring you, and they further claim that the deciding factor was the > collection of endorsements from employees of your company, they'll most > likely come after your company in court. > > I'm surprised they let employees claim negatives, like threats or theft, > instead of referring them to HR. > > I guess you could have them ask HR specific questions that don't endorse yet > confirm what you did, like if your SNMP work was deficient. As long as it > wasn't documented deficient in your employment record then HR should have no > problem confirming. > > What a world, eh? > Respectfully, > > Adam Phillip Churvis > Certified Advanced ColdFusion MX 7 Developer > BlueDragon Alliance Founding Committee > > > > Get advanced intensive Master-level training in > C# & ASP.NET 2.0 for ColdFusion Developers at > ProductivityEnhancement.com > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Paul Ihrig > To: CF-Community > Sent: Friday, May 05, 2006 7:22 AM > Subject: no referance for me... > > > so i am leaving Liebert. > exit interview on Monday. > > i asked a couple of co-workers for reference on work i did with snmp data. > was told that HR would reprimand them if they did. > > only thing they could say is if i worked there, stolen any thing, or > threatened any one. > guess this is due to possible litigation they have seen in the past... > > i am like wth! > i did good work in a heavy tech industry for the Co. for two years, and i > cant even get references to Confirm that i did what i say i did??? > > how have you guys delt with similar situations? > thanks > -paul > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:206224 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
