Timeline for I'm a leader/manager. One of my team members told me they received a better job opportunity. Should I disclose this information with my boss?
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| Jul 23, 2020 at 20:56 | comment | added | employee-X | @DaveG It's possible that the employee is not fully aware of his/her needs, rather than being devious. Davinicwil points to a possible way to keep them at their current job, regardless of why they brought it up. | |
| Jul 21, 2020 at 15:50 | comment | added | davnicwil | @DaveG yes, that's possible. Not suggesting assuming anything actually - just having an open ended conversation with them to figure that out (even though, in my view, it's very likely that they do want to discuss the possibility of a promotion). I perhaps didn't make that clear. I'm not sure what you're referring to with the 'going to the boss' bit though, I think my answer is very clearly not suggesting that :-) | |
| Jul 21, 2020 at 15:38 | comment | added | Dragonel | "People generally aren't naive, and do things for specific reasons" I disagree with this as a blanket statement - a lot of people will talk about something like this just because it is the topic on their mind. However this may be an invitation to try & dissuade them so the rest of the answer is valid as a possible scenario | |
| Jul 21, 2020 at 15:10 | comment | added | Frank Hopkins | @DaveG Intended or not, giving X a clear view of their current status and potential short and long-term improvement options is a good way to help X and the company. If that should already be clear to X because of regular meetings, fine, but otherwise having such a talk seems appropriate no matter the motivation of X to speak up. | |
| Jul 21, 2020 at 15:07 | comment | added | Frank Hopkins | @DaveG That's not a binary thing though, you can easily approach the boss and try to convince them about promoting X without giving away that X has another offer - just on their general effort. Their performance obviously needs to back that up, otherwise it's wasted time and unfair for everyone else who didn't dip their feet in foreign waters. That said, whether it's likely this was planned or not also depends on how exactly it did come up. Was X asked something to which having an offer is just an honest open answer or did X bring this up out of the blue. Lot's of interpretation room. | |
| Jul 21, 2020 at 14:34 | comment | added | DaveG | This answer assumes that the employee is being rather devious and roundabout. It's also quite possible that the employee is truly conflicted and trying to talk the decision thru with a trusted colleague. Trust that will disappear the instant that colleague goes to his boss. | |
| Jul 21, 2020 at 12:20 | history | edited | davnicwil | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jul 21, 2020 at 12:14 | history | answered | davnicwil | CC BY-SA 4.0 |