tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620905.post5185310813201803684..comments2024-02-24T03:46:01.305-05:00Comments on Fred Fry International: How not to ask for a reference for your new jobUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620905.post-73106518836481299302007-10-03T22:03:00.000-04:002007-10-03T22:03:00.000-04:00The first time I read this, I thought you submarin...The first time I read this, I thought you submarined her. Now I realize you just didn't say anything. I think this second response is so much better. I agree in not supporting her or going out of your way to comment either way. She's young (at least in terms of maturity). Hopefully, she'll think about this in the future and perhaps learn something.<BR/><BR/>I quit one of my early jobs. Looking back, I don't think I handled it well; my resignation was in my desk, already signed, just waiting for a date stamp. My boss gave me some mickey-mouse task or request or something, and I pulled the desk drawer out and with a flourish, I removed the letter, stamped it, and flicked it in his direction all with a fluid motion. I had not practiced the move, but one could have thought that I had. Anyway, I would never do it again; I'm smarter; I've learned: don't ever burn bridges... unless you really can't stand the person. And, in truth there are only two, or maybe three people, that I'd never want to work with again. That's out of every job, every posting with the Coast Guard, every volunteer thing I've ever done.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, hopefully, she'll learn. And in the mean time, the federal form can turn yellow with age resting comfortably in the desk drawer.Peter A. Stinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04609822925630529135noreply@blogger.com