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« on: June 14, 2002, 03:47:34 pm » |
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My boss has been gone all week on what I thought was a personal family vacation in Wisconsin.
When bossie is in the office I check his Outlook calendar daily so I know when he will be in meetings and for how long so I can inform callers of the best times to call back or approximately when to expect a call back.
When boss is on vacation I have no need to check his Outlook calendar so I haven't been.
So when a co-worker brought his Outlook calendar entry for this week to my attention I was a little startled. She said she happened to check it yesterday and discovered that this trip to Wisconsin may not be an innocent family vacation after all.
Outlook calendar entry said: "Look at houses - Wisconsin" on Monday's and "Interview w/ John Doe (not real name) - Wisconsin".
It appears he has a job interview and is looking to move out of state! I don't want him to leave. I don't want to work for anyone else. He's a great boss and the best supervisor here.
He is the lowest on the supervisor seniority list so I can see why he is looking for jobs elsewhere with talks of more budget cuts, furloughs and layoffs in our midst. But I don't want to work for any of our other supervisors either.
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radaro
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« Reply #1 on: June 14, 2002, 03:50:07 pm » |
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Someone should show him how to use the "mark as private" key on Outlook!
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andream
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« Reply #2 on: June 14, 2002, 04:10:09 pm » |
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And the employee who broke confidentiality while dealing with someone else's information should certainly be brushing up that ol' resume. In my eyes what he/she did, was an unpardonable breach of confidentiality whether absent bossie used the private key or not, it's still his calander. Bad Form,, very bad form indeed!
Andrea
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bethalize
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« Reply #3 on: June 14, 2002, 04:10:16 pm » |
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Ooh, crumbs! What a bombshell! Whatcha gonna do?
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execsec
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« Reply #4 on: June 14, 2002, 04:39:18 pm » |
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Although I must admit, this looks like a potential bad situation; I think you should give it the benefit of the doubt. You never know, he may be looking at houses in Wisconsin for his mother or father to relocate to (assisted living, etc.) and may be interviewing someone to come to work there at your office, or may be interviewing the person who owns the house he's wanting to look at. I know this is a wild scenario, but I would keep the information you found out under wraps unless he brings it up. And shame on the other person for bringing it up to you.
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« Reply #5 on: June 14, 2002, 04:44:05 pm » |
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Another possibility involves guerrilla warfare. He may have set incorrect info as a tease/trap for whatever reasons he may have.
It's not something I would do everyday, but it is a useful tactic to have in your arsenal if you need to verify suspicions.
:-/
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laundryhater
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« Reply #6 on: June 14, 2002, 05:04:44 pm » |
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I do not believe this co-worker breached any confidentiality laws because everyone has read-only access to boss' calendar and could have stumbled upon this information themselves and some probably have.
I, however, plan on keeping the information to myself (except here where we are pretty much anonymous, because I needed to blurt it to somebody before I burst).
I hope you are right that it is nothing to worry about and it's not a job interview for him. I am keeping my fingers crossed.
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andream
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« Reply #7 on: June 14, 2002, 05:24:58 pm » |
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I Agree LH, that no laws were violated (though Im betting some company policy was, what occured here is rather like someone finding out what your salary is and telling everyone. They came by the information perhaps honestly, but do they have a duty to go and talk about it? In many US companies inappropriate dissemination of information is actionable most often by termination ), there is a matter of business ethics here that was seriously bruised in this case. Confidential information is confidential information, whether it's from bossie's calander or his file cabinet there is an inherent duty in any good support professional to respect any and ALL information that crosses her desk or computer screen, whether it is confidential or not. I stand by my initial chastisement to your coworker Bad form! and applaud you for taking the high road. Your coworker, however, could use free certificate to a Business Ethics 101 course.
Andrea
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smitkit
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« Reply #8 on: June 18, 2002, 11:57:52 am » |
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Is the company likely to be aware of this potential move? If not, and you say you have a good relationship with your boss, I'd speak to him when he gets back, just to let him know the rumour-mill could well be working.
By letting him know you know but without questioning him yourself, it should also give him the opportunity to come clean to you and let you know his plans.
Smitkit
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laundryhater
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« Reply #9 on: June 19, 2002, 06:28:33 pm » |
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Here's an update:
Another co-worker noticed these entries in bossie's Outlook calendar too and asked him about it when he returned to the office from his trip.
I was not there when she asked him about it, but another co-worker was and told me that he got "beat-red in the face and said that he did not find a house but the interview went well." It became apparent that he meant to mark this entry as "private".
I really wish she would not have brought it up. She did not practice good tact.
I was not there when this happened so I am still going to play ignorant and not bring it up unless bossie does.
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