Isyouroldbosswreckingyourjobhunt?离职证明：老板使绊子怎么办？DearAnnie:Ireadyourarticleaboutquittingoverethics,andIhaveasomewhatrelatedquestionaboutmyownsituation.Iwasrecentlyforcedoutofmyjob,followingadisputewithmybossthatwaspartlyaboutethics.Ispokewithbothanattorneyandthelocallaborboard,andbecauseoftheunusualcircumstancessurroundingmyfiring,theyboththinkthatIcouldwinincourtifIdecidedtosuethecompany,butI'mnotinterestedinalong,costlylegalbattle.亲爱的安妮：我拜读了您那篇关于出于道德考虑而辞职的文章，我自己的情况多少与此也有点相关，因此向您提问。最近我和老板发生了争执，部分原因就在于道德问题，此后我被迫离职。我和律师以及本地的劳工委员会谈过，由于我被解雇的情况很不寻常，他们都认为如果我决定起诉这家公司的话，我很可能能够赢得官司，可是我无意卷入旷日持久、成本高昂的诉讼。However,Ididworkoutaseparationagreementwithhumanresources.Oneoftheprovisionsinitstatesthatmyformeremployerwillnotdiscussthereasonsformydeparturewithpeoplewhoaskforareference.Isuspectmyoldbossisviolatingthisagreement,becauseIjusthadajobofferwithdrawnafterthehiringmanagercontactedthisperson.KeepinginmindthatIreallydon'twanttosue,whatcanIdoaboutthis?–Norm不过，我和人力资源部门达成了离职协议，其中一个条款就是：如果有人要求原雇主提供离职证明，公司不得透露我离职的原因。可是，我怀疑前老板违反了这份协议，因为有家公司本来已经答应聘用我，但招聘经理与我的前老板联系后却反悔了。我该怎么办？重申一下：我真的不想打官司。——诺姆DearNorm:Thisproblemisalotmorecommonthanyoumightthink.Evenwithoutaseparationagreementthatspecificallyprohibitsaformeremployerfrombadmouthinganex-employee,mostbigcompanieshaveblanketpoliciesinplacethatpermitreferencestoconfirmnothingmorethandatesofemploymentandjobtitle.亲爱的诺姆：这个问题相当常见，并不像你想得那么特殊。就算没有离职条款来专门限制前雇主不得说离职雇员的坏话，多数大公司也都有统一的政策，除了员工的在职时间和工作头衔之外，不得透露其它任何信息。Unfortunately,likesomanycorporatepolicies,thesearehonoredmainlyinthebreach.不幸的是，如同其他众多公司政策，上述规定也得不到切实执行。"About99%ofthetime,peoplewecallforareferencedon'tevenaskwhowearebeforetheystarttalking,"saysHeidiAllison,managingdirectorofAllison&Taylor,afirmthatspecializesinfindingoutwhatpeople'sreferencesareactuallysayingaboutthem.Allison&Taylor公司专门分析推荐信的真实含义，公司执行董事海蒂•艾莉森指出：“约99%的情况下，我们打电话要求提供推荐材料时，对方都不问我们是谁，就开始大讲特讲。”People'stendencytorevealmorethanthey'resupposedtoisn'tnew,butAllisonnotesthatit'sgottenworsesincetherecessionstarted."HRdepartm