New Hire Barely Works, Still Uses Company as Reference

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Eric Lund
Mar 11, 2020 4:00 PM EDT

This person had the misfortune of hiring Karen, who found herself constantly sidetracked with a variety of intriguing excuses. After being let go, she topped it off by using them as a reference. They gave a polite, yet clear message as to their ex-employee's behavior. Sometimes new hires just can't pull it together, like these new hires that got fired on the first day.

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    Text - r/MaliciousCompliance · Posted by u/SumoNinja17 17 hours ago New hire misses MOST of the first three weeks of work, then uses me as reference oC L TL:DR neighbor/Karen takes advantage of our company with outrageous claims, then uses us as a reference. We get our point across with creative wording. Karen continues to use us a reference and was clueless we protected fellow business owners
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    Text - Let's call her Karen, just because it fits. She came in and applied for a job and when I looked at her resume and application, I realized she knew some of my old neighborhood friends and schoolmates. She interviewed well, so I gave her a job. Told her to be in Monday at 9:00 a.m. Monday morning, she is not in, she no calls, no shows. Tuesday, no call no show, I had now written her off. Wednesday, she shows up about noon. Claims she was in her basement Sunday night and her brother was work
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    Text - She worked Thursday and Friday. We paid at the end of every week and I gave her a check Friday, I also did NOT deduct the days she missed. She came to me and asked about the full paycheck. I told her we were a family business and realized people had lives outside work. He tried to make sure people knew they were appreciated and tried to take care of our people. She teared up and thanked me and said we could count on her. She worked the full next week, did OK. She seemed to fit in. Seemed.
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    Text - The third week, she showed up Monday, but Tuesday was another no show no call. We did not hear from her for over TWO WEEKS! When she finally showed up, her story was the stuff of legends. She claimed her husband had forged divorce papers a couple years previous. Thinking she was divorced, she moved back into her parent's house. She claimed her "ex-husband" was at her parents' house when she got home the last night she worked. He told her he made up the divorce and the paperwork was phony
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    Text - She did not call the police and he wasn't arrested. There was nothing in the papers or on the news about any of this. She was not hurt (thank God!) She asked if I believed her. I did not, but told her that I really needed someone I could count on coming in reliably everyday. I gave her a paycheck for one week (she had worked 1 day) and told her I wished her good luck. I had already replaced her, and her replacement was one of the best employees we ever had. Here's the malicious compliance
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    Text - The next month, I come in to a phone message that someone from XXX Company called for a reference for Karen. As my secretary is handing me the message, she's laughing at the look on my face. I asked if she was kidding, she said she was not. She said she got a call from a man saying he was the owner of a company in the area and he asked about Karen. Then my secretary asked if she could listen in on the call. (she was a pistol) She then goes and gets my partner and tells him I am going to c
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    Text - I call the guy and we make some small talk. I tell him what we do and he tells me what he wants Karen to do for him. I tactfully avoided answering any of his questions about Karen directly. I think he was beginning to suspect something. Remember folks, employers can get in a ton of trouble for bad references. He finally asked my opinion of Karen, and what I said was, "IF you can get Karen to work for you, you will be VERY lucky". He heard what I said and how I said it. He repeated that ba
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    Text - Karen comes into the office a couple days later, she looks mad but is trying to be pleasant. She told me she is having trouble finding a job and mentioned she has used me as a reference. She wanted to know if anyone from XXX Company has called me (she knew they did). She told me she really want the job at XXX Company. I told her I had been called and that I told the guy he'd lucky to get her to work for him. My secretary confirmed that's what I told him, she told him she was right next du
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