On 05/09/2011 04:56 PM, Merrill Oveson wrote: > <snip> > So who are you? > > Lastly, I feel the relationship between employee and employer is asymmetric. > I get a job. They decide they don't want me. I'm asked to leave > immediately - almost never is severance offered, etc. (Has anyone > ever been let go and been told we'll do everything we can to help you > find another job?) > On the other hand, I get a job and decide I want to leave. Now > suddenly there's a lot of "How can you do this to us? Could you give > us a month to find a replacement? If we have questions, we'll call > you and expect you to help us out, etc." > > It's the same thing with finding a job. I've been expected to fill > out my entire job history, including former bosses, so they can be > called and ask about me. > Would a company ever give me a list of former employees - so I can > call them and find out about working there? > > I'd just like to make the relationship a little more symmetric. > I've intentionally not applied to a certain company in this valley > based on the information I've learned from current and former > employees. > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ I agree with the symmetry angle. I have decided on more than one occasion not to work for a company based on networking with my contacts who worked there.
There are a growing number of companies also I believe that are reluctant to hire externally without a solid recommendation from someone on the inside. I have encountered this at the past couple of places I have worked. So maybe there could be more of a networking component included where we could get to know people working for good companies. --Henry /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
