Boy I need help with something (not financial) [View All]

[demnan]

I am a web developer on a team. The other web developer decided to use me as his reference and stated that I was his supervisor (which is untrue, I'm just the tech lead on the contract). He went on an interview last week. Well the people who want to hire him are asking for a reference.

Here's my problem: I would definately give this guy a mixed review. He is very intelligent but is lazy. He has to be prodded to get work done, he's often late for work, more often than not. His focus is on getting as much expensive hardware as the contract will support so he has toys to play with. When he does do work, he can make incredible inroads into a technical problem, but more often than not he will drop the ball in dealing with the clients.

I'm pissed that he listed me as his supervisor, for one and for the rest of it, how can he expect me to give him a glowing review? I hate to be forced into a situation where I must lie.

So how would you handle this situation?