The company I've invested 8 years in, in an effort to understand the market, did the following:
1) told me they were going to interview people for my job, but it's not a real job, they are just trying to "understand the market" and hope to learn by interviewing people who are applying for it.
2) placed an add on our career website advertising the (my) position
3) announced to the rest of the management team they were doing 1 and 2, but told them not to worry, they aren't really looking for my replacement
4) announced to the rest of my division in a meeting today, that they did 1, 2 and 3.
Needless to say, i find it offensive that they are doing this. First, I think it's wrong to interview people for a job that doesn't exist, in the hopes they divulge information about their current employer's best practices.
Two, it undermines me with my subordinates and co-workers that they are interviewing for my position, regardless of the intent.
Three, inside and outside of my organization, I've had people asking me if I'm leaving and I don't really know what to tell them.
I find this embarrassing, dishonest and offensive. But before I fly off the handle, I would love some feedback from you folks to try and decide what course of action I should take. I did inform my manager that I'm offended by this, especially after he decided to announce it to the rest of my division in a meeting today. He called me and left a voice mail offering to discuss it further, but I told him I had plans tonight and would rather discuss it in person tomorrow.
Any advice/thoughts you're willing to share would be appreciated. In 20+ years in this industry, I've never head of a company employing this tactic.
Submitted January 24, 2018 at 07:36PM by PlasticRelation http://ift.tt/2FbtdRE
