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the height of evility...
I thought I would share a little from the reference from hell. I can't be bothered to retype the whole thing, but here are a few choice comments:
Our greater concerns however were in respect of his lack of commitment to his clients and his reluctance to demonstrate any personal responsibility for his professional practice...He was, at times, reluctant to respond to direction from his team manager...There were a number of assessments that he completed which both lacked depth and were seriously flawed...He was not felt by his colleagues to be a 'team player'...there are times when he allows personal dissatisfactions and difficult relationships with colleagues to predominate over his professional commitment...
It gets better...The latest installment in my little saga now involves the assistant director of social services, we have now moved four levels of management away from this pathetic soul, who has emailed my agency to tell them that he saw the reference before it went out, and he fully supports his manager because everything she says has been evidenced. He ended his email by suggesting to the agency that their continued employment of me raises serious concerns about them. Stunning stuff, I think you will agree. This really does raise the ante because it takes me to just two tiers away from the chief executive.
At one level, although I am deeply upset about it all, I am finding it fascinating. It's a bit like watching a train crash in slow motion. I just can't imagine how it will all end. All I can say is thank God it is not easy to buy firearms in the UK or who knows what I may do after I've had a few drinks.
I am listening to Charred Resentment The Same from the album "The Carlton Chronicles: Not Until The Operation's Through" by South San Gabriel
[Posted with ecto]
mr mcmuffin on 20 May 2005 @ 06:03 PM ✲ Permalink
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In the US this is lawsuit worthy. Unless that bitch has something to back it up...like poor and declining evaluations, she is sunk. Go for her jugular and make sure her HR office follows through with it. I am so sorry....this is horrid.
Posted by: karan | 20 May 2005 19:48:14
I misspoke before....even if she has documentation up the wazoo....she would still be lawsuit worthy...libel is a big no no.
Posted by: karan | 21 May 2005 01:11:13
I agree with you Karan, as does Mr McMuffin. There is no documentation on their side and they seem to forget that he left because he was unhappy that he could not complete his work to the quality he wished, because they would not allow him to do so.
I am so angry because Mr McMuffin (and I!) went through such a horrible time in such a deeply flawed organisation, left without having another job to go to because it was so bad and now they want to stick it to him. I am really angry too, because I manage a very similar team and would have been so happy if one of my workers was as capable as him. Bastards!
Posted by: mrs mcmuffin | 21 May 2005 10:09:02
This is pure garbage. That is not a reference. That is spiteful and horribly unprofessional. She is someone who has a lot of issues with herself. Unfortunately, we are only human and take these things rather badly.
If this was a problem for her, then why did she wait until you were gone? Anyone who writes stuff like that trash and expects to be taken seriously is not right somewhere. This is just ghastly.
And good job on getting others involved. What was her reaction to that BTW?
Posted by: aithne | 22 May 2005 23:57:36
Oh wow...is all I can say. I hope that you find a nice way to pay her back with interest.
Stunning is not a strong enough word.
Posted by: jo | 23 May 2005 11:37:44
