Janet wrote on Sat, 8 Mar 2008 16:56:04 GMT:

??>> . I've had a few great looking resumes and god references,
??>> but they turned out to be terrible in actual real life
??>> work.

JB> Sometimes, a previous employer has deliberately given some
JB> incompetent idiot a glowing reference, to get rid of him.
JB> We call it "kicking someone up stairs". If they can kick
JB> someone upstairs to a rival company, it's like killing two
JB> birds with one stone :-)

I don't know what the limits are on this sort of thing but, if
you are terminating someone for pilfering, you could be liable
if you say they are honest in a reference.

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

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