4 Critical Steps To Take Before Accepting A JOB OFFER!

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  • @rogerbartlet5720
    @rogerbartlet5720 2 ปีที่แล้ว +306

    Seeing a couple negative reviews on Indeed or Glassdoor is normal. Seeing several bad reviews, mixed with polar opposites (ie “best company ever”) is a big red flag.

    • @jei1600
      @jei1600 2 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      I saw that play out with a low quality employer I was a temp at. It's even more telling when the positive reviews were light on details, but the negative reviews were laundry lists of why no one should work there. the bad reviews were deemed more helpful. One of them even called out that paid employees/temps were writing the glowing reviews.

    • @knoef82
      @knoef82 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yep. I have seen that done few times.

    • @nokoolaid
      @nokoolaid 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I've seen one get good on indeed and the blunt truth on Glassdoor.

    • @AFuller2020
      @AFuller2020 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I always check the net to see if they have laid people off or had a takeover recently. Found out one company laid folks off on Christmas week, didn't go there.

    • @XxGyromancerXx
      @XxGyromancerXx 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I entertain myself by reading the reviews of a company I left without notice 3 years ago. I had something much, much better lined up anyway. I've been there since. Anyway, there are reviews that are consistently awful and there are obvious ones where some manager either wrote it or somebody typed it up while some company boss was watching over their shoulder. Those reviews usually state, "I don't ever feel pressured to get the job done at any cost and I love the work environment! This company is perfect because we're like a big family!" Pfffffffft! I left a review on Indeed about that company. The current yes/no ratio is sitting at 65/5.

  • @dlb8685
    @dlb8685 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    I worked for a small company with about 30 employees and 10 great reviews on Glassdoor. It would have been difficult to leave an honest review without outing yourself. I don’t consider Glassdoor reliable for companies under 100 employees or so.

  • @GrandpasPlace
    @GrandpasPlace 2 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    I also suggest, when using glassdoor, to check where (as in which location of the company) the reviewer worked. Ive noticed some good companies have bad locations.

    • @RandomFandomDragon
      @RandomFandomDragon 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Very true! A few times I narrowed to my location, and the company rating plummeted.

    • @BewareTheLilyOfTheValley
      @BewareTheLilyOfTheValley 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yep, I notice this such as those working at HQ and close to those at the top and the micromanaging or toxicity there, versus maybe remote employees or those at other locations.

    • @ALifeAfterLayoff
      @ALifeAfterLayoff  2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Good callout and very valid point!

  • @katier.m.4088
    @katier.m.4088 2 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    I wish I had known this a few years ago when I was hired for a role…and they continued to interview for my position. There was also a bait & switch on my offer, the person that was supposed to be training me didn’t, and the office staff was very “mean girls” - just super toxic. They let me go after a couple of months - I was looking for another role anyway and had a much better one within a few weeks.

    • @mrmurdx8956
      @mrmurdx8956 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That sounds alot like the automotive industry filled with several sharks

    • @asadb1990
      @asadb1990 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      yeah one of my last jobs did something similar. when they were interviewing me, they called me in twice. this was back in summer of 2020 and i had just got laid off. they said they were being very picky for this position and had been looking for the last 3 years. first red flag was a list of responsibilities 4 long with 3 different roles. ok i get hired. i was told we would work as a team. only teamwork was "hey is this done?" on the evening before its due. between the time they give me the task and when its due, no one is available. then afterwards they make me work through lunch on final day and im laid off at the end of the day. the excuse was "we wanted someone to hit the ground running". i was like straight up this is bs its only been a month. i know my role very well. and my last employer had the decency to layoff people in the morning and pay for the day. i had the last laugh when i packed up all my stuff and left the office in a messy heap of papers. and then later on i find out they replaced me with the secretary who probably got hired for peanuts.

    • @lotusgrl444
      @lotusgrl444 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ugh I hate that! Did you leave that job off your resume?

    • @asadb1990
      @asadb1990 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@lotusgrl444 yeah i did not ever list it. i had a near miss with an employer who called me out of the blue after ghosting me the first time. they did a quick formality interview and then tried to get me at a salary slightly lower than what i was at. and during the interview they were very pro remote at least a few days a week and they would take almost no time to draft an offer letter if i agreed. i ended the interview and thought nothing of it. then the interviewer and his boss called me a couple times convincing me to accept. i sent a decent counter offer of the pay i wanted (about $10k more to 100k from their offer of 90k), 4 weeks vacation (standard was 3), immediate start of benefits and 2 days a week remote. they back pedaled so hard and denied all my requests. i was willing to accept the lower pay which was still 20k more than my current pay. they responded with 90k, wishy washy remote as needed, and only 3 weeks. i straight up said no thanks, i only wanted to take your job for the flexibility in work schedule and more vacation time.

    • @katier.m.4088
      @katier.m.4088 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@lotusgrl444 It’s lumped in with a broad “temporary jobs” entry and I don’t use that agency or anyone associated with that role as a reference.

  • @jermainemyrn19
    @jermainemyrn19 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Glassdoor and indeed always show the positive results by default. Companies also pay to have good reviews. Make sure you filter to lowest rating and then if you see alot of comments that say the same thing......you know it's true. You will usually see a bunch of "helpful" upvotes.

  • @dfec1391
    @dfec1391 2 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    Of all the jobs I've had, there has been a strong correlation between the healthy team cultures and the jobs that did not bother asking for references. At this point, I take a reference requests as a yellow flag - I will still provide references, but I start looking a LOT harder at the company & team culture.

    • @asadb1990
      @asadb1990 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      honestly in my industry they only ask for references if you are not employed.

    • @katier.m.4088
      @katier.m.4088 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I’ve never had a job that DIDN’T ask for references. To my knowledge all of them also called - a few of the people I listed were nice enough to call me afterwards to let me know they did actually check and what they asked. I did have one that called BEFORE my interview and asked some really weird questions around me being serious about taking a pay cut to work for them (theme carried to my interview). I ended up withdrawing after the interview because one of the interviewers was more concerned about my pay than my skills.

    • @asadb1990
      @asadb1990 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@katier.m.4088 well in my industry (construction management), a decent interviewer can gage whether you know your shit or not. and most can make a decision over a zoom interview. some love to waste a candidate's gas and time for a in person interview. but a reference is usually not needed unless you are not employed. and honestly if they needed a reference, i would only give friend or family reference because i only want them to read the script i set. because often i apply for multiple positions and can't rely on my boss to lie for me.

    • @katier.m.4088
      @katier.m.4088 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@asadb1990 And thank you for insinuating my references were checked because I apparently don’t know anything, rather than reading it as contributing a different perspective for my particular field.

    • @asadb1990
      @asadb1990 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@katier.m.4088 well im not a fool to trust my former boss to be my reference

  • @marlafar
    @marlafar 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    @5:25 I work for a company that does this. They also provide "scripts" that employees affected by layoffs are forced to post to linkedin, and if they dont, they get no severance. #toxic

  • @nukemall3678
    @nukemall3678 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    The biggest employer in my area is consistently labeled as one of the top companies in the country to work for and claims to have an extremely high employee satisfaction rate, but if you talk to any of their employees directly, they paint a different picture entirely (on Glassdoor, they have a 3.9 rating, for instance, which isn't horrible but certainly not top tier). It has always perplexed me how they manage to maintain this image and win awards despite their employees seemingly being miserable.

    • @alanamileras2329
      @alanamileras2329 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Glassdoor does allegedly take down reviews if the company complains, without consulting the reviewer or the veracity of the review, so bad reviews that are true can and are removed (his happened to me and many others), so they are not a reliable job/company review site, allegedly. Allegedly, the companies pay Glassdoor to be a member of some type of "special program" to have this done. There are also PR and marketing companies that advertise this exact service.

  • @jennyc5100
    @jennyc5100 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Thanks-very helpful. Once I spoke to an employee from a company that won something like “Top Employer in Seattle”. She said the CEO and company in general militantly pressure staff to only give top ratings.

  • @girishparate6410
    @girishparate6410 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Can you make video on
    What to do when you are colleague making more money than you and you are the one who is doing all the hard work 😭😭

  • @ButterflyBree
    @ButterflyBree 2 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    Thank you for sharing your thoughts on this topic! I use Glassdoor to write reviews on my employers from my adulthood. I've written reviews a couple of months after resigning my position because it allows me to be more thoughtful about the good and bad parts of the company/job.
    I'm honestly glad I didn't write a review for my current employer sooner. Over the last 2 years, healthcare has become extremely toxic and unhealthy for staff. I'm working on writing my review since I'll be leaving my job soon.
    I encourage people to write reviews about their former employer so people can make an informed decision.

    • @alanamileras2329
      @alanamileras2329 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Just FYI, Glassdoor does allegedly take down reviews if the company complains, without consulting the reviewer or the veracity of the review, so bad reviews that are true can and are removed (his happened to me and many others), so they are not a reliable job/company review site, allegedly. Allegedly, the companies pay Glassdoor to be a member of some type of "special program" to have this done. There are also PR and marketing companies that advertise this exact service.

    • @ButterflyBree
      @ButterflyBree 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@alanamileras2329 Thank you for sharing this. I didn't know that. Now I'll qdd my reviews to other sites too.

    • @alanamileras2329
      @alanamileras2329 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@ButterflyBree Yea, Glassdoor originally was good for a few years, but then started down the path of greed. Thank you, because, yea, adding your reviews to other sites may help a lot. At the moment, I don't know a fully reliable site that doesn't take down bad (but true!) company reviews for a price. They may exist, but I don't know them.

    • @CB-qu4tb
      @CB-qu4tb ปีที่แล้ว +1

      RepVue is looking to be pretty accurate for sales positions, including in healthcare!

    • @KittenBowl1
      @KittenBowl1 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@alanamileras2329 wow I wasn’t aware of it. I wrote a few reviews about my past employers hoping to help out people so they know what they’re getting into. Now I will be reviewing other sites. There are more than Glassdoor. Way more. And I would remove my account there.

  • @avas132
    @avas132 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Just wanted to say that I’m not in the job market anymore but I still really enjoy your videos, I find them soothing and enjoy listening to them while I work or sometimes when I’m trying to fall asleep lol

  • @dwilliams5334
    @dwilliams5334 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    CAREFUL! Lots of staffing agencies use references for marketing leads even when you're not a serious contender for the opening.

    • @cward1954
      @cward1954 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Always good to stay away from staffing agencies. The government already steals part of my money, I don't need a staffing agency doing that as well.

    • @withpikachu2402
      @withpikachu2402 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Can you write more about this?

    • @joyphillips1821
      @joyphillips1821 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@withpikachu2402 They will ask you what companies you have applied to before... saying that they don't want to give you the same job offers, but it is also because they are looking for leads.

    • @ladycodedutchess
      @ladycodedutchess 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      That happened to me long time ago. They will ask you “where did you apply “ and next thing I know, I overheard them trying to pitch to the company I told them I applied to. They did not help me at all. They only was in it to help themselves.

    • @chicagodan1981
      @chicagodan1981 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      This has happened to me as well. A recruiter called me about a position and she asked about a couple of my most recent roles and who my manager was at those companies. I asked her why she needed that information and she said she was just curious. I then asked about the job she originally called about and she said I was missing a certification that was a dealbreaker. I asked her if she was on a fishing expedition and I hung up.

  • @MR3DDev
    @MR3DDev 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This is so important, while I was during the review process I found that company wanting to hire had a history of lets say taking money and not delivering product. In my case, I have a TH-cam brand I need to keep and had to refuse the offer.

  • @Nemotensho
    @Nemotensho 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I had a company that I looked at the reviews and said the pay was great and management was the best. Boy was I in for a rude awakening.
    All lies toxic hardcore

  • @annaconsta
    @annaconsta 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Yes, thank you for mentioning that there are unscrupulous companies, which force employees to give good reviews! This also depends on the country you are in. The same company acts in a way when doing business in a country, and in a whole different way when doing business somewhere else.
    I have been waiting for you to mention this :)) Because until now, each time I heard you mention reading glassdoor reviews I used to roll my eyes.

  • @basicbaroque
    @basicbaroque 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I wish, I had this channel in the past. Would have saved me so much time. Definitely using some of these tips, moving forward.

  • @Matt-wf7ry
    @Matt-wf7ry 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    If I am going through an application process and a portion comes up where I must provide references or it won't let me continue, I either put my name and number in or just drop the application all together as the company obviously hasn't gotten with the times.

  • @mrmurdx8956
    @mrmurdx8956 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Fun fact any former boss will never have anything good to say about any former employees especially if they worked harder than them.

  • @_jmeg_3436
    @_jmeg_3436 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Not sure if this has been said already, but when you're looking at employee reviews for a company on Glassdoor, Indeed, etc.:
    You're looking for TRENDS. For example, if you're seeing several reviews that all talk about micromanaging, then there's probably not great management there.
    Again, you're looking for any common threads, both good AND bad, amongst the reviews, so just keep that in mind.

  • @adamhoffman2329
    @adamhoffman2329 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Reference are kind of dumb too. After working in a toxic place during the pandemic because it was the only job available at first in my area, I could have never gotten another job. My old boss used and mentally abused all of my team. A lot of them were much younger and I let them no if even their most basic rights as a worker in the united states. He tried writing me up multiple times for talking with my teammates about benefits and pay. I found out the vast disparity in our pay between everyone on the team. I said no to going to team outting in the middle of the pandemic. My manager would say I was terrible even though I did fantastic work for them for their crap pay

    • @yobiwolrd07
      @yobiwolrd07 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I completely agree I think they need to get rid of references. Especially when the company culture sucks why even bother

  • @bethiciaprasek9415
    @bethiciaprasek9415 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I agree. For my current position I talked with others on the team as part of the interview process. I researched the company, the hiring manager, and knew another team member as an acquaintance. I knew a former employee and asked for her input. She knew the hiring manager but was on a different team. The hiring manage and my acquaintance had worked at the same company and so knew that company's culture. I knew enough to ask how they felt about the company being in Chapter 11 bankruptcy. That made the interview a conversation rather than an interview, and it was obvious to all of us that it was a good fit.
    Thanks for these informative videos.

  • @jonstevens7269
    @jonstevens7269 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    In this long running reality of "people leave bosses, not companies" -- I find it nearly impossible to recommend a former supervisor as a reference (most lacked any leadership skills). Leaving companies is the #2 reason! Do any strive to be great places to work anymore? Its all trial and error because we didn't ask the right questions in the interview. My "client facing role" is deliberately uninvited from client meetings! In the interview I was told "people stay in their roles a long time 5-7 years". What I find now is a 30% turnover rate of people who gave up and quit after wasting 5-7 years hoping to move up. Hiring Managers often just fill chairs, and the #1 goal is to never retrain that position again.

  • @RandomFandomDragon
    @RandomFandomDragon 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I have to ask what is the employment level this applies to? I have never been asked to provide references, and it seems a bit outdated as far as an employer requiring them. Maybe it is more common at executive levels, and no one cares if us peons have references, lol.
    I whole heartedly agree employees need to check employer reviews. Even taking them with a grain of salt, trends will emerge.

  • @bethiciaprasek1008
    @bethiciaprasek1008 ปีที่แล้ว

    I did the former employee check with my last job move. Was lucky enough to know someone personally!

  • @atomicdmt8763
    @atomicdmt8763 ปีที่แล้ว

    LOVE the intro jam music! - and the solid gold info downloads.

  • @alanamileras2329
    @alanamileras2329 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    It's important to mention that Glassdoor does allegedly take down reviews if the company complains, without consulting the reviewer or the veracity of the review, so bad reviews that are true can and are removed (this happened to me and many others), so they are not a reliable job/company review site, allegedly. Allegedly, the companies pay Glassdoor to be a member of some type of "special program" to have this done. There are also PR and marketing companies that advertise this exact service.

  • @Dweeble233
    @Dweeble233 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I just said "i'll take it!!!!"...

  • @keikofay9804
    @keikofay9804 ปีที่แล้ว

    An excellent tip for finding former employees to connect with, and ask about their experience. Thank you!

  • @lofivibes3640
    @lofivibes3640 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Could of used this last week lol. I got hired for company was going to offer me the experience I was looking for. Hours, and pay were fair. I couldn't find any reviews of the company until after I quit the job. They are hidden. They changed their names, and add something different. Such as inc, adding to the name, or spelling it differently. Things are going very well. Then the supervisor starts pushing very hard for me to start driving 100 plus miles a week on a on call basis. Not what I was hired for. Not what I agreed too. When he saw he wasnt able to get me to do that. I get pulled from the job site. I find out after I was hired to cover a vacation. And he was hoping I would be desperate enough to take anything he throws at me. What saves his butt is the offer letter. Otherwise I would go to the labor board. But also due to how toxic he made the work environment. I dont want to work for a company like that. Creating unnecessary stress that doesnt need to be there. His goal was I would burn bridges with my last 2 jobs so he could screw with me badly. His plan backfired. Im back at my 2 jobs until I found something better. Funny thing is. He asked me if I had supervisor experience. Which I do. I would never forgive myself if I ever treated workers like that. I put him on blast and he didn't like that of course. Not eligible for hire but as I said. I cant ever work for such a toxic company. Took some digging found similar stories of former employees that went through the same thing. Never been so mad at a supervisor before. Wasting my time. Turning down potential jobs. Dude was a real scumbag.

  • @kevinmach730
    @kevinmach730 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Love your videos Brian, but you need to also incude the fact that companies also leave fake reviews for their ogranization. I was external contractor to a company a few years back and hapened to mention to a girl I was friends with that I saw some unfavorable glass door reviews. This was a finanical institution of maybe 200 people, so not a huge company. They were able to get the bad reviews removed from Glass Door (don't quote me on that if it was offiically them, but it was one of the big ones) and then had employees go on and leave positve reviews at the request of their respective dept heads. What a shit storm I created with a mere mention of a few reviews, I felt like I was drunk with power. Even more ironic- even though I was not a direct hire for this company, the "bad" reviews were really not that bad, and from what I could tell, were a fairly accurarte assesment of what I had witnesed there.

  • @SwimminWitDaFishies
    @SwimminWitDaFishies 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    What do you do for references (you mentioned an old boss) if you did not get along with them and you are currently trying to escape your job because of them?
    And it's very clear that the current hiring regime in my company has little interest in actually verifying "competence" level - they're more concerned about ensuring their "diversity" compliance. And that initiative has definitely impacted morale and productivity levels (in a negative way)! Work-Life balance for good workers means that your "Life" only occurs when you are SLEEPING. I've been in the corporate workforce for a long time and it's no longer what it used to be. It's making me want to just scoop ice cream for a living!

    • @KittenBowl1
      @KittenBowl1 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The idea of checking references is that you’re not a crazy guy to work with and you are who you said you were when you presented yourself on both resume and during interviews. So even if you don’t get along with your direct boss, you should have some allies that can speak on your behalf for the work you did for them. If you were to tell any future employer that you have absolutely zero people in the current company you work with or work for that can speak the quality of your work or your level of professionalism, then that’s a huge red flag because this means you would be flagged as a problem maker or doesn’t have any ability to collaborate with others in a team environment. You should have past clients you worked for that can speak highly of you, or colleagues you closely worked with who still currently work or just recently left can speak highly of you. If you have zero people like that in your current role, you need to improve your professional skills so people can work with you and the work you did for them was more then perfect.

  • @Ghaz013
    @Ghaz013 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Glassdoor has a reputation for deleting negative reviews by request of companies.

  • @mbkamath3720
    @mbkamath3720 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Evry vid of urs is just life changing Bryan. Thank u for doing wat u r doing.

  • @christophergaudreau9265
    @christophergaudreau9265 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Note..... Previous employer should be very cautious what information they say about you because they can open them self up to litigation

    • @ronalddregan9431
      @ronalddregan9431 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @christopher gaudreau
      What type of information are you referring to?

  • @harrison6082
    @harrison6082 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    5:27 I had a bad employer who encouraged that kind of thing
    6:11 That's really smart!

  • @safirahmed
    @safirahmed ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A lot of jobs in various sectors are being advertised over and over again. The cause could be high turnover of workers from a toxic work environment, poor working conditions and low salaries or increased levels of poor health and disability with some workers permanently leaving employment.

  • @Phonespider
    @Phonespider 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Another thing to check out is the company's own website under the 'About Us' or HR areas. There is a good chance they think the terrible things they are doing are wonderful and will brag about them.
    If I see an office that looks like a kindergarten I'm out.

  • @mspino5245
    @mspino5245 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you so much for this video! I've learned so much from you

  • @withpikachu2402
    @withpikachu2402 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I would not buy those references so much. If it is a problem with management, then sooner or later they will leave too. CEOs don't like toxic environment. Management is also a revolving door, so things change. I would check financials of the company. If they are struggling and hiring - bad sign. It means people are living sinking ship, but company hires to replace them. This means overwork and bad environment, where everybody is on their last leg and trying to leave.

  • @pdzh
    @pdzh 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I've never thought about it personally, but I kinda do that already. Before I even apply, I aproch employees and ask if they like what they do and how is pay and hours and so on.

  • @rgoonewardene380
    @rgoonewardene380 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Also worth checking accounts filings.

  • @lg3103
    @lg3103 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Like he has mentioned, don't settle just because you are desperate. There will be others. If you are going through the process and already have a bad gut feeling, I would not continue. Nothing worse than accepting a crap job where you're coming home every day and looking for something better on the job boards! Complete waste of time, effort and expense for all parties involved.
    Regarding reference checks, most public companies these days are risk-averse of potential litigation from resending an offer due to questionable references that they will skip this step and rely on a 3rd party background check company to and have them limit their search to verifying previous employment, education, criminal history, 5 or 10-panel drug testing (usually based on occupation) and a credit check.

  • @cointelpro123
    @cointelpro123 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I enjoy your video and the information that you dispense that is useful. I keep having this old ass employer just blowing up my phone. They were toxic and worst place to start your career. They set it up for performance reviews like every week that would consistently say you suck from different people copying and pasting the same language to justify a poor performance termination. Oh look it here, 30 different people from 30 freakin performance reviews in 6 mos are saying the same thing, wink wink.
    These are horrible HR/legal games, in this job market you don't have to put up with this type of garbage. They are also do other slick shit behind my back related to me leaving the country. These are red flags to a toxic work environment is assessing your performance way too much.
    I believe they are blacklisting, and are interfering with my plans to leave the country. I might go through the interview process to figure out what they are up to, it is probably some attorney wasting my time with games.

  • @themynamesb
    @themynamesb 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    As always this is a high quality video with great knowledge !!!

  • @amanacatandhisdog8836
    @amanacatandhisdog8836 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    There are reviews on the indeed site as well.

  • @knoef82
    @knoef82 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Just FYI, most people sign some sort of NDA. That is to say not everyone might be willing to tell you about negative experiences.

  • @lianas3593
    @lianas3593 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Question for you. Where I live employers will only accept references from the last 2 years of employment. What do you do if you were bullied out of your last 2 positions? It leaves you with limited options.

  • @user-cs4lp9py1t
    @user-cs4lp9py1t 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    If an employer, asks for references and you think those refs might not have great things to say, mentioned to them that based on employer policy all employment checks should go thru HR and mentioned you'll be happy to provide them their contact. HR are limited to only verifying some employment points without any additional comments. Source ( was previous background checker)

  • @denniscua5445
    @denniscua5445 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Just 2 references. I have employers that request 5 references

  • @SJones-kk5lg
    @SJones-kk5lg 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    If recruiters are asking former employers if an applicant is eligible for rehire, then that puts anyone who was ever terminated in a precarious predicament of not ever working again, theoretically.

    • @KittenBowl1
      @KittenBowl1 ปีที่แล้ว

      People cannot just ask any former employers by both privacy laws as well as labor laws about you in most countries that have sound privacy and labor laws to disclose any of your personal information, even casually about you unless you provided a particular person’s name who currently works in a particular company. It’s defamation and breach of personal information. Easily the company can not only be fined but also highly likely some CEO can be fired and can go to jail for breaking labor laws and privacy laws of leaking information of any employees who worked in there. Employees have a lot of rights and employers need to abide by not only strict labor laws but also more importantly privacy laws. You need to consent for a person to speak about you. And he can only disclose your professional opinions, not personal opinions. Lots of laws to protect past and present employees, more than most employers as employers are in the stronger positions if abused.

  • @takreem.akhter
    @takreem.akhter 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This was helpful!

  • @AnthonyLovato
    @AnthonyLovato 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    What if all my references are no longer available. Some because of retirement, others have moved. This situation has already caused me to lose an opportunity. what should I do?

    • @ronalddregan9431
      @ronalddregan9431 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Same boat, here.

    • @helenbarrett6196
      @helenbarrett6196 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Develop new ones.. does your industry have professional associations? Have you recently took an mini or extra course to update your skills? Would the instructor or fellow classmate be your reference? Always ask their permission first before giving out their personal/ professional contact information however..

  • @LanceKirkman
    @LanceKirkman 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you so very much!

  • @atomicdmt8763
    @atomicdmt8763 ปีที่แล้ว

    wow- and now you have over 200K subs!

  • @carolynl4553
    @carolynl4553 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for those Linked in tips.

  • @moveoutdrawfire
    @moveoutdrawfire 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What would you think of a company that just added a clause in their employee handbook that each employee is forbidden from saying anything bad about the company for a period of two years after the employee leave employment or else face an implied multi-million dollar lawsuit?

  • @JasonLatouche
    @JasonLatouche 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Perfect timing...

  • @denistyumbarov3477
    @denistyumbarov3477 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Well... after some 350 applies in over 9 weeks period, and I finally receive an offer form ONE company, but instead I say: " wait I need to check your references first, and see if there are any bad reviews from unhappy ex-employees"??? this advice sounds unrealistic.. You would never know the truth, until you actually work there.

  • @markreid2027
    @markreid2027 ปีที่แล้ว

    References are old school. Ive done so many interviews and never been asked for one reference.

  • @BillyT531
    @BillyT531 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Please speak to the "hold harmless" agreements HR people routinely exchange to get the dirt on former employees. I've used Allison-Taylor for reference checking of prior companies I have worked for and their investigations have helped me in several situations.

  • @beeman6772
    @beeman6772 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    What do I do when I barely see much reviews online for a medium-large sized company? Should I take it as a yellow flag?

  • @erikhanley81
    @erikhanley81 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Checking references is so useless. People won't put in their references someone who will give bad reviews. Time lost for all!

  • @portlandrestaurants
    @portlandrestaurants 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Is highest pay always the goal? I guess I am INFJ and we don't feel that way from what I have read

  • @TM-nb9zf
    @TM-nb9zf 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    So many jobs are desperately hiring right now. I've been interviewing for a while waiting for a good fit. Had plenty of offers and none of them asked for references. Which is scary because I work with special needs kids.
    So many companies are doing the bare minimum just to get you onboard. .

    • @melindagallegan5093
      @melindagallegan5093 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Do you think we are seeing a breakdown between workers and potential employers?

  • @JaiNormis
    @JaiNormis ปีที่แล้ว

    Would employers ask for references AFTER they extend you an offer?

  • @ThatsNotVeryFunnyLol
    @ThatsNotVeryFunnyLol 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I almost accepted a seemingly amazing job offer… until I saw the reviews. Of course, bad reviews are normal. But if a company has LOTS of reviews and its under 3 stars and has alot of very shady and suspect complaints, thats a major red flag. Especially when there are previous employees outing some of the false promises and job tasks. Of course, everyone’s experience will be different, but its still a major red flag that I would never want to deal with.

  • @manuelrobledo5106
    @manuelrobledo5106 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Yeah man once the Recession starts kicking in employees are gonna lose their leverage

  • @althunder4269
    @althunder4269 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You will never get honest answers from references. References are easily faked. No one will give a bad reference.

    • @ALifeAfterLayoff
      @ALifeAfterLayoff  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      In my experience, this isn’t true.

    • @althunder4269
      @althunder4269 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@ALifeAfterLayoff what about Vandelay Industries ?

  • @johnsmith-ro2tw
    @johnsmith-ro2tw 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    It's like this guy is hacking the system. The way the system is designed, employees are supposed to beg employers to hire them, bend forward under any circumstance, be thankful for being treated poorly.