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I’m guessing another lousy side of this is the toxic HR as mentioned in the post. Let’s say you lasted a year and left. Now you can put Amazon on your resume. H
by iJohnDoe 5y ago
I’m guessing another lousy side of this is the toxic HR as mentioned in the post. Let’s say you lasted a year and left. Now you can put Amazon on your resume. However, HR is so toxic that they’ll never give you a good reference if someone calls in. Now all that work and effort was really for nothing.
Edit: I meant if someone calls into HR to verify employment. You run the risk of HR secretly bad mouthing you. Yes, it’s probably illegal, but if they are doing all this other stuff, then would you be confident what they say or don’t say?
- ghaff 5y agoHR at a large company basically never gives a good reference if someone calls. They'll acknowledge the dates you worked there.
- alisonkisk 5y agoThat makes no sense. HR gives employment confirmation. Individual people you know choose whether to give references.
- pureliquidhw 5y agoAmazon HR won't give a reference, period. They'll verify employment dates, and I bet that's handled by a third party. I haven't had a reference check in the past 3 jobs over 5 years.
- oblio 5y agoDo references really work like this? I've always given them the name of someone I worked closely with.
- __derek__ 5y ago> I meant if someone calls into HR to verify employment. You run the risk of HR secretly bad mouthing you. Yes, it’s probably illegal, but if they are doing all this other stuff, then would you be confident what they say or don’t say? Employment/salary verification is outsourced to The Work Number (an Equifax product). Nobody at Amazon is involved.