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I am not a woman but I saw a woman post a great tweet recently (sadly I forget who). She said that she asks the company for the details of any ex-employee who w

• Someone1234 8y ago
  I absolutely get why that would be useful to a prospective employee. But I cannot understand how it would work in practice: - Your former employer is giving out your contact information so you can help them recruit(?) - Your former employer is asking you to essentially work for free - But if your former employer offers you compensation now your opinion is biased - You may have liability issues (e.g. you say something unfavorable OR favorable, and you can be sued by the perspective employee or former employer) Rachel Nabors on twitter said it worked in the past, and I won't discount her experiences. I am genuinely curious to understand how the former employer arranged that with a former employee though.
  • minnca 8y ago
    >Your former employer is giving out your contact information so you can help them recruit(?) I think a lot of women would view a request like this as helping other women, rather than helping the company. Plus, as Nabors points out, the company would presumably ask the ex-employee permission before giving out contact info.
• ng12 8y ago
  Feels like there's lots of opportunities for this to backfire.
• bwb 8y ago
  Wow that is great, thank you for adding that in!