I can’t advocate the colleague who listed me as a reference
A reader writes:
Considered one of my coworkers was laid off two weeks in the past. She was a straightforward selection as a result of her work and angle weren’t nice. Her workplace was subsequent to mine so we’d have pleasant conversations day by day and I bought alongside together with her, however she yelled at her staff consistently and wasn’t obtainable to assist them, so many of the workplace hated her. The studies I wanted from her have been at all times late and filled with errors and others must repair them.
As a result of we have been on pleasant phrases and her supervisor doesn’t need to be a reference for her, she’s listed me as a reference and says two locations the place she interviewed would possibly name me. I actually don’t need to threat my fame by mendacity and giving her a superb reference, and I barely labored together with her so there’s not a lot I may say anyway. I bought again to her and mentioned, “I want you luck discovering a job, however I didn’t handle you or work with you a lot so I’m not a superb reference.” However she mentioned it’s too late, she listed me, and may I please inform them she was nice to work with. Do you counsel I simply don’t reply if a possible employer calls?
I reply this query — and two others — over at Inc. at present, the place I’m revisiting letters which were buried within the archives right here from years in the past (and typically updating/increasing my solutions to them). You can learn it right here.
Different questions I’m answering there at present embody:
- I’m coaching somebody who retains interrupting non-public conversations
- My boss makes me rent individuals who by no means work out
