For a bit of background on the advice below, here's some great insight from career expert Alison Doyle, who wrote about what employers can
say about former employees for The Balance:
One of the questions job seekers ask frequently is «What can an employer
say about former employees?»
One of the questions job seekers often ask is «What can an employer
say about former employees?»
Hire smart by looking past what references
say about former employees and finding out what they mean.
Not exact matches
Mark LeGrier, a
former financial
employee who's black,
said he was subjected to retaliation when he complained to Brandi
about Slater's behavior.
Another
former employee said that while there are no «right» answers to these questions, there are «appropriate» answers, in the sense that what someone reveals
about their thinking and value system either fits or doesn't fit into what is expected of the role in question.
«There was never any talk
about accuracy,»
says a
former employee.
WSJ writer John Carreyrou reportedly spoke to four
former employees, none of whom are named in his story, including one who «accused the company of failing to report test results that raised questions
about the precision» of their tests, which could be «a violation of federal rules for laboratories,» the Journal article
said.
Clark
says: «Everyone, sooner or later, is going to hear
about how you've treated your
employees,» and suggests that if a work relationship is ended caringly,
former employees can be great assets to a company.
According to emails revealed in 2016 by Gawker,
former State Department official Philippe Reines gossiped with reporters
about Rosen's behavior,
saying he was removed from the State Department bureau after he allegedly harassed another
employee there.
And bank - holding company SunTrust
said Friday that a
former employee may have tried to steal and share personal information for
about 1.5 million customers.
Employers also need to be careful
about endorsing
former employees on job sites like LinkedIn, Segal
says.
But Mr. Fadell has changed his mind several times
about whether to introduce a hub at all and how that hub should be designed, current and
former employees say.
Students internalize what their peers
say about an organization, and if a
former intern or
employee had a poor experience, students will probably steer clear.
The women took issue with the company's statement that «no current or
former Fox News
employee ever took advantage of the 21st Century Fox hotline to raise a concern
about Bill O'Reilly» The lawsuit
said that Ms. Mackris and Ms. Diamond raised complaints through their lawyers but that no investigation was conducted in either case.
According to nearly a dozen current and
former Uber engineers and product managers who attended or were briefed on the Tuesday all - hands meeting,
employees said they were concerned that Mr. Kalanick's willingness to work with Mr. Trump after the immigration order would color Uber as a soulless company that cared only
about its bottom line.
Feb. 24 — A second
former Uber
employee blogs anonymously
about «chauvinistic, racist and homophobic» attitudes she
says she experienced there.
Thinx has denied the harassment allegations, made by a
former employee in a legal complaint, and
says other allegations
about the company's culture are inaccurate.
The idea was to take what is unique
about Apple and create a forum that can impart that DNA to future generations of Apple
employees,»
said a
former Apple executive who spoke on the condition of anonymity to preserve his relationship with the company.
Instead, as
former Facebook
employee Sarah Smith
says, the motto told team members «to take risks and not think too much
about every potential consequence knowing that if something failed, it would be okay.»
Even looking at Glassdoor or something similar to learn what
former employees are
saying is invaluable information to have, because quite frankly, if you're going to approach
employee advocacy blindly without even a sense of what your
employees feel
about the company, then a tool might even be a bad thing.
Former armed forces minister Kevan Jones
said questions needed to be answered
about the role of Mr Fox and Adam Werritty, the charity's only
employee.
«I can not
say why,» he
said about the ouster of Corum, a
former employee of the United Federation of Teachers.
Kelly officials
said they couldn't speak
about current or
former employees.
«The Ethics Committee finds that Assembly Member McLaughlin revealed information
about the nature of the complaint, the name of the complainant, and the results of the Initial McLaughlin Investigation to his confidant and
former employee, who is currently an Assembly minority conference
employee,» the letter
says.
«I think we're looking at the landscape of opportunities to talk
about the issues facing Connecticut,»
said Kurantowicz, a Connecticut - based
employee of CAP Public Affairs, a national political consulting firm whose founders include two
former senior staffers of the Republican National Committee.
A spokeswoman for Schneiderman would not
say what the BFI was investigating, although
former employees of some of Sen. Diaz's not - for - profits
say the FBI interviewed them
about complaints they made concerning the senator.
The
former employee, who requested anonymity because he had signed a nondisclosure agreement,
said that he had seen emails from drivers complaining
about the issue at least two years ago, and that Uber's response had typically been dismissive.
Joel Clement, the
former top climate policy expert at the Interior Department before he resigned last summer,
said he's also concerned
about why
employees aren't filling out the survey.
Maybe they could have called it something other than Wii u like the
former employee said but that is nothing, the point is Nintendo is not possibly going to go mobile and third party like everyone cries
about.
Bettejean Gosnell, who earned her certificate through iteachTexas
about seven years ago and teaches special education in Argyle,
said she was the alternative certification «poster child,» a
former Nabisco
employee whose busy life drew her to online teacher certification courses.
They
said «Over the course of the author's reporting, Amazon facilitated meetings for him with more than half a dozen senior Amazon executives, during which he had every opportunity to inquire
about or fact - check claims made by
former employees.
A
former employee at the big G,
said it is all
about peer based reviews.
Former employees of Lab126
say the chief executive officer spends an unusual amount of his time delving into the gritty details of his fledgling hardware business, and can happily talk for hours
about the location of this or that button on a device.
Former employees of Lab126
say the chief executive officer spends an - unusual amount of his time delving into the gritty details of his fledgling hardware business, and can happily talk for hours
about the location of this or that button on a device.
Do your due diligence before signing up for the paycheck by asking thoughtful questions during the interview process, seeing what
former employees have
said about the company online, and vet your new boss.
When Szczepaniak asked
about the title, the
former SEGA
employee said its graphics resembled the visuals from Odin Sphere.
When I asked a senior level
former Western Fuels
employee about the infamous leaked memo subset having the «reposition global warming» phrase, he
said he was aware of it as unsolicited suggestions, but it was rejected as not what Western Fuels had in mind for the ICE campaign's goals or targeted audience.
The bigger concern if you
say something [in a testimonial]
about somebody in - house or a
former employee who ends up terminated, is that raises some potential employment issues, so you have to be very careful.
The article explores what an employer should
say when asked
about a
former employee who wasn't up to the task.
(Wonder what they have to
say about you...) You'll also find some surprises, like unsolicited reviews of your services by
former and existing clients — maybe even a few from
former employees.
As a
former HR
employee I have to
say that» s
about time.The level of abuse in that Company by managment is outrageous.
The only stable deposits in 2017 were used for company payroll, which cost Faraday Future
about $ 12 million a month, these
former employees say.
A
former Facebook
employee cited the information from the white paper in a memo to Representative Adam Schiff's office in early March,
saying it could help Congress ask the right questions
about whether the campaign coordinated with Russia.
A
former Facebook
employee cited the information from the white paper in a memo to Rep. Adam Schiff's office in early March,
saying it could help Congress ask the right questions
about whether the campaign coordinated with Russia.
Find out what
former and current
employees are
saying about their employers, the company culture, and the interview process on sites like Glassdoor, CareerBliss, and Vault.
Bear in mind that «some companies or organizations have policies against
saying a lot
about a
former employee except for dates of employment, salary, etc.,» she
said.
Rosen
said that some employers don't bother to verify past employment because they know many organizations have policies against giving out detailed information
about current or
former employees.
What are industry insiders, competitors, and current and
former employees saying about their culture?