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Originally Posted by morphius
It is interesting that in Colorado that you can call the supervisor, my belief is that in KS all a supervisor/manager/company can tell you is that they worked for you.
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I suspect you can call a supervisor anywhere. Getting them to talk to you is the hard part. Many companies will have a policy of just verifying employment and stating whether the employee is eligible for rehire, but they'll often give you non-verbal grunting clues that tell you what you need to know.
I had someone call me for a reference on an ex-employee once, and I'll give someone a good reference if they were a good employee. Why not? But this prospective employer then asked if they could have the employee's personnel files and performance reviews. They were a law firm and assured me that it was legal, but I declined to do that. That seemed over the top to ask of me.