Hola;
Long time viewer, 1st-time poster. I just noticed this on my retirement portal.
I resigned, I wasn't terminated AFAIK. Is this just semantics, or was I termed?
In that case.....Scott who??? Lol.
I don't see it either.
No they wouldn’t. The only thing they will say is Scott worked at FedEx from A-Z. No specifics of why he left.
Your so wrong. "A-Z" isn't even a date!!!
The way they get around the whole "was he fired or did he quit" is they ask HR "is he/she eligible for rehire?" That's how they get around it. If HR says "no he/she isn't eligible for rehire", then they assume that person was fired. It's dirty tactics and it's just asking the same question in a different way. It shouldn't be legal, but it is. I've talked to an HR rep at a different company about how companies get around that issue and was told they use the "eligible for rehire" question to bypass the whole legal issue.
Did you mention your pension before? How long were you with the company before being let go?
The eligibility question lets a prospective employer know if they should hire you or not. Whether you were fired or didn't give 2 weeks notice or whatever. If you aren't eligible for rehire, then that's a red flag to a prospective employer not to hire you. My point was that when one company calls another about a work verification, the old employer doesn't just say "he/she worked for us from this date to this date. Thanks bye." They throw in that eligibility for rehire question to let the new potential employer to know what they're getting into.
From what I've heard there have been so many lawsuits over this that most employers now just verify that they did work for them.
There's always one way to find out if you think you're being "blackballed" by your old employer. Call the HR department of your old company pretending to be HR for a company verifying for a prospective employee who just happens to be you. Record the conversation and ask them if you were fired. Ask them if you are eligible for rehire. If they bad mouth you, you got it on tape and then you can sue your old employer.
Except a lot of States make it illegal to record others without their permission. Amazing to me that someone can do you wrong but if you try to get evidence recording them you're the one who gets in trouble.
