Someone elses emails

pimento

Presumably though, Nicki, you would never walk away and leave your PC logged-in and unlocked so the point is moot.

Nicki

pimento wrote: »

Presumably though, Nicki, you would never walk away and leave your PC logged-in and unlocked so the point is moot.

Very true. You would like to think you could trust your co workers to behave ethically though. Obviously with some people that's not the case!

Any

Nicki wrote: »

Very true. You would like to think you could trust your co workers to behave ethically though. Obviously with some people that's not the case!

The OP seems to be very upset over what these girls said about her, as it seems without any provocation, so the ethics definitely fit here, don't they!!!!!

What the OP was wrong if she just looked because she is nosy, seriously wrong, but you are comparing apples and oranges and you are very harsh on her.

I send info just like you do, but then the only person to do my job is my boss, no one else would be allowed to even put on my computer, and I would fully expect him to look into my emails in my absence if something needed to be verified and dealt with immediately. So I can guarantee you that I would not be slagging him off on my work email!! Or anyone else. At the end of the day it is exactly that, work email and most companies have policies that openly say that emails are the property of the company and they can look.

The receptionist must be thick as two short planks to send emails like that when she is regularly covered by someone else!!

OP - keep your head down. Hopefully you will never look into someone elses emails again - it always only brings troubles.

LadyMissA

RedSoleShoes wrote: »

Thanks for the advice. I am definitely not going to confront them, or bring it to anyones attention. I have stopped all the 'personal' small talk that I use to make with them and only talk to them on a professional basis now.

I realise that deleting them off facebook sends a big message but there was no way I could keep them on there after what they had said about me.

Never have work people on your Facebook

LadyMissA

Nicki wrote: »

You went into a colleagues sent mails folder when you had no reason to do so, saw that she had sent some emails to another colleague and decided to open and read them. You did not ask for permission first, nor does it appear you had any business reason to take this action. It was not for example that you were looking for a key piece of information to complete a work task, which would have been likely to be contained in emails passing between these two colleagues.

If you don't think this is underhand, there is no hope for you! You might as well have rifled through the temp's handbag to be honest, or checked the texts on her mobile phone. You had no authority or reason to do what you did other than nosiness, and I would suspect this kind of behaviour is not a one off, hence why these two colleagues at least dislike you.

I think they dislike what she wears

wantsajob

In this position I'd just be glad I had the upper hand of insight into what they think and feel. Human beings can be idiots in groups, it's a disorder called Neurotypical syndrome.

terra_ferma

RedSoleShoes wrote: »

Well, I had to cover the receptionist (a temp) for half an hour. She left it logged in on her name, which isn't unusual for the permanent receptionist to do when someone covers her. I sent an email to another staff member (explaining it was me not her) with a telephone msg and went to the sent items after and noticed lots between her and another colleague. I looked at a couple and they were completely slagging me off, making comments about my personal appearance and the clothes i wear. The thing is, it was so out of the blue, I have always been friendly to them and vice versa (although obviously 2faced on their part). I havent said anything but just been blanking them and deleted them both of FB so i think they know ive seen something.

The temp knows i sent an email from her account, i told her and she said "ok fine".

People keep telling me to confront them but I'm not sure that is the best idea. Don't want to get myself in trouble so thinking it might be best for me to just continue as I am and just say the bare minimum when work requires it.

You need to make sure that staff are allowed to use each other's log ins before you do that again.
The fact that it's common practice does not mean that it's allowed, just make sure that there isn't a policy buried somewhere, like a policy manual, intranet etc. that states you can't use someone else's log in.
Managers/owners will have no interest whatsoever in the issues they are talking about, although they may be very important to you.

If you are 100% certain that using someone else's log in is allowed (i.e. you've got that in writing), then in theory you could probably report them for inappropriate use of work emails (if there is a clear policy about that), but I can't see what you would gain by doing that, from your messages you sound like someone who likes a bit of drama (no offence, I'm a bit like that to sometimes ) but this can backfire at work, bosses don't like drama (unless it's THEIR drama )

Reverbe

This is a subject that really interests me. On a slightly related topic (which would have invloved a IT dept reading emails) a friend of mine lost their job at a council because an american friend had sent them an email with the word !as s in it.Tho my friend didnt elict the word which is in common usage in US and not deemed foul language generally, type the word themself etc the fact that it was recieved on the Councils servers etc - made them claim it was grounds to sack them?? Have never understood this myself as surely you cannot be held responsible for words other ppl type especially as surely Councils child services etc must contain emails and reports with far more offensive or distasteful words by nature - eg in abuse cases etc..

RedSoleShoes

terra_ferma wrote: »

from your messages you sound like someone who likes a bit of drama (no offence, I'm a bit like that to sometimes ) but this can backfire at work, bosses don't like drama (unless it's THEIR drama )

No offence taken but definitely not true, quite the opposite actually. I hate confrontation and tend to keep my head down and get on with my work.

I guess it was just such a shock to see what they were writing when they have been so friendly. There are 8 of us in the office and everyone has always got on - so I thought. I suppose they are the definition of being two-faced.

Live and learn eh!

Jarndyce

Reverbe wrote: »

This is a subject that really interests me. On a slightly related topic (which would have invloved a IT dept reading emails) a friend of mine lost their job at a council because an american friend had sent them an email with the word !as s in it.Tho my friend didnt elict the word which is in common usage in US and not deemed foul language generally, type the word themself etc the fact that it was recieved on the Councils servers etc - made them claim it was grounds to sack them?? Have never understood this myself as surely you cannot be held responsible for words other ppl type especially as surely Councils child services etc must contain emails and reports with far more offensive or distasteful words by nature - eg in abuse cases etc..

Sounds unlikely that someone could be fairly dismissed just for that. Did your 'friend' have a previous disciplinary history perhaps? Did they appeal? Did they take out an unfair dismissal claim?