Job issue, what to do?

buckeejit

buckeejit

buckeejit

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Well, there's a guy at my work who's been there for years and has loads of experience. He brought a load of customers with him to the place when he started which obviously means more profit for my boss. I found out recently that this guy is leaving next month and I'm the only one who knows. He's going to be setting up on his own when he leaves and the reason he's leaving is because of my boss, he gets no respect and is treated like a school kid. I've known him for 7 months and my question is... What do I do? I know the company I work for has the potential to collapse when he leaves as he'll be taking the customers with him.

Should I tell my boss or keep it to myself?
 
So your options are:

1. Stay quiet and take a chance the firm will collapse
2. Tell your boss and the firm will collapse AND you will have burned your bridges with this guy
3. Go with this guy and make a go of it. The business could collapse or if you work hard, it will flourish and you will be rich
 
If you're definitely staying yourself and there's no chance of this guy being your friend in the future, rat him out :p. If I was the guy that's leaving, I wouldn't be 100% confident of taking all my customers with me. It might not work out that way as people might be loyal to the company not the agent.

If you tell your boss and go along the lines of 'wanted to let you know to protect the company' etc. and do a bit of brown-nosing, it might get you a bit of a promotion.

Also if this new guy wanted you with him on his venture, he would surely have mentioned it to you...looks like you're staying put :p.
 
I would personally just stay quiet about it. I can understand your concern but if this guy is talking rubbish and nothing happens in a month, then you will have created an interesting brand of tension that was far from necessary.

Also, customer loyalty towards an in-store representative is typically transferred onto the company they work for. ;)
 
Why would you ever say?

Keep it to yourself and if the new guy has his head screwed on from a business perspective then perhaps think about joining him
 
If your boss had a brain he'd include a restrictive covenant in the guys contract. Otherwise, bail out and join the guy's new business!
 
Robbie G said:
rat him out
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do NOT do this.

grassing him up could come back to haunt you further down the line in ways you couldn't possibly imagine right here & now.

just keep quiet & let things play out the way they would do if you didn't know he intended to leave.
 
mejinks said:
So your options are:

1. Stay quiet and take a chance the firm will collapse
2. Tell your boss and the firm will collapse AND you will have burned your bridges with this guy
3. Go with this guy and make a go of it. The business could collapse or if you work hard, it will flourish and you will be rich
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I'd go with option 3 tbh... but I think you've got option 2 wrong - giving the
boss advanced warning could allow him to minimise the risk. He could pull the guy up on it or get him out of there unexpectedly etc... if this guy hasn't yet informed all his clients or hasn't got all the supplier info or whatever other reason he's hanging around for another month for instead of doing this now then he could potentially scupper the plans.
 
I'm having second thoughts... I might tell my boss and tell him not to say anything directly to the guy that's leaving. The only reason I would be telling him is so that he would be able to prepare and lessen the blow if that makes sense?

God, I just don't know :(
 
buckeejit said:
I'm having second thoughts... I might tell my boss and tell him not to say anything directly to the guy that's leaving. The only reason I would be telling him is so that he would be able to prepare and lessen the blow if that makes sense?

God, I just don't know :(
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:rolleyes: You ask for advice then ignore it?
 
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