Sunshine4ever

ManMythLegend Wrote:
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> I never, never, never, never list current managers
> as references. Any company that doesn't
> understand that can go jump off a cliff.


This is an iron-clad rule of mine too. There is too much career damage you can do if the prospective job doesn't work out. It's just not worth the risk.

The only current reference I gave most recently was a co-worker that I trusted 100% because he had nothing to gain or lose; i.e. we weren't in any internal competition. He was also one notch above me but not high enough that he would have had a conflict of interest concerning giving me a reference.