Background checks - bad referees
Folks, this is one of the happiest days of my life - I've secured a verbal offer and am getting out of the shit hole I'm in.
Some context: I work in the M&A team of a F50 company, but a big issue is that the small team has extremely bad culture - I work for 2 directors (which have been replaced 3 times in total during the 2 years I have been here). Thing is, culture is toxic and there is a "throw shit downwards" mentality, courtesy of the MD who has only been sourcing bad deals (mostly those that other market players have turned down).
Now the problem is HR has asked me to provide 2 referees: I have no confidence at all in what the current / previous directors might say about me - is there a way I can complete the background check without providing this? Is there some institutional policy I can invoke to say that the F50 company can't provide this and will only confirm my employment facts?
Appreciate any advice - am so close to getting out, I really don't wanna get screwed over by these guys.
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If you currently work at said company, it’s more than reasonable to tell them you can’t give any references from that first as they don’t know you’re interviewing. There’s no reason they need to know that there’s been turnover and there’s people that could be a reference that no longer work there.
Anytime I’ve ever needed to give references, it was expected that they would be from prior (not current) employers.
Thanks for this - I'm starting a few months later, wanted to take time off to recover from the currently toxicity before starting work and so won't be with the company when they do the checks. Is there any other way around this?
Would be a red flag if I were hiring someone and they couldn’t produce references. Especially if they currently don’t have a job. Would almost suggest that they got fired under not great circumstances.
So you basically need to produce some sort of decent reference or workaround. Even just one reference.
I wouldnt be worried about it. As an occasional sports viewer, I assume most referees are bad for your success unless you happen to play Duke basketball.
Any other views guys?
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