Long story short, I'm 99% certain that my boss at the furniture store sabotaged a job I had lined up.
I've spent the last 3 weeks looking for a job, and had gotten accepted at a pool supply place here in San Diego. I had filled in the new hire paperwork, and was supposed to start today. All they needed was to contact the employer reference, and the last one they had to talk to was my old boss that I worked under for years.
So I get a phone call yesterday afternoon, and it's the manager from the pool supply place.
Me - Obvious
Her - manager
Me: Hey, good to hear from you! What time do you want me to come in tommorrow?
Her: Yeah, um...look. I can't hire you.
Me: Huh? Why?
Her: Your employer reference with the furniture company didn't check out.
Me: ...what? What do you mean, didn't check out?
Her: I really can't go into it or divulge what was said.
Me: No, I have a right to know. What is this previous employer saying about me that caused you to change your mind?
Her: Look, I can't get into it and we decided to go with someone else. I'm sorry.
Me: I don't get this. You realize that under california state law the only questions you're allowed to ask are if I worked the dates listed in my resume and if I'm rehireable. I TOLD you there was a chance this employer was hostile towards me because I refused to go along with them when they were wanting a paper trail to fire a pregnant coworker when she went on leave. I told you this. When I left voluntarily I was told I was rehireable. So someone is lying to me. I have a right to know who. So he either said I didn't work there, I wasn't rehireable, or you were asking questions you had no legal right to ask. Which is it?
Her: Sorry, I can't get into it. *click*
Needless to say, I am FURIOUS. There HAS to be some sort of recourse I have here.
When I would be contacted as an employer reference, ALL THE TIME the person calling would ask me about what type of employee this person was, how they got along with people, etc. I would have to constantly remind them that "You realize the only questions you're allowed to ask and I'm allowed to answer under state law are dates of employment, and you can't even ask why someone is no longer at their job?" EVERY TIME I had to say this.
Damnit! I'm so pissed off I can't even see straight. I KNOW my old boss M just cost me this new job but I have no way to prove it!
I've spent the last 3 weeks looking for a job, and had gotten accepted at a pool supply place here in San Diego. I had filled in the new hire paperwork, and was supposed to start today. All they needed was to contact the employer reference, and the last one they had to talk to was my old boss that I worked under for years.
So I get a phone call yesterday afternoon, and it's the manager from the pool supply place.
Me - Obvious
Her - manager
Me: Hey, good to hear from you! What time do you want me to come in tommorrow?
Her: Yeah, um...look. I can't hire you.
Me: Huh? Why?
Her: Your employer reference with the furniture company didn't check out.
Me: ...what? What do you mean, didn't check out?
Her: I really can't go into it or divulge what was said.
Me: No, I have a right to know. What is this previous employer saying about me that caused you to change your mind?
Her: Look, I can't get into it and we decided to go with someone else. I'm sorry.
Me: I don't get this. You realize that under california state law the only questions you're allowed to ask are if I worked the dates listed in my resume and if I'm rehireable. I TOLD you there was a chance this employer was hostile towards me because I refused to go along with them when they were wanting a paper trail to fire a pregnant coworker when she went on leave. I told you this. When I left voluntarily I was told I was rehireable. So someone is lying to me. I have a right to know who. So he either said I didn't work there, I wasn't rehireable, or you were asking questions you had no legal right to ask. Which is it?
Her: Sorry, I can't get into it. *click*
Needless to say, I am FURIOUS. There HAS to be some sort of recourse I have here.
When I would be contacted as an employer reference, ALL THE TIME the person calling would ask me about what type of employee this person was, how they got along with people, etc. I would have to constantly remind them that "You realize the only questions you're allowed to ask and I'm allowed to answer under state law are dates of employment, and you can't even ask why someone is no longer at their job?" EVERY TIME I had to say this.
Damnit! I'm so pissed off I can't even see straight. I KNOW my old boss M just cost me this new job but I have no way to prove it!
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