I went for an interview for an amazing job. I ticked the box where it said: Please tick if you only want us to contact your references if we offer your the position. Then I received a call a few days later saying I have the job! Anyway, I don't begin the job for another 8 or 9 days. My issue is one of my references is a shop I previously worked at, where I had a major bust up with the manager. We never got on from the day I started. I genuinely believe she hated me because my brother quit his job there. Anyway she accused me of all sorts one thing was even stealing! I'm worried this is going to affect my new job, and I can't get it off my mind. I haven't even been able to celebrate my good news in case they withdraw their offer for employment. I just wondered if anyone could give me any advice. Thanks guys.
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employers are free to give truthful references good or bad, it is difficult however to prove they are being untruthful because prospective employers usually will not tell you that your reference was not good, some employers may Only answer certain questions but that is their policy not law, so hopefully they will not contact that employer or your other references will out weigh the bad one you may get
A good question is if you believe they won't give you a good reference/have concerns, why did you list them as a reference? Most applications, if you're listing a former work place, give you an option not to contact a former employment that you have listed. It looks questionable however when you do this. So it is typically better to just leave the job off your resume and not list them all. I would suggest listing another reference. You shouldn't worry about this, they already offered you the job (if in formal writing, then it is offered). You should always list references that you think will help you, not harm you.