Are professional references pointless now?

[elliotw1990]

References have always been useless I agree! But it doesn’t stop a lot of employers still asking for them.. whether it’s contract work or even as an FTE

[elliotw1990]

Honest question. When you finish a contract, does your reputation carry forward in any real way, or does it basically reset to zero each time?

Been thinking about how broken the reference system feels. Employers give good ones to get rid of people, candidates list mates as former managers,...