Sasquatch888

Hi there, I am hoping one of you kind people can help me out again (I am very grateful for the help in the past).

I now have got my ITA. There are a couple of things which I could really do with some help on. The work ref letter that you need - the company I work for is a very small company, there is the boss at the top and everyone else is underneath him, there is no structure to the company at all, I hold one of the more senior positions at the company, I don't really report to anyone (not even the owner) and have a lot of freedom within the business. There is a person that handles the HR related stuff.

So, I am unsure who would be best to sign the letter. The owner, the HR person or anyone else in the company as they are seen as equal to me (we all do different things). Or, someone who is no longer at the company?

Any advice would be much appreciated.

Many thanks

Engineer_abroad

Sasquatch888

Thank you. So then this leads to another problem - the HR person is the owners wife, everyone knows your business and telling them I am applying to become a permanent resident of Canada would not go down too well. This is the only job I am declaring and the only one I have had for the past 7 years. Not going to be easy...

Engineer_abroad

Sasquatch888

Because it would mean I will be leaving the company. Thank you for your suggestion.

Engineer_abroad

Sasquatch888

I am a British citizen working in the UK, applying for PR to Canada.

And thank you - but you do not know my boss, the culture at this place, or the current situation the company as a whole is in.

Stumpylegs

This is exactly it, I'm in the same boat and know that the day I ask for a reference letter for PR (if it comes, heres fingers crossed) via my HR department I am 100% going to be bottom of the pack and career limited should PR fall through after that letter.

Likewise as they know you are likely to leave, if they have a chance to replace you they will do. I feel in the UK asking for your work history letter of your employer is closely related to your employment being terminated/you being managed out of the business. (despite the fact that in my case once approved i would ideally still work for the company for another 9-10 months)

Only possible thought which is what I did for work experience for my trade exam was to use someone within the business who i now work alongside, but was my boss for x number of years to basically state " i was the direct manager/supervisor of XXXX from 20XX to 20XX, and whilst they now work elsewhere within the business i can confirm they still carry out the job duties" for reference here is their job description and a copy of their contract of employment. Obviously i don't know your work history within the business/how the structuring may have changed, i fell very lucky in that i can trust this person to keep quiet and they were my supervisor for a long enough period to cover my work experience anyway.

Best of luck.