Being asked to recommend a dud ex-colleague is just the start of it, says Pilita Clark for the Financial Times.
The point is that he, like me, could not imagine being brazen enough to put such a request to a distant work contact. As he said: “I have a roster of people that I’ve had long, trusted relationships with and I just wouldn’t reach out beyond that for references.”who lacked the time to develop that roster. Some had even more experience than him.may not be helping.
This underlines a more serious problem with job references. They have a long and unhappy history of being unreliable.Commentary: LinkedIn’s toxic positivity and hustle culture create unrealistic work expectations But some academic research suggests references actually tend to be excessively positive. This is mostly because applicants choose who writes them. Also, writers fear lawsuits or a nasty showdown if they pen an accurate but damaging letter.
This makes sense for very senior roles paying very large salaries. By some estimates, it can cost up to 200 per cent of the salary of a top executive to replace them.
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