What does that even imply? “She advertised him”? Never heard anything phrased like that.
Women on dating sites will share the names of guys who were bad dates on social media. If they felt threatened, found out the guy was shady, super aggressive, got wasted, got handsy etc.
It's a whisper network tool.
Not saying it's true of course. Just trying to answer the question of "what does that even imply?"
It's very common practice in the corporate world to tell managers or anyone asked to provide references, that you cannot comment on their performances, skills, or if you think they are worthy hire.
It's primarily about risk, they don't want any accusations that you as a representative of a company contributed to unfounded slander towards a person, or that you set up competitor up with a bad hiring decision by providing bad information. So you are coached to only state only a few facts, date of employment, position....
Of course anyone can make claims about anyone, but there is always legal risk if those claims carry consequences for the person, and you cannot provide justification for the claim.
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Women on dating sites will share the names of guys who were bad dates on social media. If they felt threatened, found out the guy was shady, super aggressive, got wasted, got handsy etc.
It's a whisper network tool.
Not saying it's true of course. Just trying to answer the question of "what does that even imply?"
Thanks for the explanation, that makes sense why someone would phrase it that strangely (like you said it’s just to understand context, not that any of it is true).
It's very common practice in the corporate world to tell managers or anyone asked to provide references, that you cannot comment on their performances, skills, or if you think they are worthy hire.
It's primarily about risk, they don't want any accusations that you as a representative of a company contributed to unfounded slander towards a person, or that you set up competitor up with a bad hiring decision by providing bad information. So you are coached to only state only a few facts, date of employment, position....
Of course anyone can make claims about anyone, but there is always legal risk if those claims carry consequences for the person, and you cannot provide justification for the claim.
Yes, this has been SOP for a lot of companies for many years.
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Yes, this has been SOP for a lot of companies for many years.
100% this. The original quote wasn't exactly right (it's not illegal to disclose more than this) but any sophisticated organization have implied a policy whereby reference checks will only encompass start date and end dates.
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A COO. He said all we were allowed to say if someone called me is "yes they worked here, yes that was their position and yes it was during that time period."
(I shouldn't have used the word reference, as that's a different thing altogether. I just meant like if someone calls to confirm that someone used to work somewhere.)
A COO. He said all we were allowed to say if someone called me is "yes they worked here, yes that was their position and yes it was during that time period."
(I shouldn't have used the word reference, as that's a different thing altogether. I just meant like if someone calls to confirm that someone used to work somewhere.)
Nor should you have used the word “legally”.
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A COO. He said all we were allowed to say if someone called me is "yes they worked here, yes that was their position and yes it was during that time period."
(I shouldn't have used the word reference, as that's a different thing altogether. I just meant like if someone calls to confirm that someone used to work somewhere.)
Sounds like a company policy and nothing more. You can say anything you want that’s truthful. It’s not illegal to say more than the bare minimum.
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It's very common practice in the corporate world to tell managers or anyone asked to provide references, that you cannot comment on their performances, skills, or if you think they are worthy hire.
It's primarily about risk, they don't want any accusations that you as a representative of a company contributed to unfounded slander towards a person, or that you set up competitor up with a bad hiring decision by providing bad information. So you are coached to only state only a few facts, date of employment, position....
Of course anyone can make claims about anyone, but there is always legal risk if those claims carry consequences for the person, and you cannot provide justification for the claim.
Not much legal risk at all about giving an opinion.
Civil law. The reason almost every sophisticated organization has implemented this policy is to avoid getting sued for defamation by former employees. Once a reference starts giving opinion based information, you run the risk of saying something that can not be objectively verified.
We can debate the likelihood of a former employee being successful in proving defamation, but a standard, consistent policy takes most of that risk off the table.
