Ex-Employee Uses Fake Reference Check to Catch Their Former Boss Tarnishing Their Name to Potential Hiring Companies

How far are you willing to go to know what petty people are saying behind your back?

As much as we might try to be okay with everyone we know, no one can avoid being disliked by someone. People will always find something to complain about, but if you're lucky, that is as far as they will go.

A big problem might arise when someone who has a quelm with you decides to do something about it, while you have no idea it's happening. Every high school deals with kids starting rumors about other kids, and unfortunately, these issues are not contained to schools alone. Many adults might find themselves defending their honor over a lie someone else spread about them, just because they rubbed them the wrong way.

Workplaces are the adult version of high schools when it comes to these issues. Every workplace deals with countless false rumors spread between colleagues and silly rivalries between coworkers who have decided they don't like each other.

The problem shared below is somehow so much worse…

This ex-employee was shocked by what their ex-boss was saying behind their backs, and they turned to the Reddit community r/jobsearchhacks to share how they successfully dealt with it. It all started when they left their previous job eight months ago and started their journey of job searching. They were frustrated when every time they got a callback, something mysterious would happen that led to their rejection. No matter what this person did, they couldn't find a job.

Finally, they started to connect the dots and realized that the problem might be with their references. Their theory was that their ex-boss was purposely sabotaging their chances of getting a job by spreading lies to every recruiter who would call him for a reference. This led the ex-employee to test this theory by faking a reference check and calling their former boss to see what he said about them.

The results proved that the boss's behavior was no different from that of a petty high schooler, but luckily, consequences were in store…

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