Bad reference

teffers

Good advice above.

If all else fails, be creative on your CV. It's a necessary evil I'm afraid.

Put morals aside (momentarily).

Good luck.

sangie595

Deleted%20User wrote: »

Quite.


Lets also hope the gloating 'medical profession involved' stopped to think about the damage to someone's mental health being allowed to read out 'carte blanche'; this could drag someone down


Hell - 10 months without a job - hasn't the OP paid a price, oh no, that's only reserved for people who commit offences to come here and be told everything is alright


OP do some volunteering - get an up to date reference that way?


You only succeed on these forums writing as much of a sob story on how other people want to read it anyhow, very sadly

I presume that that means that you are not in favour of someone actually doing the job that they have been paid to do? The ten months unemployment was not a "price" - it was the consequence of not doing the job they were being paid for, and nothing at all in the OP's post suggests that they understand that at all. It doesn't matter that they didn't do their job because it was a "crappy" job anyway - that is what the OP said. So pointing out the reason why they (apparently surprisingly) got a poor reference is not gloating or putting the boot in. It is pointing out a learning point that the OP appears to have failed to have got. Or perhaps you don't mind the person dealing with your medical issues making a mistake or getting it wrong, because after all, they are bored and its a crappy job? What is an attitude in one job is liklely to be the attitude in any other job.

And if the OP didn't feel that they could cope with the stress of finding out what the reference said, then I would expect that, having been told their reference was not acceptable, they wouldn't have phoned up to ask about it!

And as for your last sentence, if I had a clue what you are on about, then it would probably be something I also disagreed with.

Undervalued

HappyMJ wrote: »

They aren't supposed to go into much detail but some do.

Says who?

They can write as much as they like and what they like as long as it is true and not deliberately misleading.

missbiggles1

Deleted%20User wrote: »

Quite.


Lets also hope the gloating 'medical profession involved' stopped to think about the damage to someone's mental health being allowed to read out 'carte blanche'; this could drag someone down


Hell - 10 months without a job - hasn't the OP paid a price, oh no, that's only reserved for people who commit offences to come here and be told everything is alright


OP do some volunteering - get an up to date reference that way?


You only succeed on these forums writing as much of a sob story on how other people want to read it anyhow, very sadly

Since when has "the woman at the hospital" (what the OP actually wrote) and "the gloating 'medical profession involved'" (what you (mis) quoted him as saying) been synonymous.

For that matter, since when has hearing the truth been damaging to someone's mental health?

Tiddlywinks

Deleted%20User wrote: »

You only succeed on these forums writing as much of a sob story on how other people want to read it anyhow, very sadly

^^^Since you joined here I've often read your posts and had absolutely no idea what you were saying - this last comment is a perfect example.

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Back to the OP - the reference must be factual - ask for a copy of it (from the recipient of the reference in question) and then raise a dispute with your former employer *if* you feel corrections are required... for example if the comments are inaccurate.

You'll find more info here:

https://ico.org.uk/for-the-public/employment/

https://ico.org.uk/media/for-organisations/documents/1064/the_employment_practices_code.pdf

http://m.acas.org.uk/index.aspx?articleid=5072

pippin22

Just spoke to the hospital and thankfully they are still giving me the job!!!
Massive relief!!!!!!

marleyboy

Reading out previous employer references to the client... Thats got to be a case of Gross misconduct or at the very least a confidentiality breach.

Tiddlywinks

marleyboy wrote: »

Reading out previous employer references to the client... Thats got to be a case of Gross misconduct or at the very least a confidentiality breach.

I agree - it's likely to be an unlawful disclosure as they would not have been able to verify the caller's identity.

The detail should only have been disclosed after submission of a Subject Access Request.

surreysaver

Since when did the NHS worry about the law when disclosing information? Oh yeah, I forgot - if the law doesn't allow disclosure, the NHS just changes the law.

tomtontom

pippin22 wrote: »

Just spoke to the hospital and thankfully they are still giving me the job!!!
Massive relief!!!!!!

That's great news. Hopefully you've learned from this experience how not to act at work, and can start your new role with a refreshed attitude.