Hello everybody, I'm looking for some advice. I was trying to apply for a job last week, and when I contacted my line manager and her line manager, they both refused to provide references for me. I never had this in my life happening to me.
I never had any issues with them, but there was a malicious complaint once filed by somebody I supervise against my job share, and I went out to defend my job share 100%, and not the other person. I didn't think it was going to have a negative effect at the time, but now I can see it was the wrong thing to do. I should have kept my mouth shut.
One of them told me to put down the HR department, but I think that will look terrible, and the other one told me she couldn't provide personal references and that I should put down my line manager.
I'm not sure this is part of a corporate trend, to cover themselves. But as far as I know there's no grievances against me anywhere, unless that person I supervised has said something somewhere against me. I feel so depressed and paranoid now. Don't know what to do.
The HR department should have told me if there was something filed against me.
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peppaistired · 18/10/2014 15:41
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