Lightning McQueen wrote:stan wrote:As disappointing as that might be for her, that's a great life lesson she has learnt at 19. Some employers, not all and particularly some mangers will make life hard for you if you are leaving.
I just had a conversation with a young grad at my as he is applying for another job and explaining to him that although I have no issue with this, his manger is not going to take this well. And I have encouraged him to embrace the fall out.
In fairness, his manager is a fickwhitt so this is all expected.
Yes, it’s unfortunate that all integrity must go out the window, like she was going to stay in retail for ever, she was going to uni studying two disciplines of accountancy on top of working 30+ hours a week, a lot of weekends too, they shat on her just after she turned 18 as well.
It appears as though she has the new job anyway, it’s for a worldwide manufacturing company in a role that suits her and offers growth within the business, should find out all the final details today when she knocks off.
All you can do is be honest with your manager/employer, which admittedly can be daunting for a young person in such a situation. If they can't appreciate that, then it's a reflection on them.
But I can give a couple of examples from our work which show why managers, employers, HR sometimes get shitty.
We were going to employee someone from a handful we'd interviewed, doing reference checks, a bloke here called called her current manager who hadn't even been asked to be a referee, let alone know this lady was being interviewed for another job.
Similarly we had some who left who, unfortunately, just wasn't up to what was required. A few months later we got a call saying so-and-so said he had previously worked there and to give them a call, without his manager ever offering, or being asked, to be a referee.