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29 Apr 2015, 09:49
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naiveteblg
mbs17 - thanks for the insight. Similarly to naiveteblg I am eternally paranoid.
I remember winning a half marathon in my home town and worrying that when they announced the winner in the newspaper that they would forget that I came in first and completely overlook me. It is a stupid mindstate if you let it overcome you but being paranoid helps in certain situations - like being very detailed.
In this situation I am wondering (stupidly) “What if my boss decides he is pissed at me for not staying 1 month longer and decides to talk bad about me when Kroll/ReVera ask if he meant what he said in my rec letter?!?! “ These doomsday scenarios keep playing in my head.
29 Apr 2015, 12:07
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I understand and completely identify with your desire to not take any unnecessary risks. But honestly, a recommender changing his mind on you and bad-mouthing you on the background check will not get your offer rescinded. Now finding out that he never actually wrote that recommendation but you wrote it yourself and snuck into his email after work at night to submit it. If he really wanted to screw you he could make up a lie like that and say he never wrote it. But I doubt anyone could ever get that mad at an ex-employee to do that, especially an employee he originally agreed to write a reco for.
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29 Apr 2015, 14:06
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That's actually pretty comforting to hear. The worry stems from the fact that my boss along with HR offered me double my normal pay to stay on an extra month. We just lost 2 team members a few weeks back. As much as I want to help out I had to refuse. Taking a break between work and school is important to me. She is now a little stand offish and I feel like if she was ever inclined to be disingenuous on the call to HireRight than she would be most likely to do it now especially if I am gone. But if I am still here she would be less inclined to do so. Either way I know that this is just my nervous talking and that I truly am just being a worry wart.
Didn't write my own rec so I don't have to worry about that. And don't think she'd ever go that far to lie and say I did.
BTW - On a brighter note, in preparing for business school I have realized how many clothes I need. The last few years all I purchased were business clothes. I didn't realize how long its been since I purchased nice normal causal clothes. Im basically gross and boring. Glad to be able to get out again.
