It is a to somehow help the employee or the so called friend, after all he treats you as a friend so reprimand him/her as a friend does.
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I want this approach to directly talk to the employee regarding the matter you witnessed and see, then advice him/her to discontinue any illegal/erroneous activity you noticed.
It is a to somehow help the employee or the so called friend, after all he treats you as a friend so reprimand him/her as a friend does.
It is a to somehow help the employee or the so called friend, after all he treats you as a friend so reprimand him/her as a friend does.
... every friendship is different, and in many cases you may not be close enough for that kind of tough love. I've found it sometimes helps to speak confidentially to someone else in the organization whom you can trust to advise you and keep their mouth shut if necessary. Two heads are often better than one, especially when the other head is an insider. You might then indeed decide to approach either the person, or their supervisor, but you won't go in blind.
If one is a witness to something, that is different from a "friend" gossiping. Unless I've had eyes on, there is nothing to consider discussing with management.
Otherwise sound advice, tho here I play Devil's advocate and caution that discussing such issues with management could as easily reflect badly as knowing, but saying nothing.
I've been in situations where the issue isn't as cut and dry as being detrimental to the company. There is unethical/illegal behavior that gets condoned at the highest levels in support of the business. Sadly, as you state in your article, parting ways and keeping ones mouth shut is somtimes the only viable option.
Otherwise sound advice, tho here I play Devil's advocate and caution that discussing such issues with management could as easily reflect badly as knowing, but saying nothing.
I've been in situations where the issue isn't as cut and dry as being detrimental to the company. There is unethical/illegal behavior that gets condoned at the highest levels in support of the business. Sadly, as you state in your article, parting ways and keeping ones mouth shut is somtimes the only viable option.
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You can be friendly while keeping your friendships outside the workplace. This allows you to maintain a distance that protects you from these situations and lets you better control how you are perceived. When it comes to choosing who survives, there are no friends in the workplace.
Should you find yourself in this situation, realize that you have a business relationship with the client, not with the employees. Your employment contract may describe specific responsibilities that you have to your client.
Should you find yourself in this situation, realize that you have a business relationship with the client, not with the employees. Your employment contract may describe specific responsibilities that you have to your client.
So, I once had a client who was reporting revenue that was not legally theirs to report. When I pressed them on it, they simply said "this is the status quo and we are part-government anyway... we can do anything we want". Simply breath-taking! I continued to press until they modified their ways, but this did not do me a lot of good in the eyes of my consulting superiors: they wanted me just to bite the bullet for the client! Terrifying!
Then, I had a client superior who was screwing around huge. Not making decisions, not working hard... in fact, every time I went looking for her, she was out smoking at the coffee shop in the mall nearby. I did not know what to do. I waited patiently, but it was obvious I was waiting all the time. Eventually, I was bumped off the project with a scathing review by this very person... I guess self-protectionism and what the client-superior says is always right, is a combination one cannot protect themselves from. Still, the bump-off was unwarranted and malicious and it hurt my career... but what would she care about those facts?
Finally, I watched as one of my co-consultants spent hours at the client site studying for his CFA! Another co-consultant spent hours talking on the phone to his to-be-bride back home, on the client's Long distance dollars! When I confronted both of these and said that such behaviour cannot be tolerated, rather than escalating the issue to our bosses (I thought I was doing them a favour by this course of action), they went to our bosses and asked who am I to be giving them such critique!
So, I try to do the right things... I think... and yet it turns out dreadfully no matter what I do. Imagine if I had not tried to stop that client from reporting false revenues! I hate burying my head in the sand! As Type A personalities, consultants are told to act with hesitation... not to ignore such things.
Then, I had a client superior who was screwing around huge. Not making decisions, not working hard... in fact, every time I went looking for her, she was out smoking at the coffee shop in the mall nearby. I did not know what to do. I waited patiently, but it was obvious I was waiting all the time. Eventually, I was bumped off the project with a scathing review by this very person... I guess self-protectionism and what the client-superior says is always right, is a combination one cannot protect themselves from. Still, the bump-off was unwarranted and malicious and it hurt my career... but what would she care about those facts?
Finally, I watched as one of my co-consultants spent hours at the client site studying for his CFA! Another co-consultant spent hours talking on the phone to his to-be-bride back home, on the client's Long distance dollars! When I confronted both of these and said that such behaviour cannot be tolerated, rather than escalating the issue to our bosses (I thought I was doing them a favour by this course of action), they went to our bosses and asked who am I to be giving them such critique!
So, I try to do the right things... I think... and yet it turns out dreadfully no matter what I do. Imagine if I had not tried to stop that client from reporting false revenues! I hate burying my head in the sand! As Type A personalities, consultants are told to act with hesitation... not to ignore such things.
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