elisabeth

An ex employee has asked me for a reference, but I've never written one. What do I include? Any templates?

retired_the gizmo

so-and-so was an employee from x to x. during his time here, I found him/her to be x, y, and z. I would/would not employ him/her again.

name

elisabeth

That easy? Pah

retired_may0gan

probably want to change the letters to the actual details of the situation as well. might come across a bit arsey otherwise

retired_carribear68

especially the from "x to x" bit

suggests they were sacked on the spot

retired_kswelker

You should always be nice in references, especially when it's going to give a competitor a bad employee.

retired_weridstuff

Can't really give a genuine bad reference. If it's someone you wouldn't recommend, just refuse. Otherwise, the spectacular template above will do nicely.

retired_selvinel

whs. If give them the generic stuff, they'll know it's because you have decent to say. Which says enough really.

2boxers

can you give a bad reference
thought you were only now permitted to decline giving one (i.e. it would be bad)

Ventil

If you get a reference that purely says so and so worked here between x & y then you can safely assume that it is hardly one glowing with praise.