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so I put in my resignation at my job...

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Maverick

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Went to put in my two weeks at my job this afternoon and when I told my manager I was resigning she was like "I know...some lady called here last week trying to verify your employment. I told her I can't give out that information and she should contact HR". So she knew something was up but she was cool about it and didn't tell anyone about it until she talked to me. Apparently that happened last week when they were verifying my employment.

I didn't use my manager as a reference solely for the reason that I didn't want them to fire me for looking for a new job. I did give her name as my current supervisor but I thought that when a company checks up on your current job they go directly to HR. Is this a common thing? Seems really unprofessional to me. They should have known to call HR instead of the manager. I didn't even leave the manager's number...just the company's main phone number.

Luckily she was cool about it..but I shudder to think if I had an uncool manager and I didn't get the other job...would've been a bad situation.
 
Yeah it would have been. It's risky gettinga new job but generally unless you're pretty likely to get it they won't call your company anyway. I got a new offer last week and checked YES On the "can we contact your employer". I figured no was a bad flag.

I was about to give notice and then my employer got me a nice counteroffer about 20 minutes ago so I have to tlel the first company no (already verbally said yes on the phone - bad skoorbie, bad!!).
 
Originally posted by: Shiva112
Went to put in my two weeks at my job this afternoon and when I told my manager I was resigning she was like "I know...some lady called here last week trying to verify your employment. I told her I can't give out that information and she should contact HR". So she knew something was up but she was cool about it and didn't tell anyone about it until she talked to me. Apparently that happened last week when they were verifying my employment.

I didn't use my manager as a reference solely for the reason that I didn't want them to fire me for looking for a new job. I did give her name as my current supervisor but I thought that when a company checks up on your current job they go directly to HR. Is this a common thing? Seems really unprofessional to me. They should have known to call HR instead of the manager. I didn't even leave the manager's number...just the company's main phone number.

Luckily she was cool about it..but I shudder to think if I had an uncool manager and I didn't get the other job...would've been a bad situation.
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Seems so stupid. I have had prospective employers ask for that information and I have refused to give it for that very reason.
 
Originally posted by: Shiva112
Went to put in my two weeks at my job this afternoon and when I told my manager I was resigning she was like "I know...some lady called here last week trying to verify your employment. I told her I can't give out that information and she should contact HR". So she knew something was up but she was cool about it and didn't tell anyone about it until she talked to me. Apparently that happened last week when they were verifying my employment.

I didn't use my manager as a reference solely for the reason that I didn't want them to fire me for looking for a new job. I did give her name as my current supervisor but I thought that when a company checks up on your current job they go directly to HR. Is this a common thing? Seems really unprofessional to me. They should have known to call HR instead of the manager. I didn't even leave the manager's number...just the company's main phone number.

Luckily she was cool about it..but I shudder to think if I had an uncool manager and I didn't get the other job...would've been a bad situation.
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i usually remind them its not ok to call my current employer, they have been cool with it.
 
Originally posted by: Skoorb
Yeah it would have been. It's risky gettinga new job but generally unless you're pretty likely to get it they won't call your company anyway. I got a new offer last week and checked YES On the "can we contact your employer". I figured no was a bad flag.

I was about to give notice and then my employer got me a nice counteroffer about 20 minutes ago so I have to tlel the first company no (already verbally said yes on the phone - bad skoorbie, bad!!).
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:Q You are highly sought after:Q

What are you gonna do with the new pay and/or benefits? 😀

 
Originally posted by: Skoorb
Yeah it would have been. It's risky gettinga new job but generally unless you're pretty likely to get it they won't call your company anyway. I got a new offer last week and checked YES On the "can we contact your employer". I figured no was a bad flag.

I was about to give notice and then my employer got me a nice counteroffer about 20 minutes ago so I have to tlel the first company no (already verbally said yes on the phone - bad skoorbie, bad!!).
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Way to go Skoorb! Is your current employer matching the offer of the new place?
 
Originally posted by: Zim Hosein
that I didn't want them to fire me for looking for a new job.
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Is that legal? 😕

Congrats on the new job Shiva112 :beer:
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I don't think its legal but I've heard of it happening before in other companies. Not worth taking your chances in most situations.

Thanks :beer::beer::beer:
 
Hmm.. that's just not right for the other company to contact your manager/supervisor and not HR. That's just unprofessional. Even if you don't work there anymore, they should be still contacting HR unless they are checking for references.


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In regards to getting fired for seeking new job. You can be legally fired if you were to use ANY of your current employer's resources. Like a former co-worker of mine. He was fired from his other job when he was printing out his resume on one of the office printers. That was stupid of him. His boss picked up his resume as it came out of the printer.
 
Originally posted by: Ameesh


i usually remind them its not ok to call my current employer, they have been cool with it.
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Oh okay...I thought I'd be killing my chances for the job if I checked No on that part of the form. If its usually not a problem then I'll probably do that in the future.
 
Originally posted by: Shiva112
Originally posted by: Ameesh


i usually remind them its not ok to call my current employer, they have been cool with it.
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Oh okay...I thought I'd be killing my chances for the job if I checked No on that part of the form. If its usually not a problem then I'll probably do that in the future.
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most HR people are understanding about the fact that you already have a job, if they are smart they dont want to be caught poaching employees off another company, especiallyt a competitor
 
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