Linked – As If the Job Market Wasn’t Bad Enough, Intuit Makes Things Exponentially Worse
It’s increasingly rare that hiring managers bother to call previous employers as references because the vast majority of companies are so afraid of dealing with lawsuits that the only information they will offer is confirming dates of employment and, maybe, salary.
Most managers and even former peers are under strict orders never to say anything, positive or negative, when contacted as a reference for a former coworker.
To paraphrase, HR and legal folks know that if the former employee doesn’t get that position, everything they say will be used against them in a future legal claim that they harmed the job prospects of a former employee unfairly.
So it was somewhat shocking to see the CEO of Intuit not only say this but put it in writing:
This week, software company Intuit laid off about 1800 people or 10% of their workforce. As if that was not bad enough, CEO Sasan Goodarzi publicly announced that about 1050 employees being let go were underperforming and not meeting expectations, effectively branding any former Intuit employee looking for a job now as a poor performer.
I can’t help but wonder how many claims will be made in the next 12-18 months against Intuit for the harm caused to people struggling to get hired elsewhere.
Do they have a case? I don’t know. I’m not a lawyer, and I wouldn’t even speculate, but I will not be surprised if they try.
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