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Errata

Of course people send speculative info to GP practices - if they're about to be made redundant or unemployed and have the appropriate skillset. Of course the NHS circulates job vacancies - look on any NHS Trust website.
The good reputation of a GP practice is hard won and most precious to it. Senior partners will defend it to their last breath and with all the tools at their disposal - which are many and various, overt and covert.
Of course colleagues don't back up the ringleader in a situation like this. They're not daft, unlike the OP.
Best wishes to the OP in their search for work.

heretolearn_2

Some people here misunderstand the nature of a GP Practise - they are independently owned and run by one or more of the GPs there as their business (they may also employ other GPs). It is not just part of the NHS Trust in the same way that a hospital is.

So to do something like this - to publicly announce that either a) every single member of staff is desperate to leave and that is something being discussed as a group or b) the practice is about to close down and they all think they are going to lose their jobs shortly - is definitely bringing the company into disrepute.

Likewise to use your work email to apply for other jobs is totally outrageous behaviour. Talk about slapping your employer in the face. would you sit at work making phone calls to prospective employers as well or wear a badge saying 'gizza new job'. That's really no different. Work email is for work purposes - things that benefit your employer and that they are paying you to do. Not for trying to stab them in the back.

I think you've been extremely silly and I wouldn't hold your breath on everyone else backing you up. Even if they do, you are the one who put it into action and will be seen as ringleader.

Start applying properly for new jobs ASAP if you want my advice, which as you hate your employer so much is presumably something you'll be happy with. I'd be inclined to jump rather than wait to be dismissed and maybe you can negotiate a decent reference.

Personally I wouldn't have you working for me for one second longer.

jfh7gwa

heretolearn wrote: »

I think you've been extremely silly and I wouldn't hold your breath on everyone else backing you up. Even if they do, you are the one who put it into action and will be seen as ringleader.....

Personally I wouldn't have you working for me for one second longer.

I agree with these two things.

I cannot comprehend why the OP thought it appropriate or professional to ringlead and send out a bunch of CVs from colleagues at her current employer from her work address.

Of course people have mentioned that this may be the norm in GP practices, but even bending the rules of normal recruitment practices in other industries, this just sounds like a stupid move on the OP's part.

OP - I would, as others have also pointed out - get rid of your "I'm indespensible" attitude - good luck finding an employer where you are happier - take this experience and learn from it.

dandelionclock30

Like the others have said I'd ask for a negotiated reference and leave.If they have you back on a final written warning your card will be marked and as soon as you make a mistake you will have had it.They will not ever forget what you have done and it wont blow over.
Get out now whilst you can.

redcard

Bexster1 wrote: »

They will be hard pressed to find someone that can do the jobs that I do there. I am an all rounder in terms of what I do at the practice and with only two days away they are struggling to do certain tasks as none of the other members know how to do it.

I find this rather strange. Do you really think you're a good manager if you have not adequately trained your team to operate in your absence?

Have you every heard of succession planning?

meer53

No-one is indispensible. Doesn't matter how good you think you may be. I agree with the other posters who say that the other staff will be saying whatever is needed to keep their jobs, if this involves dropping you in the sh*t then you can bet your bottom dollar that they will. Where i work, we're not allowed in the building when we're on our annual leave, let alone to use work email for personal purposes. You should be grateful if they allow you to stay but if i were you, i would be looking for a new job, you might have a problem with references though.

Savvy_Sue

redcard wrote: »

I find this rather strange. Do you really think you're a good manager if you have not adequately trained your team to operate in your absence?

Have you every heard of succession planning?

One of my managers in a previous job used to call it "If I fall under a bus" planning.

In my case, I tripped over a recycling box, and was unexpectedly off work for 8 weeks. There were quite a few things which only I ever did, but fortunately I had documented them - all people had to do was find the file and follow instructions! They hated having to do it, and I was on the other end of the email quite a lot, but everyone survived. Yes, a few mistakes were made, but given how short-staffed and under pressure they were, things went astonishingly well!

No-one wants to think about how bad it would have been if I'd been unconscious ... but the file would still have been there, if anyone had thought to look in it!

mum2one

it sounds like there base it on the fact it was sent by the work email, and while yes the whole team wanted it sending, its not them who hit the send button. x

caledonian_princess

Savvy_Sue wrote: »

One of my managers in a previous job used to call it "If I fall under a bus" planning.
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No-one wants to think about how bad it would have been if I'd been unconscious ... but the file would still have been there, if anyone had thought to look in it!

Ah, I think we might have had the same boss as my very first employer took much the same attitutude and used the same words. He added that nobody is indispensible... graveyards are full of indispensible people. He had us write, or keep up to date, a list of tasks and when/how to do them. In a small organisation where only one person does some jobs it's essential that other staff know how to cover them and to be fair to the OP it isn't just her fault that she's "indispensible", her managers shouldn't have allowed such a situation to occur; both she and her managers are responsible. However, after a short period of chaos people will work out what to do and things will settle down again hopefully with a task list somewhere so it doesn't happen again.

misfire

I do not know the ins and outs of the NHS having never worked for them. But before doing anything else I would take advise - I would not do anything that could make the situation worse (like apology letter) without finding out what effect it would have with respect to employment law. I too (sadly) would not rely on others backing you up, I would not rely on hearsay or rumor either. Even if they do back you up, it may not be enough as the email went out in your name from your email account. I would get legal advise now.