Author: Olivia

Throw away account. I've got a coworker that got access to the resume of a potential hire who would end up being their supervisor. They then called their references and asked them questions about the applicant. I'm not sure who the references were or what the discussions were about. Only that they had told someone else that they had made those calls and “asked questions” about the applicant. This applicant could be my supervisor and my role has nothing to do with HR or hiring anyone. I'm just a drone. I feel like they've broken a law but I'm fully ignorant on hiring practices and how the law works with this. I also feel like this is a big deal and am unsure what I should do about it. Coming here for insights. Thanks in advance.

Scenario: I'm middle management guy, have been in projects for around the last 13 yrs. Been at my current workplace for over a year. My manager a “director”, instructed me to provide training to other divisional directors on a functionality of an ERP/Project management system we're supposed to be experts in. Fine I thought, until they suffixed the instruction with, “I'll be attending too, consider it a test fake laugh” Am I being overly sensitive? I feel like I've gone back to school! My boss is my boss, understood. I'm not fresh out of uni, I'm a seasoned professional and the idea that I'm having to fulfill a test at my “boss's” whim makes me feel decidedly uncomfortable and frankly undermined. I've spoken to colleagues and their response is very much the boss is the boss. Question: Am I overreacting??? Thx for any responses!

Used to be that if I applied on indeed my attached resume was enough. Sometimes they would make you apply on a separate website but you'd see that ASAP. Now I get to the stage where employers schedule calls with me and at the end of the call they tell me to go apply on their website. I hate this shit.