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Originally Posted by tis
Previous employers are EXTREMELY reluctant to say anything about a former employee. In today's world you have to be very careful.
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This applies, mostly, to written comments/references. On the phone, if they can verify that you
are who you say you are, they'll provide info - good or bad. Also, if they DON'T give a glowing reference, that would tell you something.
I check references (not for restaurant workers), occasionally, on the phone whenever I see less than glowing written comments (or even sometimes when they ARE glowing). People will be honest more often than you'd expect, despite the not completely unjustified fear of legal action.