Job issue, what to do?

Aedus · 29 May 2010 at 19:58

Keep it to yourself, talk to him about working for him and see what you can arrange.

Work for the current company for a while, see if it collapses, if it doesn't stay, if it does go work for said guy.

buckeejit · 29 May 2010 at 19:59

Aedus said:
Keep it to yourself, talk to him about working for him and see what you can arrange.

Work for the current company for a while, see if it collapses, if it doesn't stay, if it does go work for said guy.

again, I don't want to work for the guy that's leaving.

dowie · 29 May 2010 at 20:01

Personality clash or something?

Shop him to the boss then and nick his clients.

buckeejit · 29 May 2010 at 20:04

dowie said:
Personality clash or something?

Shop him to the boss then and nick his clients.

No, just can't trust him tbh and I know that this is rich coming from me hence this thread but...

I'll have a think about it over the weekend but as someone mentioned, if his plans falls through and he stays and I've told the boss, he'll hate me but then again, I don't care if anyone hates me :rolleyes:

Participant · 29 May 2010 at 20:37

mejinks said:
You ask for advice then ignore it?

Asking for advice is not the same as signing a contract saying you'll act on it.

dowie · 29 May 2010 at 21:08

buckeejit said:
I'll have a think about it over the weekend but as someone mentioned, if his plans falls through and he stays and I've told the boss, he'll hate me but then again, I don't care if anyone hates me

You telling the boss doesn't automatically imply that this guy would find out that you've told the boss. I am assuming that your boss is semi-intelligent though...

Aedus · 29 May 2010 at 21:20

dowie said:
You telling the boss doesn't automatically imply that this guy would find out that you've told the boss. I am assuming that your boss is semi-intelligent though...

Maybe if he does it via a note, but then if OP is the only person this guy has told then it's going to be pretty obvious, no?

sigma · 29 May 2010 at 21:25

Why would you tell your boss? :confused:

It's not like he's going to leave without telling anyone, or is he?

It's not your place to say imo. He's obviously told you in confidence so I'd keep it to myself personally, if your boss has treated him like **** then he gets what he deserves.

JBuk · 29 May 2010 at 21:37

sigma said:
Why would you tell your boss?

Because his colleague has the potential to take customers away with him

cdcopyman · 29 May 2010 at 22:05

ive been in the exact situation , and i went with, the company is still going strong today, but i left around 3years after to a totally diffrant industry.

dowie · 29 May 2010 at 22:37

Aedus said:
Maybe if he does it via a note, but then if OP is the only person this guy has told then it's going to be pretty obvious, no?

erm no

Unless the first thing the boss does is run over to the guy and says 'I've just been told you're leaving'

So assuming the boss is semi intelligent...

s0ck · 29 May 2010 at 23:18

I would keep my nose out of it and get on with my own job.

RedDanDoc · 29 May 2010 at 23:20

s0ck said:
I would keep my nose out of it and get on with my own job.

I agree. It could backfire in a way not anticipated by the OP.

lazer46 · 29 May 2010 at 23:29

Say nothing. Stay put if you want to and ride the waves!

Guest2 · 30 May 2010 at 00:00

fluffmct said:
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

do this

WrathOfAchilles · 30 May 2010 at 00:06

You may think the place will fail if he leaves but you will be surprised, the world goes on when someone you think is key leaves a business.

Stay quiet and see what happens.

sigma · 30 May 2010 at 01:19

JBuk said:
Because his colleague has the potential to take customers away with him

So?

Those customers are free to go where ever they want, they could change company tomorrow if they wanted.

It's not the OPs place to say something about this issue as it doesn't concern him. If the company is so reliant on one person then it deserves nothing more than it gets imo.

JBuk · 30 May 2010 at 01:42

sigma said:
So?

Those customers are free to go where ever they want, they could change company tomorrow if they wanted.

It's not the OPs place to say something about this issue as it doesn't concern him. If the company is so reliant on one person then it deserves nothing more than it gets imo.

Of course it concerns the op, he's in a sticky situation where his actions could affect the future of the company he works for thus potentially making himself jobless.
No one is disputing that the customers are free to go where they want which is exactly why he is concerned.

Don't draw the wrong conclusions that I think the op should inform his employer as I really don't know what I'd do in the same siituation , I suppose the op needs to weigh up where his loyalties lie and how he thinks it will pan out if his colleague does set up as a competitor.

buckeejit · 30 May 2010 at 10:09

god, seems like 50/50 on this thread lol. I suppose I'll just play it by ear but atm, I don't want to say anything as I've never been a snitch however, it could affect my job. I'll see. Thanks for all the advice

madcat · 30 May 2010 at 11:37

Just go with the flow. I personally would stay quiet and see what will happen. If it collapse, it will collapse. End of the day, just look for a new job... I don't see this is a big issue!