# The Ex-Boss Lied on the Reference Check. The Employee Had a Recording.

**[TRUE STORY]** — by Via r/recruitinghell

A Reddit user kept getting rejected at the reference stage of job applications and could not figure out why \u2014 until they discovered their former manager was fabricating claims about missed deadlines and NDA violations during reference calls. The employee recorded a subsequent reference check call, documented the lies, and presented the evidence to the former employer\u2019s HR department, which immediately restricted all future checks to basic employment verification only.

*Source: [r/recruitinghell \u00b7 viral \u00b7 via Economic Times](https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/bosss-tactic-to-ruin-ex-workers-reference-check-in-next-company-backfires-what-the-employee-did-next-led-to-apology/printarticle/131354183.cms)*
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