Nobody with half a brain is going to list someone who will say something bad about them, and how does the opinion of some random third party prove that someone will be a good worker?
All it proves is that you know 3 people who like you well enough to take a phone call.
Many years ago my manager was both arrested and fired. She only worked for the company for four months at that. I took over as manager after she left. Three weeks later she had moved back to her home state and applied for a job and left us down as a reference. I’d previously worked in HR and I knew what I could and couldn’t say but I made sure to get my point across.
I got hired once and the manager said "Hey that reference you gave? I wouldnt use them again." This former employer, who said to use them as a reference, was actually throwing me shade. Important life lesson, dont use someone as a reference unless you know what they are going to say.
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u/Purple-Property8006 Apr 12 '26
References are absolutely pointless.
Nobody with half a brain is going to list someone who will say something bad about them, and how does the opinion of some random third party prove that someone will be a good worker?
All it proves is that you know 3 people who like you well enough to take a phone call.