I thought bad references were illegal?!

kiwi07

dandelionclock30 wrote: »

You can put it down as the 2nd reference and it will if its good act as a counter to the first where there is a problem.Also employers like to see voluntary work as it shows that the person is putting something into society apart from signing on etc.

I did put it as the 2nd (even 3rd!) reference but as soon as they received a bad reference from the previous employer the offer was withdrawn. I gave them 3 reference in total (2 were definitely good, the 3rd one was from the previous employer as they wanted...
CRB check came back as "clean", had no disciplinary actions etc...

Torry_Quine

oki1875 wrote: »

I did put it as the 2nd (even 3rd!) reference but as soon as they received a bad reference from the previous employer the offer was withdrawn. I gave them 3 reference in total (2 were definitely good, the 3rd one was from the previous employer as they wanted...
CRB check came back as "clean", had no disciplinary actions etc...

Did you tell the prospective employer about the issue that's causing the problem. For instance in your application or at interview rather than them finding out from the reference or are you trying to say you have no knowledge of any problem?

JonathanStewart

Torry_Quine wrote: »

Did you tell the prospective employer about the issue that's causing the problem. For instance in your application or at interview rather than them finding out from the reference or are you trying to say you have no knowledge of any problem?

What kind of idiot is going to tell the employer on the application form or at interview that they did not get on with their previous colleagues!

kiwi07

Torry_Quine wrote: »

Did you tell the prospective employer about the issue that's causing the problem. For instance in your application or at interview rather than them finding out from the reference or are you trying to say you have no knowledge of any problem?

They did not asked me at the time of interview. I thought if I volonteered it myself it would look rather strange.. As soon as received a letter saying the offer was withdrawn I sent an explanation letter...

Torry_Quine

JonathanStewart wrote: »

What kind of idiot is going to tell the employer on the application form or at interview that they did not get on with their previous colleagues!

It depends what you mean by not getting on with colleagues. Certainly you should say for instance if you were dismissed.

oki1875 wrote: »

They did not asked me at the time of interview. I thought if I volonteered it myself it would look rather strange.. As soon as received a letter saying the offer was withdrawn I sent an explanation letter...

That's the problem. It's much better for you to mention something and explain rather than having to make explanations after they've heard from elsewhere. Did you think it wouldn't come up?

kiwi07

Torry_Quine wrote: »

It depends what you mean by not getting on with colleagues. Certainly you should say for instance if you were dismissed.



That's the problem. It's much better for you to mention something and explain rather than having to make explanations after they've heard from elsewhere. Did you think it wouldn't come up?

I though they simply could not give me a bad reference... I was so wrong..

JonathanStewart

oki1875 wrote: »

I though they simply could not give me a bad reference... I was so wrong..

but were you fired?

Torry_Quine

oki1875 wrote: »

I though they simply could not give me a bad reference... I was so wrong..

Did you think they wouldn't mention something negative, if it's accurate then why wouldn't they?

JonathanStewart

Torry_Quine wrote: »

Did you think they wouldn't mention something negative, if it's accurate then why wouldn't they?

we dont even know if they were dismissed or not yet!

Torry_Quine

JonathanStewart wrote: »

we dont even know if they were dismissed or not yet!

I didn't say they were actually. :mad: