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Is it okay for my manager to talk to other employees about my weekly hours & our yearly reveiws?


My immediate supervisor & one of my coworkers are like best friends & recently that coworker has been gossiping about other employee's having overtime & she doesn't see how they should have it & so on. She knows what time they clock in & out & even knows things about our reviews such as when we are scheduled to have them & such. This particular employee is always in the supervisor's office or vice versa & when they are in the cowokers office they are always gossiping & whispering. Isn't this behavior out of line for a boss? & I'm hoping someone can tell me if she is allowed to share this personal info with the other staff member. I feel it is not appropriate behavior but don't want to be the one to report this because I don't think it will matter & I will only become the target of the gossip. This is an office with 12 female employees & two male (the males are not involved) & we have other offices but are in different cities. It keeps getting worse. Help! What to do?

It's not appropriate at all! Personnel issues are supposed to be between the supervisor and subordinate. I know people talk about other employees, but it sounds like this person is kind of a back-stabbing tattler.

Contact your HR department. You can leave anonymous messages as to what the deal is with your department. You can also write a letter to them.
This is not only out of line, it's really kind of illegal. Your coworker needs to butt out of other people's business and try getting some WORK done instead of b!tching about other people's reviews and overtime!

Be looking for another job.

IFyou have an HR department, report this activity at once. The kind of information your supervisor and coworker are discussing is confidential and can lead to a law suit.

Since this has gone on a long time, you may not be able to do much about it - be looking for a new job.

It is incredibly inappropriate and creates a hostile work environment. I was a manager and it was okay at my work if managers spoke to one another about associates (but it was always constructive, not malicious). It was NEVER permitted for a manager to speak to a suborinate about another subordinate -- unless it was kind and in a friendly manner. Like if one associate solved a problem we were all having, we might say, "Hey, Karen figured this out - isn't she great! Let me show you what she did." I was very blessed to work with a fantastic staff of 10-20 (got larger at holidays) and everyone behaved well and got along. I was friends with the other managers and 3 associates - but we kept our friendships totally separate from work - no one EVER wanted anyone else to feel left out, less favored, etc... Reviews were only done by our senior manager and kept in strict confidence, payroll was handled by #2 manager and that was confidential too. I knew some things because I had to make corrections on Sundays sometimes, but I was trusted to do this and my seniors knew I wasn't sharing private info. I actually hated seeing the hours and $.
If I were you - I would go over their heads and in confidence tell someone higher up what is happening. There should be a meeting or a memo about this behavior and how it is expected to stop. I assume your supervisor answers to someone - let them know.

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