Timeline for When should I tell my boss that the person I recommended for a job is my partner?
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| Jan 22, 2019 at 13:02 | comment | added | Eric | @SouravGhosh I would be upset if I felt like I were the first person to be informed after the candidate had been selected for an interview and an interview arranged. I would feel deceived. In my mind, it would be similar to someone recommending a product without disclosing that they get a personal benefit from you purchasing it. If I did know about the relationship, for example, I would probably not consider that person for a position in the same team as the recommender. I would also not involve the recommender in the process and be extra careful to ensure the process is unbiased. | |
| Jan 22, 2019 at 12:30 | comment | added | Sourav Ghosh | @Eric Can you help me understand the reason why'd you be upset about someone having an out-of-office relationship with someone else in your department, when that relationship has nothing to do with the recruitment criteria (I assume there's no problem from the org perspective, otherwise HR would have already flagged this)? Also, what would be different if you knew about the relationship before the interview? What would have changed? | |
| Jan 22, 2019 at 12:26 | comment | added | Eric | @SouravGhosh I agree, but if I were the manager, I would be quite upset being informed at a late stage that a potential candidate was someone's partner if I thought this was the first time anyone had been informed. In the off chance that HR had not informed the manager, it's important to be clear that this is an attempt to get everyone on the same page, not a late informing of just the manager | |
| S Jan 22, 2019 at 12:15 | history | suggested | EpicKip | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
remove n+2 as comments suggest most people don't know what it means.
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| Jan 22, 2019 at 11:33 | comment | added | Rafalon | @raznagul N is me, N+1 is my manager, N+2 is the manager of my manager | |
| Jan 22, 2019 at 10:14 | comment | added | UKMonkey | The fact that they told HR means they have been upfront about it and (hopefully) can show them the email with it; this means that OP can argue it just slipped their mind when they forwarded the application... which to be honest, seems pretty close to the mark. | |
| Jan 22, 2019 at 10:10 | comment | added | raznagul | What does N+2 mean? | |
| Jan 22, 2019 at 6:13 | comment | added | Sourav Ghosh | @JohnHamilton well, the question says "HR told me to also send it to the technical department they would work for should they get the position, and that department is mine. So I also sent their application to my manager's boss, i.e. my N+2 manager."..so it's likely the manager alraedy knows. | |
| Jan 22, 2019 at 5:51 | comment | added | John Hamilton | @SouravGhosh They probably just recommended their partner to the HR but not to the department. So their manager(s) will not know unless it's brought up by the HR (especially in a bigger company). | |
| Jan 21, 2019 at 22:44 | comment | added | Eric | Also, emphasize that you have been transparent with HR about this person being your partner at the time of recommending them but wanted to make sure they were also informed. | |
| Jan 21, 2019 at 13:29 | comment | added | Sourav Ghosh | Does the manager not already know about "sent from you" part? | |
| Jan 21, 2019 at 10:46 | history | answered | BoboDarph | CC BY-SA 4.0 |