Thread by @QuinnyPig

To Whom It May Concern,

I'd like to recommend that you hire J. Random Person at your company. They'd be a specific asset to your company, team, and frankly life.

https://twitter.com/BriLimitless/status/1384293363130671107

We work together at a company with 135K other people. For some reason, they've asked me to write this instead of people who are directly familiar with the quality of their work.

Fear not! I've conducted diligence and searched news.google.com to validate that they're not publicly accused of atrocities. I've also punched their name into Twitter's search and found nothing notable there either.

You might wonder how I can confidently recommend them. First, look at where they work. The "our employee used to work here" is a badge of honor for some folks.

Second, excellence is situational. Even if they were utter crap here, they might be golden at your shop.

And lastly, the fact that you're reading this at all means that you weigh the value of candidate-provided references more heavily than you should.

"Can you give me three people who will sing your praises" is what you're saying with references. I won't save you from yourself.

In conclusion, they're probably fine. But should it turn out that they have no clue what they're doing, it's apparent that they'll be in good company at your company.

Nobody ever got asked to apologize for referring a crap candidate,
Corey