Timeline for Is it ethical to report suspected mental health issues of coworker to manager?
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| May 10, 2018 at 12:56 | history | edited | user77891 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 10, 2018 at 12:51 | comment | added | user77891 | @Sascha given our conversation, I have edited my answer. I understand that you don't want to be advised on your decision and I have removed some of my comments in that regard. Some of it remains to illustrate that you just don't know for sure what's going on here, and especially since he himself has said that all is fine and since you are no longer responsible, unfortunately there isn't much more you can do. It's obvious you care as a leader and want the best for him so I'm sorry the situation is as it is. I hope that the management take your advice and put him in a suitable role. | |
| May 10, 2018 at 12:45 | comment | added | Sascha | The picture fits much better to him not lying, since he never tried to hide his incompetence | |
| May 10, 2018 at 12:42 | history | edited | user77891 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 10, 2018 at 12:37 | comment | added | user77891 | @Sascha how do you know he's not just lying about his degree? I understand you want to help him, but ultimately he is responsible for his performance and his representation of his skills. If he claims there are no issues, then that should be taken at face value. | |
| May 10, 2018 at 12:34 | history | edited | user77891 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 10, 2018 at 12:34 | comment | added | Sascha | Some symptoms are cognitive. But they are so far outside the expected range that it is pretty clear that he can not have passed the exams leading to the degree he has in this condition. I do not want to disclose more here, because I am afraid other members of the team could identify him, should they read the post. The point is that my question was not to give me advice on my opinion about the issue, but about balancing the risk-products for bad consequences for him in the possible communications. | |
| May 10, 2018 at 12:30 | comment | added | user77891 | @Sascha several of my bullet points still apply given what you've said. I will edit the ones that don't. The point being that the symptoms you describe are not particularly indicative of a mental issue and there could be other reasons for his behaviour/inadequacy. In any case, there is only so much you can do in this situation, it is the management's responsibility what happens next. | |
| May 10, 2018 at 12:27 | history | edited | user77891 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 10, 2018 at 11:54 | review | Low quality posts | |||
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| May 10, 2018 at 11:50 | comment | added | Sascha | Thanks for needlessly speculating about something which was not asked. The team is in Western Europe, he is from Western Europe, he was suspervised in the beginning by a colleague who spoke his native tongue, he explicitely stated programming experience when he applied for the project and knew that it was about programming, and nothing which I asked from him required him to be a math or programming genius; the math was 1st semester math - I did not require him to do it right away, but he had several days to do it, enough time to read upon the subjects. | |
| May 7, 2018 at 15:37 | history | edited | user77891 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 7, 2018 at 2:20 | comment | added | DJClayworth | +1 Add to this list the possibility that he comes from a culture where it is never done to say they don't understand something. | |
| May 6, 2018 at 20:10 | history | edited | user77891 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 6, 2018 at 19:59 | history | edited | user77891 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 6, 2018 at 19:53 | history | answered | user77891 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |