Timeline for What is professional language to say I don't want to work under someone for personal reasons?
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| Aug 7, 2018 at 15:25 | comment | added | Cameron Roberts | @JensBannmann up to 45 now, OK then, answered separately. | |
| Aug 5, 2018 at 5:36 | comment | added | FlatronL1917 | What about "I would be more interested to work under my current manager, since I am already integrated in their group"? Sounds more positive and if you insist long enough they will get the point. | |
| Aug 5, 2018 at 5:18 | comment | added | Jens Bannmann | @CameronRoberts Please turn this 21-vote-comment into an answer. | |
| Aug 4, 2018 at 0:30 | comment | added | CramerTV | Ethical lapses are something everyone should be concerned about. | |
| Aug 3, 2018 at 20:49 | comment | added | user53651 | This is the professional way to do it. It's going to look a little awkward though. | |
| Aug 3, 2018 at 20:19 | comment | added | Cameron Roberts | I agree with the broad strokes of this answer but would suggest an even shorter example statement. The less you say the better, drop the "I'll be honest" stuff and simply state, "I am very interested in taking this position, however working with BadManager would not be a good fit for me". People experienced in corporate communication will know exactly what this means, this is a professional way of saying you don't want to work with a given person, and you don't want to provide any further reasoning. | |
| Aug 3, 2018 at 16:47 | comment | added | Jamie Clinton | OP: "I'll be honest, while I can work alongside BadManager..." interviewer: "you can work with him? ok great!" | |
| Aug 3, 2018 at 14:48 | comment | added | JohnHC | @Cris The question of why is unlikely to come up, unless the person asking is completely clueless to tact | |
| Aug 3, 2018 at 14:46 | comment | added | Cris | They will ask him why, and he will look bad whatever the reason will be. | |
| Aug 3, 2018 at 10:56 | history | answered | JohnHC | CC BY-SA 4.0 |