In “Exit strategies, When it’s time to quit, resist the urge to say `take this job and shove it'” (Jobs, May 28), you gave an example of an employee who quit the Goltz Group on a “bad note,” and the employer has been waiting ever since to give the guy a silent bad reference.
Am I missing something here? The employee worked for the company for four years. Performed well. Got several raises. Gave two week’s notice, and voiced no complaints upon leaving. His only sins appear to be that he left to go work for a customer (happens all the time), and he used a company phone to solidify the deal with his new boss (call the police!). The writer used this as an example of an employee who “left poorly.” Seems more like an example of a vindictive boss bent on revenge. No wonder the employee resigned.
