News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Activision Blizzard pushes out dozens of employees over workplace misconduct. Parent comment

Re:Activision Blizzard pushes out dozens of employees over w... by JohnJamesRambo on Monday January 17, 2022 @11:46PM (#29975222)
What in the world? What is the point of a reference if it can only be good?
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Activision Blizzard pushes out dozens of employees over w... by VWWHFSfQ on Monday January 17, 2022 @11:54PM (#29975276)
hardly anybody actually asks for references now because they most likely won't get anything interesting out of it. they just do employment verification and that's it
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Activision Blizzard pushes out dozens of employees over w... by eloisius on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @05:54AM (#29977435)
What effect does that have on hiring? Are companies more averse to giving someone a shot since they can’t get information about their experience?
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Activision Blizzard pushes out dozens of employees over w... by eru on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @01:31AM (#29975845)
Law of unintended consequences, perhaps?
[ Parent | on HN ]