So I handed in my notice last week, and now this week.....

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I work for a B2B outdoor manufacturer based in Scotland. Last week I handed in my 4 week notice after being there for almost 5 years. I liked the job and the people were great, but the money wasn't great and the family that run the business have their own ideas about business and culture that I don't really agree with.

Never the less, after handing in my notice last week I came in this morning and discovered that both mine and my assistant's emails are being monitored. I only know this as every time I sent an email out I would get an OutofOffice message from the MD. So emails I send or am sent are being BCC'd to the MD.

Now I know that it is the MDs business and he owns everything, but surely he should have sat us down and said, look I'm going to be monitoring your emails until you leave for reason X, Y or Z, rather than sneakily trying to watch our email activity? I was all for helping the company with the transition of bringing in a new marketing team, but after this current debacle I'm eager to find any exit route.

Thoughts? Cheers! :D
 
There will be something in there or in your companies IT policy about the ability to monitor all activity conducted on their network/devices.
 
I didn't know outlook sent replies to BCC recipients. Seems like a design flaw if you ask me.

I believe in our own contract where I work, there is some notes about emails being company property so they have access to any and all of them at any time.
 
It's poorly implemented. On Exchange the MD would be granted access permissions to the OP's mailbox, then just have it open as a second mailbox. The way the OP has described is a cludge.

Either way, if the IT Policy/Acceptable Use etc mentions that the company reserve the right to monitor electronic communications of any kind then the method is irrelevant I would say. Just made themselves look like a bunch of cretins.

If it were me I'd be sending internal memos via paper now, for the lols. Deleting the Word doc you used to create once printed. :D
 
sometimes it actually tells you the e-mails are being forwarded elsewhere too, or words to that effect - tis quite standard if someone hands in their notice

frankly they can read your all your previous e-mails anyway, it's just they've got more reason to actively monitor them now

they're not 'your' e-mails anyway, when you're using a company e-mail account then you should always assume that someone else might read the e-mails even when in most cases they probably won't
 
Why? If you understand that then what notice do you need? You're aware you're using a company e-mail account not a personal one, you're aware that other people could at some point in the future go back and read all of those mails. The only thing that has changed is that you now know someone is taking an interest in your e-mails and are actively monitoring them going forwards - something they might well have done sporadically in the past anyway.
 
Honestly if this kind of thing is important they should just setup an email Journal solution, everyone's emails get archived and can be monitored, fair for everyone then.

We do this at work, your work email is for work (and pictures of cats), everyone knows this.
 
I'm not being funny but at work, it is all work....

Of course they monitor emails in case of anything that might bring the company into legal complications or indeed get them proof of innocence.

I worked for a company for 13 years. Anything I said or did that could be construed as dodgy I never wrote down!
 
I'd say its time to get the tin foil hat out... :D

Don't worry so what he's monitoring your emails just keep your head up and don't let it bother you. Send as few emails as possible. ;) In a few weeks you'll be free.
 
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