I was fired from a job a few months ago. During the termination process, I was assured by HR that the incident leading up to my termination would be kept totally confidential due to the company's policy. The policy is that the company will only share the title of the employer while employed, dates of employment and salary. I was told this is a corporate-wide policy.
I have since applied for a job with the federal goverment and had to fill out Form OF-306, where question #12 asks if you've ever been fired by a company in the last five years. I checked "no" based on what I was told by my former company.
Does anyone have thought on this? Did I do the right thing? I made the decision to check "no" because of the assurance I received from the company that fired me.
Any insight would be appreciated. The incident that led to the firing was nothing major and no laws were broken.
I have since applied for a job with the federal goverment and had to fill out Form OF-306, where question #12 asks if you've ever been fired by a company in the last five years. I checked "no" based on what I was told by my former company.
Does anyone have thought on this? Did I do the right thing? I made the decision to check "no" because of the assurance I received from the company that fired me.
Any insight would be appreciated. The incident that led to the firing was nothing major and no laws were broken.