Timeline for Company threatening to call my current job after I declined their offer
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| Jun 26, 2019 at 18:19 | comment | added | Dancrumb | While what you describe would indeed be extortion, it's not what the OP described. The OP said: "the hiring manager [said] that he's very disappointed in me and he'll be calling my current employer to let them know I'm looking around." There's nothing there about attempting to force the OP to work for them, just a pretty petty hiring manager taking a swipe. | |
| Jun 26, 2019 at 18:03 | comment | added | R.. GitHub STOP HELPING ICE | @Dancrumb: Attempt to force someone to work for you, under your conditions, is an attempt to acquire something from them. If you don't believe this is extortion, apply an analogy where the line of work is sex work then realize the same principles apply to all work. | |
| Jun 26, 2019 at 16:25 | comment | added | Dancrumb | OK... the armchair lawyers need to settle down. Extortion requires an attempt to acquire something from the victim and there's no mention of this. Defamation would require a false statement; in most (if not all) jurisdictions, the truth is an absolute defense against defamation. Simply saying that you're going to call someone's boss to tell them about something you actually did is neither extortion nor defamation and you'd be wasting a lot of time, money and effort if you decided to pursue this course of action. | |
| Jun 26, 2019 at 11:57 | comment | added | usr-local-ΕΨΗΕΛΩΝ | @Harper that damage can be claimed in court once extortion is proven. The company that "hiring manager" works for is responsible for economic damages done by their employees | |
| Jun 26, 2019 at 11:56 | comment | added | usr-local-ΕΨΗΕΛΩΝ | Op said he has received mail with that threat. I think op has enough evidence to send that unprofessional hiring manager to a labour court. I vote for suing. I would also consider speaking directly to police to avoid paying lawyer fees. In a lot of jurisdictions, extortion and defamation are criminal charges and police (not 911/112, you will go to their offices) will file a [criminal] charge to the prosecutor under no [economic] charge | |
| Jun 26, 2019 at 11:56 | comment | added | Harper - Reinstate Monica | @StephenG if OP is subsequently let go, the damage is clear. | |
| Jun 26, 2019 at 9:29 | comment | added | StephenG - Help Ukraine | Even if the OP was not in danger of being fired (everywhere is different about this) the intent was clear - to cause trouble. This would be interpreted as a malicious act, although a court might not seen any way to assign damages to it - a court must be able to quantify damage in some way. | |
| Jun 26, 2019 at 6:38 | comment | added | BSMP | @GeorgeM Some workplaces are that malicious. In other cases, if the company knows you're looking to leave then they're going to start looking for your replacement. If they find your replacement sooner than you find a new job you could still find yourself pushed out before you're ready. | |
| Jun 25, 2019 at 23:38 | comment | added | user90842 | There's absolutely no reason you'd be fired from the current company, unless they were so psychotic that you'd be going with the new one anyways | |
| Jun 25, 2019 at 18:29 | history | answered | sf02 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |