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Re:Brown M&Ms, or Why No One Reads the Manual by brightball on Thursday July 30, 2020 @11:48AM (#23999551)
If you run into one of those where you don't have a choice, the best phrasing I've found to explain why I left was "hostile work environment."

I had one of those for about a year and leaving after just over a year was a question I got used to answering.

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Re:Brown M&Ms, or Why No One Reads the Manual by citiguy on Thursday July 30, 2020 @12:21PM (#23999945)
Most people won't give a bad personal reference anymore because they are too afraid of being sued. We just say yes, the person worked here from this time to that time.
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Re:Brown M&Ms, or Why No One Reads the Manual by perl4ever on Saturday August 01, 2020 @12:17AM (#24017542)
>because they are too afraid of being sued

This is a cliche but it can't possibly be true. I mean, it is extremely expensive to file a lawsuit, you probably lose, and nobody will ever hire you again, because it is public record.

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