It's good to help out your former employees.
A person who used to work for Jake asks him if he can write them a letter of recommendation for a job they want.
Jake wants to give the person who used to work for him an answer.
Jake agrees to help his ex employee and writes a glowing letter of recommendation for them.
Jake says he doesn't want to be responsible for recommending anybody for work and refuses to help his ex employee.
Jake's ex employee gets the job they wanted due to Jake's help.
The person who used to work for Jake doesn't get the job that he really wanted.