If you put someone’s name as a referral on your Workday Application, that person will be notified you did so

Making a post because I’ve had this happen probably close to 20 times. Just because you know someone who works at the company you’re applying to, does not mean you should just blindly put their name down as a referral. I work at a pretty attractive company and about once a month I’ll get an email from workday saying someone put my name down as a referral on their application. Unless they text or call me before to ask for permission to use me as a referral, there is 0 chance I’m approving the referral. If it’s someone I’m not in touch with anymore I add a comment saying I do not know them. All it takes is a kind text and most people will be fine with putting their name down as a referral, but don’t just expect people to do it without asking, even though I understand many of these are because the person applying didn’t think I’d be notified of it.