alt Hacker NewsProviding a negative reference is totally different than gathering negative references and selling them. The former could be legal while the latter could be illegal.
Providing a negative reference is totally different than gathering negative references and selling them. The former could be legal while the latter could be illegal.
for sure!
in my comment, i was speaking more generally than i should have, and that (obviously, in hindsight) caused some confusion between the specific case of the hypothetical company, and the general case of an employer providing a negative reference. my bad -- and it is too late to edit to provide clarification.