Hi, my wife has been offered a job subject to reference checks. She has been asked to supply the names of two referees, one of which must be her current employer.
She has been told that only the company owner in her current workplace can provide references. However, he is unapproachable at the best of times and is a bully much of the time.
She is afraid that if he provides the kind of reference that merely states "X worked from <start date> to <end date>", the job offer might be withdrawn by the new employer and that life could become very difficult for her if she has to continue to work her current workplace, where the company owner has a reputation for mistreating people who he takes a dislike to.
How can she explain her predicament to her new employer without ruining her chances of the new job offer? Or should she take a chance that the new employer will not withdraw their job offer because her current employer provides a less-than-glowing reference?
She has been told that only the company owner in her current workplace can provide references. However, he is unapproachable at the best of times and is a bully much of the time.
She is afraid that if he provides the kind of reference that merely states "X worked from <start date> to <end date>", the job offer might be withdrawn by the new employer and that life could become very difficult for her if she has to continue to work her current workplace, where the company owner has a reputation for mistreating people who he takes a dislike to.
How can she explain her predicament to her new employer without ruining her chances of the new job offer? Or should she take a chance that the new employer will not withdraw their job offer because her current employer provides a less-than-glowing reference?