> This made us think - why are we ignoring the the perspectives of people who actually know what it's like to work with a candidate?
Because saying negative things about a past employee can cause you to become liable for libel or slander.
Because saying negative things about a past employee can cause you to become liable for libel or slander.
Even saying positive things like 'Employee X was fantastic; she was really good at Y' can be grounds for libel. The employee will claim standing based on the fact that, by saying she was good at 'Y' and not 'Z' (which is what the employer really wanted), it was libel by omission.