Comments on: Do I have to disclose that I was fired? https://www.evilhrlady.org/2016/04/do-i-have-to-disclose-that-i-was-fired.html Everything to make HR better Thu, 06 Jul 2017 15:25:53 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Lauren https://www.evilhrlady.org/2016/04/do-i-have-to-disclose-that-i-was-fired.html#comment-207257 Sun, 17 Apr 2016 00:34:26 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=3875#comment-207257 In reply to Antonia Siemaszko.

+1 to this!

]]> By: Antonia Siemaszko https://www.evilhrlady.org/2016/04/do-i-have-to-disclose-that-i-was-fired.html#comment-207252 Fri, 15 Apr 2016 17:42:16 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=3875#comment-207252 In reply to Evil HR Lady.

You are totally as awesome as she is. I read both your blogs religiously and you’re both amazing.

]]> By: Dr. Ross https://www.evilhrlady.org/2016/04/do-i-have-to-disclose-that-i-was-fired.html#comment-207251 Fri, 15 Apr 2016 14:11:13 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=3875#comment-207251 Yep, fully agree. Get ahead of it and disclose…just be smart about it. I have a nephew who, due to a DUI, has to blow thru a tube to start his car. He GOT a job with a major media company who does full background checks AFTER hiring and he was freaking out. I advised him to go to the guy who chose him for the job and let him know, out of respect to the faith that he placed in him by choosing him, about the situation and sharing that he would rather walk away than put his new boss into, potentially, harms way.

His boss said no one had ever been up front with him and do so to protect him and he assured him that it would not be a problem.

Not only did he keep his job but he has been promoted twice in the last 12 months.

Have to believe that character, honesty and integrity still mean something but too often we let fear of potential loss rule the day.

Character is only put to the test when we are up against it.

Hard as it is, and will gnaw at you maybe for years, take the high road and don’t play the game of the willfully ignorant bullies who use abuse, fear and intimidation to get their way. It will catch them but you will sleep better at night if you let it go.

]]> By: Evil HR Lady https://www.evilhrlady.org/2016/04/do-i-have-to-disclose-that-i-was-fired.html#comment-207245 Fri, 15 Apr 2016 13:23:07 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=3875#comment-207245 In reply to Annonymous.

I’m always okay with it when people mistake me for Alison Green. If only I could be as awesome and productive as she is!

And you could do your idea. No objections to that.

]]> By: Annonymous https://www.evilhrlady.org/2016/04/do-i-have-to-disclose-that-i-was-fired.html#comment-207244 Fri, 15 Apr 2016 12:58:09 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=3875#comment-207244 In reply to Annonymous.

Ack! Susan, Im sorry, I was mentally on the wrong blog.

]]> By: Annonymous https://www.evilhrlady.org/2016/04/do-i-have-to-disclose-that-i-was-fired.html#comment-207243 Fri, 15 Apr 2016 12:57:23 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=3875#comment-207243 Alison, out of curiosity, why would you not recommend the same language that letter writers use when talking about past depression, something like, “I needed short term leave to take care of a medical issue that has since been resolved, but they fired me instead.”

I probably wouldn’t start with that, but “bad fit” is always followed up on by good interviewers and you need to have an answer that sounds reasonable and not squirrelly.

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