This is an issue for my partner, he worked at a small café as a chef with a husband and wife team, it became very fraught there between the husband and wife and not a nice atmosphere, he was also doing all the chef duties on minimum wage so after just under a year he left.
He was contacted by the husband and they asked if he could come back , he was promised a higher salary they had not been able to find anyone as good as him and he decided to give it another go , cut a long story short it was much the same atmosphere he was doing everything it was extremely busy and after a month he told them he made a mistake coming and left again.
Many people in our community knew he worked there and a friend went there the other day and while there asked if he was there, they said no he doesn't work here , he was very difficult and didn't get along with staff so he is gone ,
I am really annoyed about this as he left of his own accord and surely they should not be speaking about him to anyone and saying this , it seems very unprofessional and also seems like defamation, god only knows what they will do if asked for a reference.
Any advice what we should do?