I'm ready to quit over this one

teecee

This will be a long post and I apologize up front for it. We posted an internal job. It was expected that one of my direct reports would apply. She did. She's been with us over a year, does all our coporate travel and some meeting planning as well as back up to receptionist. The new job is in a dept where she will utilize and learn new skills. "They" told her she would be taking her travel and meeting planning with her. This was opposed by me because I believe that travel and meeting planning are enough without more in the mix. Politics playes a role here and I was overruled. Anyway, with all that said, I found out yesterday, by accident after I just happened to mention it all very innocently (really) something about the new person taking over the travel, that they DID NOT tell her that travel would be leaving her and assigned to her replacement eventually. Of course she mentions this to her new supervisor who then has a fit, goes to the CEO/my boss to complain that I betrayed a confidence. I stated that 1) I had no idea that they weren't up front with her from the get-go and that 2) I absolutely oppose not being truthful with loyal, good employees when knowing that she wants to keep doing the travel portion of her job. I believe it was absolutely unethical and cruel to do this to her. But, of course their take is that they got a quick solution for the company and EE feelings be damned. I vehemently believe that this type of operation only eventually breaks down the morale of an organization and will ultimately be its downfall in one way or another. Idealized? Maybe. But, I think I'm right and that we need to do the right thing.

I'm now in some trouble over this but think I can finally bring the pres around to my way of thinking but should I have to FIGHT for doing the right thing? This isn't the first time that this type thing has popped up and I am seriously considering leaving over this one.

Do you think I'm overreacting here? Do you have this kind of thing going on at your place? What do you think?

Gillian

Things like this go on everywhere - just different names and different places. sometimes they are worse than you describe and sometimes not. You need to decide your comfort level and whether or not that fits this company. The title of your post says a lot. If you have decided that your comfort level has been breached and you are going to leave, then you have to decide whether to quit or stay until you find another job.

Parabeagle

I'm sorry you're going through such a tough time, but I can empathize. I came here over two years ago as the first HR mgr. the company had EVER had (at the time they were at 300 ee's in 5 states). I've had to fight for literally the most elementary things -- one of our really high-octane supervisors wanted to classify all employees exempt to get around OT issues, for example, and whined horribly when I said no. He ran to the pres. who then had me educate him in Wage & Hour 101! It does get to be annoying to have to fight for the right (or legal) thing to do. The question you need to ask yourself, I think, is whether or not you can live with the losses that will inevitably come. If your sense of right and wrong and ethics is well developed, it may be tough when you advise one thing and mgt. still insists on doing it their way, or the wrong way).

Leslie

The situation is if you leave this job but stay in HR, the same type of thing is probably going to happen. It may be on a different scale, but it will happen. It amazes me to this some of the stupid things management does behind HRs backs to try and circumvent what is right, P&P, and even the law - and the liability they incur for the company!

Parabeagle

Guess that's why company officers are called "designated felons." x;-)