06-09-2011, 06:49 PM
Not a supervisor, and not work related.
This is from her original post.
That tells me all I need to know.
She wasn't apoplectic. She didn't rant. I suspect CJ already knows "what comes with the territory" and what doesn't.
HR could have made an innocent mistake, but lying about it says that HR knew she shouldn't have given the number out. I'm betting she took it upon herself thinking "Oh, It'll be alright, this once". Assuming it was only just this once.
Maybe she thought "It's just a cell number. Why should anybody care if I give it out?"
The HR person made a small error in judgment when she gave your phone number to someone...
No, that's a *big* error, regardless of motivation, and done to the wrong person, has the potential for *big* (read: serious) consequences. It's just not her call (npi) to make.
Many of you are missing the point. It IS a big deal...
This and the rest of rz's post covers the all the bases.
And even if it were another co-worker instead of HR, I'd take that person to task in a heartbeat. That doesn't mean they'd be drawn and quartered, or that I'd even raise my voice. But they'd know not to do that again, to anybody.
Which is as it should be.
This is from her original post.
That tells me all I need to know.
She wasn't apoplectic. She didn't rant. I suspect CJ already knows "what comes with the territory" and what doesn't.
HR could have made an innocent mistake, but lying about it says that HR knew she shouldn't have given the number out. I'm betting she took it upon herself thinking "Oh, It'll be alright, this once". Assuming it was only just this once.
Maybe she thought "It's just a cell number. Why should anybody care if I give it out?"
The HR person made a small error in judgment when she gave your phone number to someone...
No, that's a *big* error, regardless of motivation, and done to the wrong person, has the potential for *big* (read: serious) consequences. It's just not her call (npi) to make.
Many of you are missing the point. It IS a big deal...
This and the rest of rz's post covers the all the bases.
And even if it were another co-worker instead of HR, I'd take that person to task in a heartbeat. That doesn't mean they'd be drawn and quartered, or that I'd even raise my voice. But they'd know not to do that again, to anybody.
Which is as it should be.