Okay, my previous employer was pushing to have me resign, instead of "Staying until getting fired" about 3 times...I stuck with it, in order to get my unemployment compensation.

Turns out, that was their ploy....it was to get me to accept the vacation and sick package I was forfeigting for unemployment....see, they are trying to get out of paying me.

Anyways, my MAIN concern is, they gave me this, "hoopla" that this will look bad for future employment with organizations, when an employer calls my previous employer, that this will reflect badly to the prospective employer doing reference checks on me.

First of all, why are they trying to get me to worry needlessly about this? They are making it sound like "We're going to tell any employer that calls in on you, that you were a "bad boy" or whatever when you worked for us."

First of all, they aren't suppose to get into detail (because of the legalities of it) about my previous employment. I think they most they can say is that they "discharged" me. Now if they mentioned it was unsatisfactory performance...well, there is where it can get sticky.

Employers typically keep their mouths shut about that kind of thing, but this employer has me a bit concerned.

axed, I think you have too many threads going which will confuse those offering advice and opinion. Since the issues you have presented are tangentially related, I would advise that you include them in the same thread.

It is not clear in your thread weather or not you are still with this company??
In any event, keep in mind all reputable companies normally have legal consultants. The company will normally make no decisions regarding any employee until Legal gives the green light. If this is what they are trying to make you accept, I am sure the Legal dept told them to do so. meaning, there are no Legal issues that you could later try to claim.

As far as the company giving a negative reference? They probably won't. More than likely they will only provide the "Basics" meaning answer only revelent employment questions.

Although there is nothing that prevents them from telling a prospective employer why you were fired and what they're opinion of you as an employee is. They are NOT limited to verification that you worked there and dates of employment.

It is not clear in your thread weather or not you are still with this company??
In any event, keep in mind all reputable companies normally have legal consultants. The company will normally make no decisions regarding any employee until Legal gives the green light. If this is what they are trying to make you accept, I am sure the Legal dept told them to do so. meaning, there are no Legal issues that you could later try to claim.

As far as the company giving a negative reference? They probably won't. More than likely they will only provide the "Basics" meaning answer only revelent employment questions.

Dolly, thank you, yes, that seems to be the consensus with my friends and neighbors I've been talking to in the area. I even had a friend that was a manager of a store, got a call from a Sherrif's office about a prospect that used to work with him, and they asked him the "Basics".

Did they work there? For how long? Their job title

Nothing about, "So, what kind of worker was he?"

That's typically taboo, and they do it to protect themselves legally

And, I am currently not working for this place.

If memory serves, you work for a State Agency. As such, I would be quite surprised if the government gave any details in the reference outside of dates of employment, pay, title, etc..

If memory serves, you work for a State Agency. As such, I would be quite surprised if the government gave any details in the referebce outside of dates of employment, pay, title, etc..

Rjc - Actually, its a city govt. (Municipality) but, it's govt. nevertheless, but I live in a rather.....how you say, small mayberry area, major nepotism going on, and a bit "clannish" in a southern kind of sense.

Then I would be a little less surprised if more detailed info was provided.