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where the hell is it the norm to talk to your previous employment supervisor?? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 9 months ago by fracture@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/casualconversation@piefed.social

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been applying to a lot of jobs, in my career field and otherwise, and a lot of them are asking if they can contact my previous supervisors. they cannot, because i do not have any way to contact them myself LOL but is this really normal?? who is actually calling those people? is this affecting hiring decisions??

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[–] The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org 5 points 9 months ago (5 children)

Most companies nowadays do not let their employees talky about past employees because of liability.

Send the contact info anyway, HR will tell them they cannot discuss it but usually will answer if the employee is re-hireable or not.

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[+] Nomad@infosec.pub 5 points 9 months ago (4 children)

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[–] troed@fedia.io 2 points 9 months ago

There are plenty of ways to write bad stuff in recommendation letters that hiring managers will pick up on, without it sounding negative for the employee.

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[–] The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org -2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

It is US Specific, mostly because that was where I was the last time I worked for anyone else.

....do I need a disclaimer when I write an opinion?

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