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01-31-2008, 02:03 PM
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What are my rights?
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It was brought to my attention that MY job was being advertised on careerbuilder.com.
I am not in a really big company. I e-mailed my boss and blind copied a VP asking what was going on.
My boss said it was an error, let's drop it.
Cool!
Next day, my boss calls me and is so pissed that I blind copied the VP on it.
Now I am afraid he will fire me.
To copy a VP was standard procedure at my old company. Did the VP breach confidentiality laws or something?
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01-31-2008, 02:06 PM
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He's probably pissed because he views it as you going over his head. Most employment today is "at will", so they can fire you just as easily as you can quit...
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01-31-2008, 02:06 PM
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Originally Posted by cheezydemon
Did the VP breach confidentiality laws or something?
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I am not aware of any legal ramification or obligation on the part of the recipient of a blind copy email. |
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01-31-2008, 02:07 PM
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Ya, never leave a trail. 'Blind cc:' the VP in person. At least you can deny it later 
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Well, if you *love* it.... again, note that my A.S.S. has five pounds.
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01-31-2008, 02:10 PM
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I would talk to an employment attorney just to cover your bases.
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01-31-2008, 02:11 PM
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Originally Posted by cheezydemon
To copy a VP was standard procedure at my old company. Did the VP breach confidentiality laws or something?
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The VP may not have even had anything to do with it. One quick search in Exchange System Manager and 5 seconds later all recipients of a message are displayed. If he's an IT guy he could have done it himself, or asked IT to do it for him.
Most companies have policies in place that clearly inform all employees that all information on their PC's, all contents of their inbox, and most all other information, is the sole property of the company and that employees should have little or no expectation of privacy. At least I have such policies in place.
If your company has such a policy in place and that policy has been clearly communicated to all employees, (I update policies and send them out every 2 years - requiring all employees to agree to the policy terms before they will be permitted to use a company PC or have access to any company data) there's absolutely nothing that you can do about this.
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Originally Posted by the_bird
Well, if you *love* it.... again, note that my A.S.S. has five pounds.
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Last edited by ohiobrewtus; 01-31-2008 at 02:15 PM.
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01-31-2008, 02:12 PM
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Sounds like you should update your resume - just in case
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01-31-2008, 02:20 PM
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Yeah thanks. He called again and it was OK.
I guess I thought my old company was obeying a law of some sort, I guess they were just a great company to work for.
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01-31-2008, 02:27 PM
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Originally Posted by cheezydemon
Yeah thanks. He called again and it was OK.
I guess I thought my old company was obeying a law of some sort, I guess they were just a great company to work for.
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Glad your job's okay, man. That's always nerve-racking. Yeah, I mean, unless it's a government agency or a gov't subcontractor under quasi-gov't control, I can't imagine there's any "laws" regarding such internal structural/procedural actions.
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01-31-2008, 02:41 PM
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Right on. Good to know.
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