You can say all you want about “be yourself” and “honesty is the best policy” but that doesn’t mean the company across the table from you is going to be a good

You can say all you want about “be yourself” and “honesty is the best policy” but that doesn’t mean the company across the table from you is going to be a good actor. You’re placing a lot of faith on the company here, and in my experience people in companies will absolutely do things like what the author listed and thinking that they won’t is just naive. I’ve personally experienced having a former boss who’s friends with your current boss and what that can do to your reputation. spoiler alert: even in a situation where there wasn’t a lot of bad blood, it meant a perceptible negative change towards me.