I was laid off after a lengthy career but still too young to retire. Grateful for the years of service, but as I explore new opportunities, I've heard AT&T policy now prohibits supervisors from providing recommendations (written or verbal) and apparently discourages even peers from doing so. Also, the number I was provided for Equifax employment verification (which I've been giving out to prospective employers) is apparently no longer in service. Is AT&T actively trying to prevent those who have been laid off from re-entering the workforce?
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would anything really be substantial coming from att anyway. they talk out of both sides of their mouth anyway and they will say anything to keep them from being sued.
Most large companies only provide dates of employment, and no additional information for fear that they would be sued by a former employee who claims that they did not get the job because of a "bad reference".
I’m going to write a letter of recommendation for any of my men and women so long as I feel it’s deserved. The company is not going to tell me who I can and cannot recommend. I’d like to see how they are going to stop me. Fire me for speaking from the heart about a good employee? F— att. Let them try.
My manager would not give me a reference yet she has several recommendations written for her by her att managers on her linkedin account. It’s all about being I. The club here.
Supervisors cannot provide an official company recommendation. This is not new. But they have also said that we are not prohibited from speaking personally about an employee if we choose to. We just have to clarify that that is not coming from the company and there's no liability protection for us if we do it. That's my take on any number of Q&A's I've heard, anyway. I think it's fair to say they do strongly discourage it, but when pressed, admit that yes, we can do them.
I have done many. Verbal only.
It’s true.
I have never been told I cannot write an LOR for someone. If they did tell me that and I believed in the person I would either write a letter from my personal e-mail or tell them to list my name and Number.
If this is true I’m going to be p-ss-d. However, most managers that I’ve had so far were laid off or left the company (7 years) so I have their personal information. Hope this gives some insight to the longevity of an employee hired after 2010