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Have any of you ever called your previous job/landlord to see what kind of reference they would give you? (leminal.space)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by CorrodedCranium@leminal.space to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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You'd probably need someone else to call on your behalf. If you have, how did it turn out?

Edit: There seems to be some confusion about what I'm asking. I'm not talking about fake references. I'm talking about calling your reference on the sly to see if they're actually going to give you a positive review.

For example things don't go well with your landlord and you suspect they're going to depict you as bad tenant when you put them down as a reference while looking for a new place.

The same thing could be said for bosses and jobs.

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[–] FiniteLooper@lemm.ee 34 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I once had an intern who previously worked for me call and ask that I be used as a reference, but lie about what they did and for how long. I was like: uh… no if I get a phone call I will describe your role accurately.

Crazy that they would think anyone would do that

[–] CorrodedCranium@leminal.space 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'd probably be willing to lie depending on how far out it was. Like if a job asked for your references for the past four years and they were there for three I'd probably fudge the numbers

[–] driveway@lemmy.zip 1 points 10 months ago

Isn't there official insuramce revords for those type of things? Do they just take the reference's word? I mean how do you even know who you're talking is who they say they are.