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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
I'm kind of surprised because references requirements are almost useless, most companies when asked will confirm your date of employment and then leave it at that because of the ability to be sued if you say something negative that costs an individual an opportunity.
Asking for a current employer as a reference can cause some problems, because if you don't get the job and lose the other one could be grounds for a lawsuit.
They're basically pressuring you to do something that could possibly cause harm.
I'm not a lawyer, but I can see how I would refuse this, with most companies they ask me to provide references and leave it up to me to decide who they're going to be.
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Agreed.
I actually have never been asked for a reference in my life.