Ryan shouldn't have asked for a job reference

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Ryan, a former employee at Cash Converters (a pawnbroking franchise), asked them for a reference after he left. He shouldn't have bothered.

WARNING - contains coarse language.

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  • It's a shame that, because a positive reference from Cash Converters would have been worth its weight in gold...

    [cackle]...
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    • Years ago this kid I worked with asked the boss for a reference.
      It went something like this.

      Tim has red hair. In fact Tim has the reddest hair out of all our employees. Tim is a vary valued employee because of his red hair. If you are looking for an employee with Tim's excellent qualifications, which is his red hair then I highly recommend Tim.
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  • Yeah, you NEVER know what you will get. I have had idiots say I worked in areas I never touched, said things I never said, etc.... At one point, a person said I drove like his grandmother, and SLOW! I asked WHY he had that idea, and he said I never left the lane on the right. Though technically true, it really wasn't, and I generally go at the speed of traffic, or FASTER than the speed limit, in most cases. HERE, it was on a CONGESTED road where I could not be sure of detours, etc... Oh SURE, I could have maybe gone faster in the leftmost lane, but the idea isn't to go fast, it is to get to your destination in a reasonable timeframe. Going 100 in the fast lane could have gotten me there a LOT slower, and I might have gotten a ticket or car damage.

    Steve
  • ..."proved himself useless in a wide variety of tasks." ah-hahahaha!
  • Banned
    A company I worked for wouldn't give out anything except verification that a person worked at their company because they were sued for giving a bad reference and the employee won the case.

    ... but yeah, that's a hilarious reference (unless you're Ryan).
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    • I worked for a total wench once. She fired 80 females in the year I was under her - and no males, even when they were disastrously stupid and lazy. I had an assistant that was incredible, but she was a temp, the company was on a hiring freeze, and she wanted a perm job with bene's. Can't blame someone for that.

      She went to an interview one day and almost got the job and my surpervisor completely fried her just because she was mad that she'd have the "audacity" to not only look for another job, but to actually take time off for the interview.

      I've never been so angry in my life. I called the company and told them the reference had been unjustified. Then I went in and told HER supervisor that he was a complete idiot for allowing her to be a supervisor and I quit my job (good jobs were a lot easier to come by in those days). My advise to her was to sue, and I told her that I'd take the stand for her if she decided to do so.

      Just because someone is an employer doesn't mean they are above-board people. I wouldn't trust a few of my ex employers to give a fair, or even remedially fair reference.

      On the other hand - other than saying that there are people who will support you when asked, references don't mean much. If you can't find a few people who you know will give you a decent reference, you might need to do some soul searching.
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    • Which is why most companies these days will only give out the following types of letters:

  • Great letter (sarcasm)...yeah because any manager or business owner with a lick of business sense would keep someone around if they were really that incompetent. And then send a letter that unprofessional to another company.
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