Npr.
If you've ever agreed to give an employee or a colleague a reference when they're applying for a job, you know the drill.
You hop on the phone or zoom, you answer a few questions.
And this used to be quick, maybe a couple of minutes.
But lately, if you agree to be a reference, odds are it's gonna take a lot longer.
And that's because now this kind of conversation that used to be a quick phone call, it's morphed into a written process.
There are multiple essay questions you have to answer about the candidate, forms you have to fill out.
You have to rank their skills using those little circles on a scale of 1 to 10.
I mean, we all wanna be helpful, right Darian?
Of course.
Especially for our good colleagues that we've worked with.
Of course.
But how did the burden switch to us?
We're like a third party.
Shouldn't the employer who's doing the hiring be the one who is doing the work?
Here?
This is unpaid labor.
That's pretty easy for me.
I just put 10 for everybody.
This is the indicator.