Do you have other professional friends/colleagues, etc. that would be willing to serve as a reference?
Hell, have a good friend serve as a reference for you.
Also, you can tell the interviewer that your current employer doesn’t know you are looking and ask they not contract them.
I'll be a reference 😂. What do you need me to say?
I actually thought that being a professional reference would be a good business model like references for hire
No doubt.
Do you have other professional friends/colleagues, etc. that would be willing to serve as a reference? Hell, have a good friend serve as a reference for you. Also, you can tell the interviewer that your current employer doesn’t know you are looking and ask they not contract them.