Companies ask job applicants for references all the time. It’s a way to verify a potential hire’s history and skills, vet their candidacy, and assess character and cultural fit.

So why can’t the same thing be done in reverse—where you can ask past employees to assess the company you’re applying to?

Sure, there’s Glassdoor. But short of salty ex-employees publicly dragging old employers on social media—a relatively uncommon move, considering it’s deemed unprofessional and may result in legal retaliation—there are no real formalized processes to run references on a company you’re applying to.

A recent Reddit post presented the argument: “Jobs be asking me for 3 references and I think I might start doing the same,” it read. “Let me talk to three happy employees please.”

The logic is simpl

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