I should say, they can get in more trouble for not telling the next employer who hires you if you end up repeating the law-breaking behavior or doing harm to people while you are working at the job.
Robyn wrote: > 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:5:206226 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
