In case he didn't notice, prying on other's business is not manly!
By smiling_ja
@smiling_ja (261)
Philippines
January 24, 2013 8:14am CST
I've been having a series of unfortunate events at work since last week. How would you feel while having a telephone conversation with an employee concerning his work performance and discussing the memos and probable disciplinary actions that will be imposed on him when suddenly out of nowhere, someone shouted on the other line telling me I'm all bulls**t and even swore? If I needed someone's say so I would have discussed first with my boss who gave me the authority concerning the matter at hand. He belongs to another service provider, he was reacting in behalf of our employee because he overheard him explaining in justification of his side of the story,then this person felt the need to butt in and deprive our employee to speak for himself. In a calm voice I asked our employee for the complete identity of this snoop, I had to wait patiently for several minutes (that long!) because our employee wouldn't tell and suddenly there was some kind of hush on the other line when I finally got his name. I sent an email to their office clearly stating my complaint so I can't wait until tomorrow how they'll deal with my concern. If you were in my shoes, what would you do? Am I overreacting?
3 responses
@vidhyaprakash_2 (7116)
• India
25 Jan 13
Hi friend, sad to hear about your stage, as you mentioned you keep patience and discussed in a kind way, so i don't think you are over acting, some times we are in need to face such kind of critical situations in our life,. we must keep patience and presence of mind to win over this kind of incidents in our life
@Raine38 (12257)
• United States
24 Jan 13
It's kinda hard to tell. First, if the matter of the offense of your staff would warrant disciplinary actions and memos, maybe you two should have a face to face private talk while you show and point out in print the company regulations that would justify the action to be taken against him. I do not know why you have to do it over the phone, is the person involved far from where you are at work? Secondly, it is very wrong of whoever is listening to someone else's conversation. Its so unethical and downright rude. Even if he didn't shouted nasty words, the mere fact that he listened is really wrong.
@timetravel (1425)
• United States
24 Jan 13
I'm a little unclear here - did you have the authority to discuss this with the employee ahead of time? Listening in on another's phone conversation is rude - as you were correct to call him out on that. I'm just confused over who has what role and/or authority in these cases where you work.
