I am a senior engineer(11 YOE) who was working at complex group level projects that involve more than 5 teams(~50 engineers). Due to my non compliance with RTO policy and being vocal with team and management - I have been asked to leave. I have been sidelined with I am aggressively interviewing at FAANG targeting for senior L6/E6 roles. Interviews are going great and I am hopeful of getting offers from G/F. Here is the problem: I have heard companies will ask for references which I cannot give because of the situation I am in. I no longer have a good relationship with the manager and the team I am in. What are my options? Any ideas how to deal with this situation will greatly help. TC: 410k #engineering #rto
I don’t think FAANG ask for references. Some startups such as Brex, Databricks do so. Don’t apply.
i heard apple ask for reference info but don’t actually hit’em up lol
No they don’t, at least not for me.
Was this at bloomberg?
Yes, at Bloomberg. :( Do you know if Meta will ask for references at senior roles?
Never heard of them asking for refs. Bb was always strict about rto, i left last year
Don’t give current employer references.. it should be even in the case when you DO have good relationship with your manager and colleagues.
I have always been at Bloomberg so it is only employer.
Then give school or something. Be clear and tell them I am not comfortable sharing the references of current employer. I never give and no one seemed to be bothered about it
What’s wrong with telling them why you were told to leave unless you’re lying to us
I don't want to show I was told to leave. In general whatever the reason be, employers will be hesitant to extend an offer.
If you apply to a remote job why would they care if you told them that you refused to rto from your old job and was told to leave. No way. You’re lying or it’s really no big deal
Does G/F require employees to RTO as well?
Meta has full remote option, and you can defer RTO until July if not remote.
G is fully hybrid but there's a lack of desks. Also my manager doesn't care. "Work in whatever way is most effective for you" verbatim
G/F ask for references from people currently working there. If you got friends who work there, ping them and use them. No body would even dare to talk about a prospective hire to someone outside the company (at least in this industry). For what it’s worth, G is more obsessive about those, for F they’re nice to have but not very important.
This is the way.
You’ll be fine, they ask for references but don’t contact. They give you an option to check “don’t contact”. Background check gives same option
What’s the point of references which are not contacted?
If you are currently employed contacting a reference would tip the candidate’s company that the candidate is looking to quit. So they give you the option to select “don’t contact”
That’s pretty wild when’s your last day
i don’t think G/F ask references
Are you sure they don't ask for senior roles as well? Also, how about Amazon?
Amazon doesn’t either. You just have a background check that’s all. G takes 2 work references but it can be literally anyone you worked with.