Asked my former manager for a reference for an MBA program and she made comments about how she at forty has only been with two companies and how she expected her juniors to stay with the firm for years on end.
Just so happened that they hired a new person to join our team doing a similar role to mine and I was involved in a series of layoffs later that week. Despite being a “high performer.”

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Would sure be a shame if someone slashed her tires in the parking garage.

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Don’t sign the waiver / accept severance and lawyer the fuck up.

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This reminds me of the time when I was 26ish and a lady from the office I worked at when I was 20-21 found and messaged me on LinkedIn to tell me to "STOP job hopping and FOCUS ON YOUR CAREER!!!!" because she had worked in the same role in that same billing office for 20+ years and I worked there for just under 2 years before moving on. Pretty sure she was just mad that I was hired into the same role as her and then promoted after less than 2 months to manage a team. 🤪

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On our final call, I recorded just to understand the basis for the layoffs and she mentioned, “You asked me for a reference, that means you plan on leaving next year, how does that effect the team and me as a manager.”

She was a nightmare to work with.

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Yeah in the call, I was letting her know that I haven’t even been accepted yet. So there is no guarantee I even have a spot. I planned on staying with the company until I went to get my MBA, which is a year out.

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If your line manager is unwilling to help, try someone else in your company that you have worked with, perhaps someone who is a manager or director from a different team. I am not adding anything to analyse your manager, lots of comments have already been made :-)

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