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BTW - as someone who's in the financial industry (i.e. not software development), it's shocking to me that companies ask for references from prior employers. Po
by tdees40 12y ago
BTW - as someone who's in the financial industry (i.e. not software development), it's shocking to me that companies ask for references from prior employers. Positive feedback is obviously helpful, but there's a huge incentive for false negative feedback. It's just really unimaginable why that would be seen as a reliable source.
- jackmaney 12y agoSometimes (often?) the only references that are given are for verification of employment.
- poikniok 12y agoIt is pretty standard to give good references to bad employees in order to make one's competitors suffer their incompetence. Likewise all things being equal one does not want a great employee leaving to work for a competitor. Overall this is widely understood so nobody pays any attention to references.
- Iftheshoefits 12y agoIt's not shocking to me. There are a lot of hiring practices in software development that are based on inertia, bandwagons/fad-following, empirically unsupportable perceptions, and HR nonsense.