Hi, i need some advice. I left my former school in january with a release letter but my new employer need a ref letter. My former boss is refusing to give me this as i go to a school in the same city. I have repeatedly asked for this letter but he sent me an email saying if i stay in this city he will not give me this letter and my new boss says he can not employ me without it. What can i do?
Niall Houghton
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15 January, 2018 at 8:08
Total posts: 20
I hear your frustration. Former employers can have an axe to grind (if you pardon the idiom), yet you may have worked well for them. Could you approach a colleague at your old school for a reference?
goNative English Almeria
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1 February, 2019 at 16:45
Total posts: 6
Where are you? It is illegal to refuse a reference letter without a valid reason in some countries.
He is probably not going to give you a glowing reference anyway.
