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What if he simply discussed the break-up with friends and people he worked with and in doing so expressed that she might be kind of a bitch and not all that stable? If they are all in the same industry, sort of, that could go a long way to making someone think twice about hiring you, and it wouldn't be the same thing as outright asking people to hurt her career.

Someone who had worked for the Nerdist said that when an employer would say that they where thinking of hiring Dykstra, Hardwick would tell them, "Let me tell you a story." Using peoples emotions to get them on his side.

As an employer, you have to be amazingly careful when it comes to giving a good or bad reference for a former employee. Which is why some companies have a no-references-given policy. Just saying, "I'm not giving a reference good or bad" can get you in trouble if you routinely give good references for other employees.

It's insanely stupid to give an employer an undocumented reason for not hiring your former employee/girlfriend. You're exposing yourself legally to someone who probably already has an axe to grind with you.

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Posted by GeauxTigerTM

Member since Sep 2006

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Posted on 6/20/18 at 10:52 am to Fewer Kilometers

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Someone who had worked for the Nerdist said that when an employer would say that they where thinking of hiring Dykstra, Hardwick would tell them, "Let me tell you a story." Using peoples emotions to get them on his side.

Let me guess...and unnamed source? I read an "article" last night that must have had 6 unnamed sources in it about this story, most of whom had worked for him at Nerdist who simply sounded like disgruntled employees who found him hard to work for because he was demanding.

You know, for a guy not all that interested in this story, you're sure in it a lot.